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Collaborating for Better Literacy in Elementary and Middle School Physical Education

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Drawing from years of experience in the classroom and teaching courses in literacy integration, the authors explore traditional literacy integration into the physical education classroom. The examples range from large and small-scale integrations that occur in the physical education classroom as well as some that are planned as school-wide events.

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  1. Department of Physical Education, Armistead Gardens Elementary/Middle School #243, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Christopher T. Alonso

  2. Department of Elementary Education, Towson University, Towson, MD, USA

    Shelly Huggins

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  1. Graduate Reading Education, Towson University, TOWSON, MD, USA

    Stephen G. Mogge

  2. Graduate Reading Education, Towson University, Towson, MD, USA

    Shelly Huggins

  3. Dance Education, Towson University, Towson, MD, USA

    Jaye Knutson

  4. Department of Kinesiology, Towson University, Towson, MD, USA

    Elin E. Lobel

  5. Department of Secondary and Middle School Education, Towson University, Towson, MD, USA

    Pamela Segal

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Alonso, C.T., Huggins, S. (2023). Collaborating for Better Literacy in Elementary and Middle School Physical Education. In: Mogge, S.G., Huggins, S., Knutson, J., Lobel, E.E., Segal, P. (eds) Multiple Literacies for Dance, Physical Education and Sports. Springer Texts in Education. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-20117-2_12

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