Language teacher education is widely identified as one of the most important areas that needs addressing in order to improve early language instruction, yet research into teacher education for early language teachers remains relatively sparse. This volume responds to this gap by compiling studies with diverse methodological tenets from a wide…

Describes six elementary art activities which integrate art with other subjects. Students make cloth patchwork banners, bark rubbings, posters, full-sized paper cut-outs of singing children, and optical drawings. An arts enrichment day for bilingual children with visual arts, music, and dance demonstrations is also discussed. (AM)

Events and activities based on holidays and anniversaries occurring in September are suggested for elementary grade levels. (FG)

Presented is a step-by-step system and guide for incorporating math into reading. It keeps everything organized and provides a record of all math concepts being reinforced. A bibliography of books containing many number concepts is presented. (KC)

Snails, lizards, frogs, and toads can be used to generate student interest in elementary school science. Art, writing, and science activities involving these animals are suggested. (CB)

Suggestions are made for activities that combine the teaching of math and science. Math concepts include: graphing, estimating, measurement, statistics, geometry, and logic. Science topics include: plant reproduction, solar system, forces, longitude and latitude, Earth's magnetic field, nutrition, and heat. (IAH)

Elementary students who love good literature are often the same children who dislike completing worksheets filled with numerical problems or who struggle with those troublesome word problems. With the whole-language philosophy and literature-based language arts becoming more prevalent, integrating math and literature is an exciting and logical…

Presents suggestions of what teachers and employees of welfare organizations can do to encourage people's observance of "Be Kind to Animals Week." Includes places to go, people to see, and things to do. (BC)

Describes a combined art and science study of animals in which fourth graders studied seashells. Students made contour drawings of shells using pastel chalks and experimented to see how different colored lines affected the appearance of their shells' shapes. (AM)

Describes a step-by-step process for elementary class brainstorming to develop interdisciplinary learning projects and activities: (1) initial listing of everything concerning the topic; (2) organizing the ideas by discipline, responsibility, and logical sequence; (3) experientializing the topics; and (4) identifying skills to be incorporated in…

This lesson resource focuses on the interdisciplinary study of dinosaurs and provides insight into the work of paleontologists. The plan includes lesson goals and objectives; background preparation; a glossary of terms; a list of supplies; optional supplies; and instructions and suggestions for lesson implementation. Supplies needed include a…

This instructional resource, developed for use with students in grades K-5, provides original versions of folk songs from more than 25 cultures. New lyrics, which explain or introduce lesson concepts, are given. Exercises and activity sheets following each song tie in with the new lyrics to further understanding of the culture and concepts…

Outlines the characteristics of a good middle school. An interdisciplinary team approach provides teachers that meet the needs of sixth-grade students. Provides six strategies for such an approach that have been successful. (MD)

Describes how a koala hand puppet was used to teach county history as well as reading and writing skills, multicultural awareness, music, art, and self-esteem to third graders in San Diego, California. Activities that involved the puppet are described. (AM)

Suggests language arts and interdisciplinary activities to improve students' handwriting. (DD)