Use of language across the primary curriculum / edited by Eve Bearne.

This book offers practical advice and guidance on how children can be helped to use language to transform knowledge and experience into understanding across the curriculum, and thus become active learners.

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Bearne, Eve, 1943-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 1998.
Subjects:
Online Access:Click for online access
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter INTRODUCTION
  • chapter Part 1 LANGUAGE AND LEARNING
  • chapter 1 'WHY DO WE HAVE TO WRITE IT DOWN?'
  • Young children learning to write and writing to learn / Sally Wilkinson
  • chapter 2 'I WANT TO FIND OUT'
  • What is involved in reading for learning? / Helen Arnold
  • chapter 3 SIGNIFICANT SPEECH / Chris Doddington
  • chapter Part 2 GETTING IDEAS GOING
  • chapter 4 'BRITISH MATHS FAILS TO ADD UP' / David Somerville
  • chapter 5 WHO'S ASKING THE QUESTIONS?
  • Year 4 pupils extend their question and answer skills while studying the Tudors / Noelle Hunt
  • chapter 6 RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
  • Persuasive language and points of view / Claire Saunders
  • chapter Part 3 LOOKING CLOSELY AT LANGUAGE
  • chapter 7 TALKING MATHEMATICS / Alison Wood with Penny Coltman
  • chapter 8 LANGUAGE FOR SCIENCE / Rachel Sparks Linfield
  • chapter 9 LANGUAGE AND MUSIC / Jane Edden
  • chapter Part 4 NARRATIVE ACROSS THE CURRICULUM
  • chapter 10 IN WHICH WE ARE INTRODUCED TO THE BOXES AND SOME CHILDREN, AND THE STORIES BEGIN / Helen Bromley
  • chapter 11 'MY PRIORITY IS LANGUAGE'
  • A design technology project / Bob and Jane Seberry
  • chapter 12 'DON'T LOOK OUT OF THE WINDOW, YOU'LL ONLY HAVE TO WRITE ABOUT IT!'
  • Developing texts from first-hand experiences / Ian Eyres
  • chapter Part 5 THE LANGUAGE OF REFLECTION AND EVALUATION
  • chapter 13 GREAT DEBATE / Tatiana Wilson
  • chapter 14 Story search
  • Children using information technology to interpret texts / Sally Elding
  • chapter 15 'I like climing, hoping and hiking'
  • The language of physical education / Patricia Maude
  • chapter Part 6 A COMMON APPROACH TO LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT.