Authors! Authors! Everybody takes a bow for a class-written drama. (Editor)

What does all the recent and much talked about right brain, left brain research mean to you? Authors conduct a symposium in print in which they discuss the research and its findings, and offer ways to use them in your class. (Editor/RK)

How to deal with profanity and other unacceptable language in the classroom is a subject all of us deal with daily. And, if the problem isn't handled sensitively, it can be explosive. Presents a few practices that seem to reduce the incidence of profane language in the classroom. (Author/RK)

A week-by-week readiness program for preschool and early primary children. (Editor)

Creative movement and drama can expand children's understanding of their environment, extend knowledge levels, and broaden creative self-expression. This article describes the benefits of incorporating such learning experiences in the classroom and presents several children's books and related activities that lend themselves to the integration of…

This article offers both a rationale and method for the implementation of a natural literacy program for preschool children with language disabilities. It reviews research on development of fundamental literacy skills and briefly describes extant approaches to facilitating literacy skills. Tenets of the natural literacy perspective are explained…

Offers suggestions for developing creative instructional approaches in time-blocked classes. Teachers should continuously engage students in active learning, include group activities to encourage student participation, incorporate activities addressing multiple intelligences, use creative thinking activities, move outside the classroom, employ…

Describes the use of student newspapers in a college freshman study skills course. Notes that the students enjoy the exercise. (RS)

Discusses three points to deal with in news reporting: measuring news value; assessing functions of time in reporting the news; and choosing the degree of popularization to be applied within the field of news. Recommends several integrated competitive teaching exercises using these elements. (MG)

Describes a brainstorming/conceptualization activity suitable for adult, secondary, and college levels which serves as a preliminary exercise to test students' prior knowledge and to activate a schema for deeper immersion into a text. Describes how students use the activities to construct a sentence which defines the purpose of their textbook. (RS)

This article suggests ways of teaching critical thinking skills that won't strain crowded schedules. Several curriculum-related ideas and brain teasers are listed. A number of activities are appropriate for odd moments in the school day, such as while students line up for lunch or as they come in from recess. (IAH)

Encourages the use of storytelling by students to develop communication skills and encourage shared learning experiences. Describes several classroom activities that serve as preparation for actual storytelling. (MG)

Graphing activities shouldn't end with data collection; they can be vehicles for communicating information, tools for stimulating discussion and debate, and techniques for engaging students in real mathematical thinking. Graphing activities for primary and intermediate students are suggested. (IAH)

A spelling program was devised for learning-disabled students, using elements from "Signs for Sounds," the Cloze method, and "Auditory Discrimination In-Depth." Day-by-day use of the program involves drawing word pictures, spelling the words with tiles and blocks, writing on the board, using the words in written sentences, spelling bees, etc. (JDD)

Discusses the teacher's role, teaching strategies, and the use of newspapers when working with at-risk learners. Presents four techniques (involving three to five minutes of structured thinking about a topic) that help motivate at-risk learners and focus their thinking. (RS)