Elementary Methods
Language and Literacy
 Looking Closely and Listening Carefully: Learning Literacy through Inquiry
Heidi Mills, Timothy O'Keefe, Louise B. Jennings
Teacher researcher Tim O’Keefe teams up with university partners Heidi Mills and Louise B. Jennings to bring to life insights and strategies from Tim’s class at the Center for Inquiry, a small elementary magnet program in Columbia, South Carolina. 186 pp. 2004. Grades K–6. ISBN 0-8141-3030-5.
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 Valuing Language Study: Inquiry into Language for Elementary and Middle Schools
Yetta M. Goodman
This book offers teachers a rich language studies curriculum they can adapt to the needs of their elementary and middle school students. 283 pp. 2003. Grades K–8. ISBN 0-8141-5626-6.
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 Beyond Reading and Writing: Inquiry, Curriculum, and Multiple Ways of Knowing
Beth Berghoff, Kathryn A. Egawa, Jerome C. Harste, Barry T. Hoonan
In Beyond Reading and Writing, Jerry Harste proposes an expanded view of literacy; and three other teachers—Beth Berghoff, Kathryn Egawa, and Barry Hoonan—bring us into their classrooms and offer concrete evidence of what can happen when these new ideas are implemented in elementary schools. Whole Language Umbrella (WLU) series. 128 pp. 2000. Grades K–5. ISBN 0-8141-2341-4.
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 Math Is Language Too: Talking and Writing in the Mathematics Classroom
Phyllis Whitin, David Whitin
Replete with children's stories and illustrations, Math Is Language Too looks at children as sense-makers, storytellers, language creators, and problem-posers. NCTE and National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. 136 pp. 2000. Grades 3–6. ISBN 0-8141-2134-9.
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Early Childhood
Looking Closely and Listening Carefully: Learning Literacy through Inquiry
Heidi Mills, Timothy O'Keefe, Louise B. Jennings
Teacher researcher Tim O’Keefe teams up with university partners Heidi Mills and Louise B. Jennings to bring to life insights and strategies from Tim’s class at the Center for Inquiry, a small elementary magnet program in Columbia, South Carolina. 186 pp. 2004. Grades K–6. ISBN 0-8141-3030-5.
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Beyond Reading and Writing: Inquiry, Curriculum, and Multiple Ways of Knowing
Beth Berghoff, Kathryn A. Egawa, Jerome C. Harste, Barry T. Hoonan
In Beyond Reading and Writing, Jerry Harste proposes an expanded view of literacy; and three other teachers—Beth Berghoff, Kathryn Egawa, and Barry Hoonan—bring us into their classrooms and offer concrete evidence of what can happen when these new ideas are implemented in elementary schools. Whole Language Umbrella (WLU) series. 128 pp. 2000. Grades K–5. ISBN 0-8141-2341-4.
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Reading & Language Arts
Looking Closely and Listening Carefully: Learning Literacy through Inquiry
Heidi Mills, Timothy O'Keefe, Louise B. Jennings
Teacher researcher Tim O’Keefe teams up with university partners Heidi Mills and Louise B. Jennings to bring to life insights and strategies from Tim’s class at the Center for Inquiry, a small elementary magnet program in Columbia, South Carolina. 186 pp. 2004. Grades K–6. ISBN 0-8141-3030-5.
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 Stories Matter: The Complexity of Cultural Authenticity in Children's Literature
Dana L. Fox, Kathy G. Short
This collection highlights important historical events, current debates, and new questions and critiques in the controversial issue of cultural authenticity in children’s literature. 340 pp. 2003. Grades K–8. ISBN 0-8141-4744-5.
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Writing
 Wondrous Words: Writers and Writing in the Elementary Classroom
Katie Wood Ray
Katie Wood Ray explains in practical terms the theoretical underpinings of how elmentary and middle school students learn to write from their reading. 328 pp. 1999. Grades K-6. ISBN 0-8141-5816-1.
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 The Writing Workshop: Working through the Hard Parts (And They're All Hard Parts)
Katie Wood Ray, Lester L. Laminack
This book is a practical, comprehensive, and illuminating guide for both new and experienced teachers that confronts the challenges of the writing workshop head-on. 278 pp. 2001. Grades 3–8. ISBN 0-8141-1317-6.
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 Spelling in Use: Looking Closely at Spelling in Whole Language Classrooms
Lester L. Laminack, Katie Wood
Laminack and Wood describe, in accessible and lively prose, both the theoretical foundations and the practical details of whole language classrooms. 129 pp. 1996. Grades K–8. ISBN 0-8141-4663-5.
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