Intended for elementary school teachers and supervisors, this collection of articles focuses on creating meaningful learning through an integrated language arts approach. Divided into three sections, the articles discuss the theoretical and practical frameworks that support program integration; examine real programs, tested procedures, and actual language performance; and address controversial issues surrounding an integrated language arts model. Articles in section one cover curriculum models for integrating the language arts, methods of integrating language and subject matter, and the relationship between a child's grasp of meaning and language skills. Topics in section two include the development of writing in a language arts context, student created books, the impact of different instructional methods on student reading, fostering language play, and ways of integrating reading with music, art and drama. Section three discusses such issues as achievement assessment in the language arts, parent involvement in language arts programs, teaching underachieving children, and integrating perspectives on monolingual and multilingual children. (MM)