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Direct linkKaesshaefer, Megan – Instructor, 2011
This article presents an interview with Lyn Huston, who teaches in a one-room schoolhouse--Duckwater School--in Duckwater, Nevada. The school, which has a class of only 15 students, is set on a plot of land between alfalfa farms, an Indian reservation, and a 20,500-acre wilderness area. Huston discusses the challenges that exist when teaching in a…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Rural Areas, Elementary Education, Teaching Methods
Instructor, 1978
Presents innovative ideas for teachers on how to use license plates as a teaching aid. (JMB)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Teaching Methods
Gregory, Cynde – Instructor, 1994
Presents an assessment rubric that allows teachers to consistently assess children's work over time. The rubric focuses on 3 features of writing (surface features, inner layers, and creativity), within which are 18 specific competencies. The article describes how to use the rubric to assess creative writing. (SM)
Descriptors: Check Lists, Creative Writing, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods
Curwood, Jen Scott – Instructor, 2008
By the time March comes around, students are anticipating spring break and warmer weather--not to mention the rapidly approaching end of the school year. To keep teachers sane during this March Madness, the author provides tips on how they can cope with the bad behaviors of their students. She also suggests that a school-wide behavior policy, such…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Intervention, Teaching Methods, Student Attitudes
Giampalmi, Joe – Instructor, 1979
Suggests several inventive teaching techniques to liven up grammar lessons. (JMB)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Grammar, Teaching Methods
Sisneros, Karen; Bullock, Marlene – Instructor, 1983
Spelling activities that draw upon all of a student's senses--visual, auditory, and kinesthetic--are described. Instructions for setting up a kinesthetically based holiday center that will develop a taste for spelling and a feel for words are also given. (PP)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Kinesthetic Methods, Kinesthetic Perception, Learning Activities
Booth, Virginia Humphreys – Instructor, 1994
A children's art project lets students create artistic portfolios in a Jackson Pollock style. The activity takes 60 minutes and requires posterboard, adhesive tape, spray paint, tempera paints, eyedroppers, newspapers, colored markers, and stencil letters. By inviting students to make their own portfolios, teachers are cultivating students'…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Products, Childrens Art, Creative Expression
Instructor, 1979
Presents ideas for teaching techniques and learning activities in areas such as: New Year's resolutions, bird feeding, typing to spell, using thermometers, and activities utilizing old calendars. (JMB)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Learning Activities, Teaching Methods
Instructor, 1978
Briefly summarizes five popular scientific mysteries (ancient astronauts, Bigfoot, the Bermuda Triangle, UFOs, and the Loch Ness Monster) and suggests classroom activities to use with each. (JMB)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Learning Activities, Teaching Methods
Instructor, 1978
Presents several pages of suggested classroom activities, several of which have a Halloween theme. (JMB)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Learning Activities, Teaching Methods
Instructor, 1978
Presents several pages of teaching ideas and activities for elementary school teachers. (JMB)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Learning Activities, Teaching Methods
Instructor, 1979
Presents a short collection of February materials for elementary school classes including songs, a story, poems, a skit, and suggested classroom activities. (JMB)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Learning Activities, Teaching Methods
Instructor, 1978
Descriptors: Elementary Education, School Orientation, Teaching Methods
Instructor, 1978
Presents several pages of teaching ideas and activities for elementary school teachers. (JMB)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Learning Activities, Teaching Methods
Albert, Jr., Burton – Instructor, 1978
Describes and suggests treatment for different writing "diseases" common to elementary school students. (SB)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Teaching Methods, Writing Skills
