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Direct linkPaugh, Patricia; Moran, Mary – Language Arts, 2013
For four years, Pat Paugh, a university teacher educator, and Mary Moran, a teacher researcher, collaborated on action research by systematically studying literacy development connected to the latter's third-grade community gardening and urban farming curriculum. Their goal was to support an existing classroom culture that valued…
Descriptors: Language Arts, Communities of Practice, Urban Schools, Neighborhoods
Roberts, John Christopher – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The role of interest in educational settings has been seen as a significant factor in nurturing an appreciation for learning and influencing the extent to which that learning occurs. Interest can be divided into two sub-categories, individual interest and situational interest. Individual interest is personal rather than global, slow to develop,…
Descriptors: Student Interests, Elementary School Students, Grade 4, Music Education
Whitin, David; Piwko, Michelle – Young Children, 2008
Reading, writing, and mathematics are best learned by children in meaningful, integrated experiences. In an engaging project combining math and literacy, primary children in Michelle Piwko's classroom followed the framework of verses from a classic children's book to structure their own writing about geometric forms. They brainstormed geometric…
Descriptors: Geometric Concepts, Geometry, Poetry, Teaching Methods
Beckstead, Larissa – Science and Children, 2008
The typical use of science notebooks is for students to record information as they complete an investigation, writing down their procedure, observations, data, results, graphs, and any other factual information pertaining to their experiment. The author did the same, but also incorporated specific writing assignments to prepare students to publish…
Descriptors: Writing Assignments, Writing for Publication, Investigations, Science Instruction
Wilde, Susie – Teaching Artist Journal, 2007
Imaginative writing is a great vehicle for creative thinking and risk taking as children structure a reality in a story. However, the author believes that American children are untrained for this sort of work and progress. They need connected experiences. This insight intensifies the author's resolution to seek collaboration with artists in other…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Collaborative Writing, Foreign Countries, Creative Thinking
Santaniello, Shelly W. – Teaching Pre K-8, 2004
In this article, the author, a third grade teacher at Hillside School in Needham, Washington, describes how, after a death in her family, she found comfort and made valuable connections with her students by completing a "When I Was" writing assignment that she had assigned them. While sharing the story of her uncle's death with her students, she…
Descriptors: Personal Narratives, Teaching Methods, Writing Exercises, Figurative Language
