One of a series prepared by the Hawaii Newspaper Agency, this teaching guide offers 100 ideas for using the daily newspaper to teach lower elementary classes language arts, social studies, and mathematics. The 100 ideas may be adapted to either group or individual instruction; however, the teachers highly recommend individualized instruction. (SW)

This booklet is a source of activities and instructional materials for teaching environmental education concepts in grades K-6. Contents are organized into the areas of language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies and are subdivided by suggested grade level. A listing of basic environmental understandings is referenced with the various…

This illustrated guide includes activities in Creative Arts, Language Arts, Math, Science, and Social Studies. Activities progress from an animal rhyme quiz for lower grades, to projects for upper level students on soil testing, relative humidity, and solar heat collection. The guide emphasizes activities selected to motivate students to…

One of a series prepared by the Hawaii Newspaper Agency, this teaching guide offers ideas on how to use the newspaper to teach kindergarten and first grade students reading, writing, speaking, listening, math and science, and art. (SW)

This workbook provides a variety of activities that are multi-disciplinary in approach. Activities are included for both elementary and secondary school students. Teacher reference sheets usually include suggestions for the activities including concepts, objectives, pre-activities, activity procedures, and post-activities. Content areas include…

Provided is an overview of the St. Lucie County (Florida) curriculum for school-aged handicapped children. The basic curriculum is broken down by grade levels for the following subject areas: reading, language arts, spelling, handwriting, mathematics, social studies, science, and gross and fine motor development. (SBH)

Employing an interdisciplinary approach, this outdoor education guide to the study of cemeteries is designed for older elementary and younger secondary students. Suggestions are provided for activities involving the study of history, geology, mathematics, art, language arts, and values. For example, the cemetery markers lend themselves to art…

The book presents three 93-day lesson plans to motivate and teach handicapped secondary students basic academic skills in reading and language arts, English, and mathematics in conjunction with learning about automobile engines from Revell's Visible V8 Engine Kit. Each lesson plan is correlated with the Visible V8 Engine Kit and includes daily…

One of a series prepared by the Hawaii Newspaper Agency, this teaching guide offers some practical ideas on how to start using the newspaper in the classroom for social studies, mathematics, speech, and language arts instruction. This booklet, both for convenience and at the request of teachers, is divided into three sections; kindergarten through…

One of a series prepared by the Hawaii Newspaper Agency, this teaching guide suggests ways of using the newspaper in the classroom and serves as an idea kit for introducing elementary school students to the newspaper. The two booklets comprising this kit provide background descriptions of the newspapering process, tips for good writing,…

This is one of a series of units for environmental education developed by the Highline Public Schools. This unit is designed for use by a substitute teacher for instruction of intermediate grade elementary school pupils. The kit provides three days of lesson plans. There is closure at the end of each lesson and each day. Much emphasis is placed on…

Presented is the curriculum guide for primary grade gifted and talented students in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. Introductory information includes information on program philosophy, rationale, definition of giftedness, goals of the program, identifying characteristics of giftedness, identification and placement, rationale for curriculum…

Designed for elementary and perhaps junior high school students, this activities-animal-tracks packet is a multi-disciplinary educational lesson which provides students with an opportunity for learning through "self discovery". Comprised of narrative and illustrative directions and suggestions, the activities described here include the following:…

The instructional unit was developed to help grade 2 students become aware of money as a medium of exchange. Learning activities are based on the theme of the economic needs of a family. The major topics covered in the unit are: counting money, earning money, spending money, money substitutes, and financial institutions. Objectives which encourage…

This environmental education program consists of two levels: primary and intermediate. The learning materials are activity based and incorporate process and subject area skills with knowledge and concern for the environment. The program is also interdisciplinary including activities and skills from art, language arts, mathematics, music, science,…