Elementary Kindergarten-Grade 6 English Language Arts Bibliography

1 Knowledge of the effective use of the English language

Audience. (n.d.). In Lumen English 111—Unit 2: Why we write. Retrieved from https://courses.lumenlearning.com/ivytech-engl111/chapter/audience-2/

Beck, I., McKeown, M., & Kucan, L. (2002 ). Bringing words to life: Robust vocabulary instruction. New York, NY: Guilford Press.

Bear, D., Invernizzi, M., Templeton, S. and Johnston, F. (2000). Words their way: Word study for phonics, vocabulary, and spelling instruction. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall.

2 Knowledge of effective writing skills

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3 Knowledge of literacy processes across genres

Beilke, P. (1986). Selecting materials for and about Hispanic and East Asian children and young people. Hamden, CT: Library Professional Publications.

Harada, V. H. (1995). Issues of ethnicity, authenticity, and quality in Asian-American picture books, 1983–93. In Journal of Youth Services in Libraries, 8 (2), 135-149.

Harris, V. (1991, January). Multicultural curriculum: African-American children's literature. In Young Children, 46 (2), 37-44.

Jenkins, E. C. & Austin, M. C. (1987). Literature for Children about Asian and Asian Americans. New York: Greenwood Press.

Morris, J., & Hirst, G. (1991, March). Lexical cohesion, the thesaurus, and the structure of text. In Computational Linguistics, 17(1), 21-48.

Pang, V. O., Colvin, C., Tran, M., & Barba, R.H. (1992). Beyond chopsticks and dragons: Selecting Asian-American literature for children. In The Reading Teacher, 46 (3), 216-224.

Understanding Text Complexity. (2011). Retrieved from https://pdo.ascd.org/LMSCourses/PD11OC135/media/Literacy_ELA_M2_Reading_Complex_Texts.pdf

4 Knowledge of a wide range of fiction, nonfiction, and informational texts

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5 Knowledge of critical responses to media

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6 Demonstration of the ability to respond critically through an analysis of a literary selection

Peha, S. (n.d.). Looking for quality in student writing: Learning to see the things kids can do so we can teach them to do the things they can't. Retrieved from https://www.ttms.org/writing_quality/sentence_fluency.htm