Describes how students set up a database or collection of favorite poems on the classroom computer. (HTH)

Varied exercises are offered for teachers to use in sharpening students' listening skills. (DG)

The article presents an instructional model for teaching frustration management without sacrificing traditional academic content. An illustration is offered of an adaptation of a language arts objective to promote acceptance of and coping with frustration. (CL)

A variety of activities are offered to help children develop skill in public speaking. Confidence is built when childen practice presenting themselves both visually and orally. (DF)

Points out why drill work has a role in the language arts classroom, explores the possibilities of using a microcomputer to give children drill work, and discusses the characteristics of a good software program, along with faults found in many software programs. (FL)

A discussion of television advertising's impact on children and what teachers can do to guide children in their viewing of television. (DD)

Along with listening, reading, speaking and writing skills, schools must develop students' thinking skills. (JH)

Familiarity with dance enhances perceptivity in the other arts by virtue of the kinesthetic sensitization it affords. (JH)

Creating humorous characters is one way to infuse a language arts program with creativity. (Editor)

Argues that the language arts curricula of the public schools should be more student centered and that future innovations should be aimed at meeting each student's needs. (RB)

Discusses one teacher's approach to classroom cooking, using four specific cooking experiences. Procedures, materials, and concepts are described. (HS)

Teachers should enrich students' language environment, give children opportunities to practice their language, and allow feedback on language to occur. (DD)

The aims of the Gadsden City School System project to alter language arts strategies in fifth and eighth grade included the promotion of professional growth for teachers and student growth in language arts and reading as well as the production of appropriate televised materials. (LS)

A study provides an organized list of core English language arts standards and benchmarks that are recognized by most or all of the states in the Central Region (Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming) and that are found in standards documents that have been rated as exemplary by national organizations. In…