Explores the child's use of language and suggests way to promote language development in the classroom. (MKM)

Describes how to use a "natural language" technique that makes use of stories that contain predictable language patterns (such as those with words that are repeated or that rhyme) in teaching beginning reading. (MKM)

Explains the use of a parallel scheduling technique for reading instruction to provide varied instruction for different groups of students according to their needs. (MKM)

Suggests an instructional technique called sentence building as a means of developing the ability to write more complex sentences and to read more complex sentences with understanding. (MKM)

Suggests activities that integrate the language arts skills of listening, speaking, and writing with the reading program. (MAI)

Presents a system for differentiating skills and teaching objectives in a way that makes the underlying common components of the language arts more readily identifiable. (FL)

Describes a program of reading instruction for young disabled readers that is based on a theory of the reading process developed by Kenneth Goodman that integrates speaking, reading, listening, and writing activities. (FL)

Describes a management system for seventh and eighth grades that includes a language arts classroom and reading laboratory rotation schedule and that emphasizes cognitive and affective goals. (MKM)