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Whitcomb, Cynthia – Learning, 1974
This article tells how to produce your own classroom movies. (PD)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Film Production, Films, Photography
Feller, Ron; Feller, Marsha – Learning, 1987
Making and using masks can be a fun classroom project. Directions for creating many styles of three-dimensional masks are presented. Suggestions for using masks in the classroom are offered. (MT)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Class Activities, Elementary Education
Phillips, Louis – Learning, 1972
This article briefly explains the use of trading cards as teaching tools. (BB)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Educational Media, Teaching Methods
Hansen, Karen L. – Learning, 1992
Offers answers to questions on this issue's September calendar of events for elementary students. Items addressed include the Viking 2 spacecraft, children's poetry, Ellis Island, the space shuttle Discovery, space satellites and space junk, ice cream cones, Dr. Seuss, and the praying mantis. (SM)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Elementary Education, Instructional Materials
Grabner, Ariadne – Learning, 1987
Suggestions for decorating pumpkins using paint and other materials are offered. Many imaginative pumpkins are pictured. (MT)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Class Activities, Elementary Education, Holidays
Paine, Carolyn A. – Learning, 1975
Descriptors: Athletics, Class Activities, Curriculum, Educational Games
Roat, Ronald C. – Learning, 1977
Several classroom consumer education activities are discussed for use in instructing elementary school children. (MJB)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Consumer Education, Elementary Education, Learning Activities
Simon, Sidney B.; Goodman, Joel – Learning, 1976
Seven values activities to promote a child-oriented examination of death and growing old, as well as appreciation of life. (MM)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Curriculum Enrichment, Death, Elementary Education
Ohanian, Susan – Learning, 1987
By introducing students to the idea of inventing their own celebrations, teachers encourage creativity and help them sort out values and make decisions. Students can savor a sense of community as they share discoveries with classmates. Examples of several invented celebrations are recounted. (MT)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Creative Thinking, Elementary Education, Learning Activities
Ohanian, Susan – Learning, 1987
Ways in which childrens' literature may be used to help students become better spellers are discussed and suggestions are made for innovative class activities involving spelling skills. (JD)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Class Activities, Elementary Education, Spelling Instruction
McCormick, Virginia – Learning, 1987
Suggestions are made for creative class activities that help students become more familiar with punctuation marks and their use. (JD)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Elementary Secondary Education, Punctuation, Writing Skills
Nye, Sandra – Learning, 1982
Events and activities based on holidays and anniversaries occurring in September are suggested for elementary grade levels. (FG)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Elementary Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Learning Activities
Strazella, James A. – Learning, 1988
The article describes innovative activities for presenting legal principles to fifth- and sixth-grade students involving the importance of rules and rulemaking. (CB)
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Class Activities, Democracy, Intermediate Grades
Gardetto, Mary-Sue – Learning, 1988
For an end-of-the-school-year treat, students brought in gifts for their favorite characters from novels they had read during the year. Suggested lists of characters and books, and ways to organize and run the party, are provided. (JL)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Environment, Elementary Education, Novels
Smith, Robert W. – Learning, 1987
Snails, lizards, frogs, and toads can be used to generate student interest in elementary school science. Art, writing, and science activities involving these animals are suggested. (CB)
Descriptors: Animals, Class Activities, Elementary Education, Interdisciplinary Approach
