Presents information on the concept of synesthetes. Focuses on the artwork of Grace Hartigan and her work of art, "On a Tar Roof," an illustration of the poem, "Flashes," by James Schuyler. Includes activities in language arts, visual arts, social studies and history, and science. (CMK)

Presents information on the life and career of Walter Inglis Anderson. Focuses on his bouts of mental illness which influence his works of art. Provides an explanation of his artwork, "Chickens." Includes lessons in social studies, visual arts, psychology, and language arts. (CMK)

Presents a case for focusing on reading, writing, and comprehension in the science classroom. Focuses on uses of textbooks and informal writing opportunities. (DDR)

Addresses the importance of preserving the integrity of music education when it is part of an interdisciplinary curriculum. Discusses how to connect different disciplines in the curriculum, while still preserving the content of music education. Presents three descriptions of how this can be achieved. (CMK)

Investigates impact of a nongraded instructional organization on the reading/language development of 117 kindergarten through second graders--61 in 3 nongraded classrooms, 56 in 3 graded classrooms. Uses a pretest-posttest control group design. Indicates no significant differences between the groups on any measures. Suggests findings are important…

Describes a unit primarily for third through sixth grade students that can be used in music or language arts classrooms. Introduces students to children's literature about string instruments and teaches them music listening skills. Includes the selection criteria for literature as well as bibliographies of resources. (CMK)

Provides background information on the life and career of artist Faith Ringgold. Focuses on her work of art "Under a Blood Red Sky" and includes information on its subject matter. Includes lessons in visual arts, social studies, language arts, and music. (CMK)

Describes projects in a teacher education program that involved two courses, one an introduction to the role of literature in teaching elementary school language arts, and the other an introduction to educational technology. Focuses on creating an interest in poetry, using poetic forms, and how students can use technology to explore poetry.…

Provides background information on the career of the artist, Allan Clark. Focuses on his sculpture titled "The King's Temptress" that was influenced by his visit to the Angkor Wat (Cambodia). Includes activities in visual arts, language arts, history, and social studies. (CMK)

Describes a summer institute for classroom teachers and arts specialists on integrating the arts into language arts in order to meet newly mandated viewing and representing strands in school curricula. Outlines the results of a survey sent to participants one year after the institute. Concludes that an intensive professional development experience…

Investigates the genres, sign systems, and cueing systems of hypermedia literacy. Contends that increased knowledge of this complex literacy will help educators plan curriculum and evaluate student progress. Explains that the analysis is based on a microethnographic study that investigated hypermedia composition in a seventh-grade language arts…

Describes the artwork, "In the Garden" (Romare Bearden), focusing on its content and use of color. Provides background information on Bearden. Includes activities in mathematics, earth sciences, art history, religion and language arts, visual arts, and the Internet. (CMK)

Examines the similarity between first and second language writing development and the nature of the developmental path. Analyzes the frequency of two types of causality markers in 5th-8th grade essays written by 189 students in English-as-a-Second-language and 546 students in regular language arts classes. (Author/VWL)

The article describes use of storytelling activities integrated with reading and writing instruction for gifted students. Values of the approach include the real-life focus (students interviewed community adults); open-endedness (independent work was encouraged); task commitment; and skill enhancement in research, organization, and writing. (DB)

A story telling contest was used with 21 inner-city learning-disabled students (ages 9-15) to improve writing, reading, and comprehension skills. Measurable improvements in writing, organizational, and vocabulary skills were noted as was the development of student feelings of accomplishment. (DB)