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Cochran, Judith M. – Instructor, 1989
One way to give students the most comprehensive reading instruction is to combine techniques from three approaches to reading: literature based reading instruction, the whole language strategy, and the use of basal readers. Lesson plans and student activities which demonstrate this combined approach are presented. (IAH)
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Class Activities, Elementary Education, Junior High Schools
Fina, Allan de – Instructor, 1992
Explains how elementary teachers can help students understand onomatopoeia, suggesting that they define onomatopoeia, share examples of it, read poems and have students discuss onomatopoeic words, act out common household sounds, write about sound effects, and create choral readings of onomatopoeic poems. Two appropriate poems are included. (SM)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Creative Teaching, Elementary Education, Language Arts
Choat, Dolores – Instructor, 1991
An intermediate school teacher describes a successful integrated curriculum unit that taught students basic geography, technology, and writing skills as they pretended to travel across the United States. The project required a large map, a resource library, a computer, and word processing, database, spreadsheet, and drawing software. (SM)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Computer Software, Creative Teaching, Experiential Learning
Parks, Mary – Instructor, 1994
It is possible to connect art and language arts using traditional Japanese art. After explaining the Japanese art forms of Haiku poetry and sumi-e painting, the article describes a project in which students write haiku on special paper then illustrate their poems with gung and shey strokes. (SM)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, Class Activities, Creative Teaching
Spann, Mary Beth; And Others – Instructor, 1992
The article addresses the needs of primary grade teachers, focusing on whole language. It offers strategies from various primary teachers on such issues as classroom supplies, whole-language displays, literature-based activities, charts, graphs, language logs, end-of-the-day journals, and a class tooth book. (SM)
Descriptors: Charts, Class Activities, Creative Teaching, Elementary Education