Article describes cross age teaching programs in five different schools and gives reasons for their success. (GB)

Presents three activities that prepare students for matching up with spelling partners, carrying out partner quizzes, and scoring partner quizzes. A sidebar provides tips for making partner quizzes work. (SM)

This article describes a method for writing instruction in which small groups of students meet to read and evaluate each other's writing. A five-day schedule for this "writing family" activity is outlined. (SJL)

A teacher gives insight into the benefits of teaching a combination class. Students of different levels learn to think of themselves as multilevel people, sometimes helping their peers, other times receiving help. Suggestions for planning for two different levels are offered. (DF)

Teachers can give their non-English-speaking children the extra help they need by using a set of students (buddies) who can help the new student with vocabulary, reading, writing, spelling, and listening skills. Included are ways to orient these "buddies" and ways to demonstrate particularly useful teaching techniques. (JMK)