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Lee, James – 1997
This guide to teaching speechreading skills to deaf elementary grade children offers an experiential, synthetic (rather than analytic) approach to acquisition of receptive spoken language through realistic and meaningful activities. Introductory material considers the importance of practice in speech reading, ways to individualize the activities…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Deafness, Elementary Education, Interpersonal Communication
Stevens, Bruce B. – Virginia Department of Education, 2004
The "English Standards of Learning Enhanced Scope and Sequence" for grades 6-8 is a resource intended to help teachers align their classroom instruction with the content found in "English Standards of Learning for Virginia Public Schools," adopted by the Board of Education in November 2002. The Enhanced Scope and Sequence…
Descriptors: State Standards, English, Grade 6, Grade 7
MacKay, Gilbert F.; Dunn, William R. – 1981
Intended for parents and teachers, the manual offers guidelines for developing communication skills in severely and profoundly mentally handicapped children. An introduction helps the reader determine a suitable starting point and provides a description of early communication skills; Part II describes the five stages in communication development.…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Curriculum Guides, Early Childhood Education, Language Acquisition
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DeGeorge, Katherine L. – Intervention in School and Clinic, 1998
Discusses the difficulty children with learning disabilities have in making friends and describes a strategy for incorporating children's literature into teaching friendship skills. A practice lesson that used this strategy with five elementary children with disabilities is described and found to be effective in promoting friendship skills. (CR)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Friendship, Interpersonal Competence
Commercial Union Insurance Companies, Boston, MA. – 1978
These units of study will help students in grades five through nine understand the effects various crimes have on individuals, families, and communities. They can be used by teachers, police departments, boy and girl scouts, and community groups. The units deal with shoplifting, buying stolen goods, employee theft, and vandalism. Each lesson…
Descriptors: Crime, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools, Learning Activities
Commercial Union Insurance Companies, Boston, MA. – 1980
Three lesson plans for grades seven through nine explore the social, moral, and financial impact of auto and bicycle theft and drinking and driving. Used individually or together as a complete unit, the lesson plans contain dramatic skits derived from real-life experiences of adolescents. Students simulate tough decision making in the face of…
Descriptors: Crime, Drinking, Driver Education, Junior High Schools
Whyte, Sarah – 1988
Designed as thematic units around Wright Company Big Books, the lessons in this guide demonstrate ways that Big Books can be used in a whole language first grade program. Each lesson indicates skill focus, needed materials, procedures, and additional thoughts or suggestions about the lesson. Units consist of: "Bedtime" (five lessons);…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Childrens Literature, Class Activities, Grade 1
Abernathy, Tammy – 1989
This paper outlines a method for meeting the vocational needs of students with mild disabilities and the instructional demands placed on both teacher and student, without sacrificing time devoted to content areas. By manipulating the existing curriculum and environment, educators can cultivate the skills necessary for success in the working world.…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Job Skills, Lesson Plans, Mainstreaming
Weiner, Deborah A. – Gifted Child Today (GCT), 1988
E. Paul Torrance's Instructional Model uses an integrated approach to teach thinking skills and creative productivity along with subject content for gifted students. Thinking skill objectives include such skills as developing originality, keeping open, imagining the future, using movement, etc. Two sample lessons apply the model to creative…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Creative Thinking, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted
2001
Christopher Columbus remains one of the most studied yet the least known of major historical figures. In this lesson, students read excerpts from Columbus's letters and journals, as well as recent considerations of his achievements so that they can reflect on the motivations behind Columbus's explorations, his reactions to what he found, and the…
Descriptors: Biographies, Curriculum Enrichment, Elementary Education, Geography
2001
Children enjoy listening to bouncy rhythms and reciting catchy rhymes. Poetry provides a rich vehicle for helping children explore how language sounds and works. Such exploration helps develop skills related to language usage, listening, vocabulary acquisition, and auditory memory, while also fostering an understanding of thematically related…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Curriculum Enrichment, Language Arts, Language Usage
Garris, Donald L.; Nivens, Maryruth K. – 1978
This paper presents a training model for the acquisition of helping skills, which stresses that participants be themselves and develop a personal facilitative style of helping. The model, originally designed for a master's- level counseling pre-practicum, utilizes a continuous flow of feedback among participants, their peers and instructors. The…
Descriptors: Counselor Training, Experiential Learning, Feedback, Helping Relationship
Alberta Learning, Edmonton. Direction de l'education francaise. – 1999
This manual, intended for the parents of new pre-school students, presents information on the organization and curriculum of Alberta's French-language pre-school programs for native speakers of French. Written from the point of view of a fictional pre-school teacher, the manual responds to parents' frequently asked questions on topics such as…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cognitive Development, Foreign Countries, French
2001
This lesson introduces students to the "blues," one of the most distinctive and influential elements of African-American musical tradition. With this lesson plan, students can take a virtual field trip to Memphis, Tennessee, one of the prominent centers of blues activities, and explore the history of the blues in the work of W. C. Handy…
Descriptors: Black Culture, Curriculum Enrichment, Intermediate Grades, Learning Activities
Watson, Bevilie R. – 1984
This book deals with the promotion of body awareness through use of educational gymnastics, with handicapped or non-handicapped but poorly coordinated children of all age levels. The method provides an analytical approach to movement, encourages children to listen to language, and assists them in creating their own activities. The activities and…
Descriptors: Adapted Physical Education, Class Activities, Disabilities, Elementary Education
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