Integrating language arts through literature and thematic units

Reference & Research Book News, August, 2005

LB1576

2004-062707

0-205-39510-4

Integrating language arts through literature and thematic units.

Roe, Betty D. and Elinor P. Ross.

Allyn & Bacon, [c]2006

645 p.

$86.00

Intended for elementary and middle school teachers, this education textbook explains techniques for presenting books to children and classroom strategies for developing listening, speaking, reading, and writing proficiency. The final chapter introduces the thematic unit as a framework for organizing content around a topic that crosses curricular boundaries, and provides ten sample thematic units for different grade levels.