Whole Language
... print and comprehend it like adults. (Daniels 5) Children will learn from imitating adult reading. The teacher is a model of adult literacy, and modeling is a method for teaching children. Thus, the teacher is encouraged to sit in front of the class and to be seen reading silently for a portion of each day in which the children are also to be reading silently or in pairs. Whole language doesn’t just include the specific content being through about, it also includes how a student “demonstrates” a particular task, as well as what he or she expects from a language learning situation. (Charlesworth 191) In the area of science, children demonstrate tasks using the whole language approach, because they are also acquiring new language in science. In the areas of math and science emphasis is placed on concepts. Some concepts include ...