A California administrator describes modular classroom furniture that both saves money and allows for creative classroom design and use. (MD)

This guidebook shows K-8 teachers how to implement Morning Meeting in their own classrooms. Morning Meeting is a daily routine that brings students and teachers together in a circle to greet one another, share and respond to each other's news, think together, play together, and look forward to the events of the coming day. It is designed to build…

Teachers of gifted students should operate within a flexible, team-organized framework that exemplifies adult collaboration, overseeing a multiaged heterogeneous pupil grouping system. Teachers should exhibit enthusiasm, self-confidence, "stage presence," commitment to their own learning, and unique professional styles. (CL)

Practical classroom management suggestions are offered for beginning the day, ending the day or period, how students ask for help, how students turn in work, how pencils are handled, how students get permission to leave the room, and how different task completion rates can be handled. (DB)

Factors of location, use of space, room arrangement, and time-out area are examined for their effects on resource room programing for exceptional students. (CL)

Suggests ways of turning the art room into a microenvironment of sensory intensification--a place where a student steps into a new world of color, sound, and smell that delights the eye and inspires the imagination. (Author/SJL)

Strategies to help students with disabilities succeed in inclusive classrooms are explained using several mnemonics. These include 14 steps to modify the learning environment by using a SHE WILL SUCCEED mnemonic and examining the classroom by using a CRIME mnemonic (Curriculum, Rules, Instruction, Materials, and Environment). (Contains…

This book presents classroom-tested ideas to help teachers make teaching and learning more enjoyable, noting that humor can be a positive force in teaching, learning, and health. The book is designed to: help teachers see the importance of a pleasant, good-humored environment; convince teachers that laughter can be an essential element in…

This guide informs parents, advocates, and school personnel about existing laws and resources available to ensure that every school in New York is an environmentally safe and healthy school. The guide reveals how to recognize air quality and other environmental problems and who to contact when adverse conditions are discovered. It examines…

The authors consider essential factors in the cultivation of gifts and talents exhibited by students in the regular classroom. (SW)

The paper delineates three observable and measurable variables in the regular classroom (response opportunity, teacher-student interaction, and social acceptance) which the placement team can use to make the initial placement decision and to evaluate educational progress in the future for learning disabled students. (Author)

Action research, with its emphasis on applied scientific inquiry, helps teachers develop the skills to analyze what is happening in their classrooms. (Author)

Teachers can accommodate differences in student learning styles by creating an environment in which individuals feel free to be themselves. (Author)

Discusses the six program standards of the national science education standards: program consistency; embedded content, inquiry, and connections; resources; equitable and excellent science programs for all; science integrated with mathematics; and communities of learners. (MKR)

This guide provides information on serving students with visual impairments in the regular classroom setting. It discusses types of visual impairments, behaviors that may indicate visual problems, important classroom environment factors, optical aids, special educational needs, and suggestions for curriculum adaptations. (JDD)