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Download full textFrese, Millie K., Ed. – Goldfinch, 1998
"The Goldfinch" is a periodical that introduces young children to various facets of Iowa history. Each issue has a different theme topic and a number of articles covering diverse aspects of the topic being addressed. This issue focuses on letters and letter writing. Featured articles discuss letters that illuminate historical events. The…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Enrichment Activities, Letters (Correspondence), Local History
Pollard, Jim; Holznagel, Don – Report to Decision Makers, 1984
Decision makers must address the issues of (1) just what are electronic communications? (2) how will they help me teach, administer, or survive? and (3) what will it cost in time and money? Electronic mail allows the sending of letters, memos, and messages to anyone who uses the same electronic mail system, and provides most of the options that…
Descriptors: Computers, Costs, Databases, Information Networks
Cookman, Joyce McMahan, Ed. – Write Partner, 1997
This collection of 10 "Write Partner" newsletters presents articles and other materials that help seniors ("Senior Partners") to use their experience and good will to write to children ("Junior Partners") and to assure the children of their intrinsic value and encourage them to learn and succeed. Each issue in the…
Descriptors: Children, Elementary Secondary Education, Field Trips, Freehand Drawing
Thomas-Cochran, Margarette – 1987
Based on the idea that children can learn to write letters to friends and relatives as soon as they learn to write words, this visually oriented pamphlet presents practical classroom activities that primary grade teachers can use to encourage their young students to practice letter writing skills. The pamphlet contains instructions for making a…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Environment, Foreign Countries, Language Arts
Shugert, Diane P., Ed. – Connecticut English Journal, 1983
The focus of the articles in this journal issue is helping students write for real audiences. The document contains the following articles: "Real Audiences: The Only Kind We Write For" (Margaret Queenan); "A Literary Magazine for Middle Grades" (Anthony R. Angelo and Marie-Jeanne Laurent); "Rewarding Understanding and…
Descriptors: Audiences, Creative Writing, Expository Writing, Interdisciplinary Approach
Ferguson, Susan; Ripley, Suzanne – Parent's Guide, 1991
This guide is intended to help parents understand how a child becomes eligible for special education and related services and how to use letter writing to effectively communicate with the school when necessary. Initial information is presented in question-and-answer format and covers parental rights, parental responsibilities, and using letters to…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Disabilities, Due Process, Elementary Secondary Education
Kent, Jeannette, Ed. – Notes Plus, 1999
This sixteenth volume of "Notes Plus: A Quarterly of Practical Teaching Ideas" contains numerous teaching ideas from English classrooms. Articles in number 1 are: "'Cricket' Contests as Class Exercises" (Rosemary Laughlin); "Body Biography Revisited" (Julie Medow); "Helping Students Keep in Touch" (Joyce Taaffe); "A Love Affair with Letter…
Descriptors: Civil War (United States), Class Activities, Computer Uses in Education, Critical Thinking
Fallon, Irmie; Johnson, Mike – Insights into Open Education, 1987
Intended for teachers who want to improve writing instruction in their kindergarten or elementary school classroom, this two-part guide offers ideas for kindergarten teachers to help their students express their feelings through writing and reports on a district-wide writing assessment in Grand Forks, North Dakota. The first part, which is divided…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Educational Assessment, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Travaux Neuchatelois de linguistique (TRANEL), 1985
The five papers in this collection include: "Apprendre a apprendre les langues: 'Mais je veux etre un handicape linguistique!'" (Learning To Learn Languages: But I Want To Be Linguistically Handicapped!) (Richard Duda); "Pedagogie integree des langues maternelle et seconde. La conscience des problemes chez les enseignants et chez les enseignes"…
Descriptors: Child Language, Foreign Countries, Instructional Materials, Interpersonal Communication
Gross, Tracy, Ed. – 1989
The student magazine of the educational program sponsored by the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU) is a collection of student writings. The writings are divided into the following topics: life journeys (Our Countries, Coming to the United States, and Our New Country); Our Lives (autobiographies, parents, family, remembering…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adult Students, Creative Writing, English (Second Language)
Guidelines, 1992
This document consists of five years (1988-1992, 10 issues) of the Singapore-based journal "Guidelines." Issues contain articles on a variety of topics in second language teaching. Topics include classroom language teaching strategies, techniques for teaching specific language skills (reading, writing, listening, speaking) or knowledge…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Business Communication, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques
