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| Guides - Classroom - Learner | 8 |
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Learning, 1992
This testimonial to a young Costa Rican immigrant tells of his achievements since his arrival in the United States in 1990. It is suitable for use as a bulletin board poster. (SM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Display Aids, Elementary Education, English (Second Language)
Lake, Veronica A. – Learning, 1992
Describes one educator's whole-language approach to elementary school reading. Her class activities focus on books and friends during February to help celebrate Valentine's day. Two student pages offer friendship-oriented student activities. (SM)
Descriptors: Activity Units, Childrens Literature, Class Activities, Cooperative Learning
Bernagozzi, Tom; And Others – Learning, 1992
This activity book includes across-the-curriculum activities with Olympic themes; a "cooperation relay" (four competitive team activities based on a cooperative learning model); highlights of African Americans' Olympic achievements; a poster on teamwork and activities based on the theme of keeping the Olympic torch alive; and a…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Blacks, Class Activities, Cooperative Learning
Learning, 1992
Provides before-, during-, and after-reading strategies to help students develop reading goals, monitor comprehension, and reflect on what they read. A reading wheel and student pages encourage practice of new strategies. Across the curriculum strategies are included for building comprehension in other curriculum areas. (SM)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Creative Teaching, Elementary Education, Learning Activities
Barchert, Linda; And Others – Learning, 1994
An activity book helps students learn about the 1969 Apollo 11 mission to the moon as they get a sense of the mission's impact on their lives. The activities enhance understanding of science, math, social studies, and language arts. A teacher's page offers information on books, magazines, computer materials, and special resources. (SM)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Approach, Language Arts
Freeman, Darlene; And Others – Learning, 1991
This problem-solving activity book offers tools for attacking problems in the classroom and beyond (a reproducible card set explaining problem-solving skills, a math problem-solving grid, problem-solving lessons in science, language arts, and social studies, and a poster following scientists as they fight to reclaim an endangered species). (SM)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Educational Games, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics
Learning, 1992
Provides on-task activities to fill in unexpected extra moments in elementary classes. The activities require little preparation and take 5-15 minutes to complete. There are activities for math, language arts, social science, science, critical thinking, and computer. An outer space board game is also included. (SM)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Computer Assisted Instruction, Critical Thinking, Educational Games
Learning, 1991
This activity book uses the whole language approach to encourage young readers and prereaders to become critical listeners and viewers by comparing different versions of familiar fairy tales ("The Three Little Pigs" and "Beauty and the Beast"). Class activities, educational games, posters, and student activity pages are…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Critical Reading, Directed Reading Activity, Fairy Tales
