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Peer reviewedSiegfried, Sheila M. – Language Arts, 1992
Describes a spur-of-the-moment curriculum development activity involving primary-school students researching the "real" Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael, and Michelangelo behind the names of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Notes that the products of the research were shared during a classroom pizza party. (RS)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Curriculum Development, Language Experience Approach, Primary Education
Armington, David – 1987
This book describes the special way one teacher, Jeanette Amidon, approaches children's thinking, with a particular focus on reading and writing instruction. The root value of her first-grade classroom in Massachusetts is respect for children's ideas, with the children's art and writing as visible signs of the teacher's respect for their thinking.…
Descriptors: Childrens Art, Childrens Writing, Classroom Environment, Creative Development
