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Language Across the Curriculum in the Elementary Grades

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Language Across the Curriculum in the Elementary Grades
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Publisher: National Council of Teachers of English
ISBN/ASIN: 0814125735
Number of pages: 80

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Christopher Thaiss explores the use of writing in classrooms from grades one through six. Drawing on first-hand observations of classrooms, interviews with teachers, and analysis of student work, he argues that language across the curriculum is something that happens continuously in classrooms and in homes and on playgrounds, whether we wish it to or not.

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