Exercises are described to help junior high students understand the scope of non-fiction creative expository writing. The communication of attitude and context through language is demonstrated by an exercise based on "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance." (CL)

Twenty games to help elementary school students improve their reading comprehension are described. Ideas involve "scrambled" words, hidden clues, and pantomime. (CJ)

Gifted students should be exposed to global studies. Activities might include identifying and categorizing the links between individuals and groups, studying a state's foreign policy, and examining futurist techniques and methodologies. (CL)

Presented are suggestions for encouraging young people to think while they hear people talk. Included are dramatic listening, listening for clues, and other listening exercises. (KC)

Folk tales which are particularly suited to February cover legends about George Washington, the Chinese zodiac, and Groundhog Day. Also included is a calendar of activities for February. These activities are appropriate for Groundhog Day, Valentine's Day, Chinese New Year, President's (Washington and Lincoln) Day, and Leap Year. (KC)

Presents 37 easy-to-prepare math games, each designed to take five-15 minutes. Topics covered are: relationships and patterns; place value; odd/even numbers; graphs; charts and tables; time; and money. (SJL)

Twenty activities which develop gifted children's creativity; power of reasoning; and ability to analyze, synthesize, and evaluate are listed. (DB)

Recounts a classroom visit by children's poet and illustrator Karla Kuskin, and the flurry of activity and preparation that preceded her visit. (HTH)

Teachers are encouraged to use games to reinforce newly acquired language items, to review, to help students relax, and to reward them for finishing difficult tasks. Several games are suggested. (PMJ)

Describes the role of captioned programs in instructional television for the hearing impaired and notes prerequisite knowledge viewers must possess. Teacher objectives, preparatory or follow-up activities, supplementary materials, and evaluation methods are also presented. (BK)

A report of high school students covering the 1980 Democratic National Convention. (RL)

Describes an artifact box that fourth grade students filled for their teacher to take to students in Japan. The process consisted of committee formation, budget hearings, and shopping. The final product contained clothes, food, cassette recordings, toys, and school materials. (KC)

In order to understand the work and play in kindergarten and to define kindergarten play from the children's perspective, children in three classrooms were observed and interviewed. (MP)

Describes how a class of technical writing students learned to create their own style guides relevant to their areas of specialty. Includes a composite style guide. (TJ)

Ideas for educational games in the elementary school classroom. (M)