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Robinson, Ann – Gifted Child Quarterly, 1986
Assimilation and accommodation are two approaches for developing language arts curricula for gifted elementary grade students. Some adaptations, such as more individualized reading may be readily assimilated into existing curricula. Other changes, such as providing opportunities for technical writing, require more accommodation of current methods,…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Enrichment, Elementary Education, Gifted
Murrow, Casey – Today's Education: Social Studies Edition, 1980
Suggestions are provided for including writing from personal experience as a part of the school's curriculum. The philosophy is that experience in the real world provides motivation for writing. (KC)
Descriptors: Creativity, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Student Experience

Caruso, Joseph J. – Journal of Staff Development, 1985
Teacher advisors in the Fall River (MA) public schools bridge theory and practice and merge curriculum development with staff development. They have revitalized the writing curriculum, brought freshness and excitement to teaching, and raised the quality of student writing. Their approach is described. (MT)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Instructional Improvement, Junior High Schools

Nia, Isoke Titilayo – Primary Voices K-6, 1999
Explains the need to think of curriculum as consisting of units of study across a writing year. Outlines a predictable structure for genre study and helps teachers think about how to choose literature to support these studies. Appends a sample year-long curriculum chart and a blank chart to use for planning. (RS)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Literature Appreciation
Ashburn, Ann – Highway One, 1984
Argues that children want to write and enjoy writing and that teachers need to provide them with suitable opportunities for doing so. Discusses different kinds of writing that allow children's voices to come through. (FL)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Learning Activities, Writing Exercises

Smith, Frank – Language Arts, 1981
Examines the shortcomings of prepackaged teaching programs for reading and writing instruction that are designed by those removed from the learning environment. (HTH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Instructional Materials
Wetzel, Keith – Computing Teacher, 1985
Discusses need for development of keyboarding skills at the elementary school level; issues to be addressed when developing keyboarding curricula (criterion for competence, how much is necessary, time needed, who should teach and how); and program considerations (hardware, curriculum, principles of instruction, instructional periods, classroom or…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods

Grainger, Teresa; Goouch, Kathy; Lambirth, Andrew – English in Education, 2003
Collects primary pupils' views of themselves as writers and their preferences, attitudes and awareness of the source of their ideas in the context of England's National Literacy Strategy. Underlines the importance of listening to pupils' views about literacy, in order to create a more open dialogue about language and learning, and to negotiate the…
Descriptors: British National Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
Cook, Jimmy – Teaching PreK-8, 1995
Describes development of a process-oriented writing curriculum that provides continuity through the use of portfolios passed on to the students' next teacher and a classroom atmosphere that celebrates writing as a natural part of students' lives. (HTH)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Portfolio Assessment
Sunflower, Cherlyn; Crawford, Leslie W. – 1985
A study examined elementary school writing instruction to determine (1) how frequently students are writing, (2) when in the curriculum writing occurs, and (3) in what forms the writing occurs. Data were collected in 75 elementary classrooms in 25 midwestern schools during a 15-day period. The data deviated little from what D. Graves reported in…
Descriptors: Content Area Writing, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Student Needs

Lynch, Paddy – Primary Voices K-6, 2001
Considers how due to the emphasis of reading, writing, and math, low-performing students are pulled from their regular classes for one-on-one tutorial sessions, restricting their exposure to group discussions and activities that encourage higher-order thinking skills. Suggests a reshaping of remedial curricula based on six guidelines. (SG)
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, High Risk Students
Short, Kathy G.; And Others – 1996
Offering more practical ideas and a rich description of how their curriculum moved from writing and reading to include inquiry, the first half of this book focuses on the authoring cycle and the ways in which educators have used the cycle as a curricular framework. The second half of the book provides detailed descriptions of "curricular…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Environment, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education

Nelms, Ben F. – Elementary School Journal, 1987
Overviews attempts to integrate language arts and social studies and reviews research on language processes. Discusses types of writing designed to produce active and responsible learners. Describes writing exercises designed to enable students to inventory knowledge; to initiate, consolidate, and personalize learning; and to clarify thinking. (RH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Critical Thinking, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education

Temple, Charles; And Others – Reading Teacher, 1993
Describes an effort in the Dominican Republic to write, study, and publish a new curriculum of basic language and literacy which includes some teaching approaches familiar in the English-speaking world but new to the Dominican Republic. (SR)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
Idaho State Dept. of Education, Boise. – 1997
This guide presents a list of writing skills that all students should know and be able to do at each grade level from kindergarten through sixth grade, as determined by the Idaho State Board of Education. It presents, grade by grade, a list of target skills and sample assessment methods. The guide also includes columns identifying three processes…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Elementary School Curriculum, Evaluation Criteria