LANGUAGE ARTS TEACHERS ENDEAVOR TO LAY A GENERAL FOUNDATION IN READING AS A PART OF THE COMMUNICATION PROGRAM. EACH SUBJECT AREA, HOWEVER, HAS PARTICULAR READING PROBLEMS WHICH MUST BE FACED BY THE TEACHER IN DEVELOPING AN INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM. SUGGESTIONS ARE OFFERED TO JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS FOR IMPROVING INSTRUCTION BY GIVING SPECIFIC…

THIS GUIDE FOR THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CLASSROOM TEACHER DISCUSSES HER ROLE IN A PROGRAM OF SPEECH THERAPY OR SPEECH IMPROVEMENT, WHETHER IN COOPERATION WITH A SPEECH THERAPIST OR ALONE. GOOD SPEECH AND DEFECTIVE SPEECH ARE DEFINED, AND ACTIVITIES TO ENCOURAGE SPEECH IN THE CLASSROOM ARE LISTED. SPECIFIC DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND THERAPEUTIC…

IN DEVELOPING TEACHING PLANS, (1) SCOPE, THE MAJOR AREAS OF CONTENT, AND (2) SEQUENCE, THE ORDER IN WHICH CONTENT WILL BE DEVELOPED, MUST BE CONSIDERED. MAJOR AREAS OF CONTENT FOR A PROPOSED CURRICULUM PLAN INCLUDE "ROLES OF WOMEN" CORE, EDUCATION FOR HOMEMAKING AND FAMILY LIFE, EDUCATION FOR EMPLOYMENT INVOLVING HOME ECONOMICS KNOWLEDGES AND…

DESIGNED TO ASSIST SPANISH TEACHERS USING AN AUDIOLINGUAL APPROACH, THIS HANDBOOK DESCRIBES AND ILLUSTRATES TEACHING TECHNIQUES SUITABLE FOR FIRST-LEVEL CLASSES IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS, AND SUGGESTS PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS FOR SOME OF THE PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH SUCH CLASSES. MAJOR SECTIONS DEAL WITH MANAGING THE PREREADING PHASE, TEACHING THE FOUR…

Devised by participants in a summer workshop focusing on writing in the content areas, this guide contains activities for improving writing skills at all grade levels. The various sections of the guide provide the following: (1) a general discussion of teaching writing in all subject areas; (2) ways to use interviews to gather information for use…

The set of three units, designed for middle and junior high school gifted students, includes 30 lessons on logic and critical thinking. Each lesson includes information on objectives, materials, and teaching presentation suggestions. Ten deductive reasoning lessons focus on such topics as fact and opinion, tests for validity of deductive…

Teachers should organize their instructional programs on objectives that relate to student and teacher understandings, attitudes, and appreciation rather than on objectives that emphasize performance or competencies. Studies to identify differences in schools achieving lower than expected results on state tests of basic skills indicate three…

This fifth in a series of twelve modules presents strategies to promote sex equity in content. The first of five sections provides suggestions for teacher organization/management with or without student interaction. These strategies include aids to facilitate lesson preparation and program implementation. The following four sections present…

This booklet along with six others comprises a curriculum guide developed for adult education supervisors and teachers of undereducated workers or job seekers whose inability to develop the skills and obtain the knowledge necessary to meet the requirements of the working world are primarily due to a lack of competence in reading and math skills.…

Intended for parents and teachers of multiply handicapped preschool children, the booklet provides lesson plans in three major areas--basic concepts, motor activities, and language activities. Each lesson plan is broken down into four parts: purpose (a descriptive statement of what the lesson hopes to accomplish), materials (list of materials…

This handbook is designed to assist teachers at the elementary and secondary level in the development of curricula on aging which can integrate the concepts of aging into ongoing lesson plans. The five content areas of instruction include chronological aging, physiological and biological aging, sociocultural aspects of aging, psychological aging,…

The document provides lesson plans for strengthening the thought processes, including problem solving and creative abilities, of first and second grade mentally gifted children. The lessons are organized within the five operations of the mind as defined by J. Guilford's Structure of Intellect (SOI): cognition (10 lessons), memory (3 lessons),…

The document provides lesson plans for strengthening the thought processes, including problem solving and creative abilities, of third and fourth grade mentally gifted children. The lessons are organized within the five operations of the mind as defined by J. Guilford's Structure of Intellect (SOI): cognition (10 lessons), memory (6 lessons),…

The document provides lesson plans for strengthening the thought processes, including problem solving and creative abilities, of fifth and sixth grade mentally gifted children. The lessons are organized within the five operations of the mind as defined by J. Guilford's Structure of Intellect (SOI): cognition (16 lessons), memory (7 lessons),…

Presented is a motor enrichment manual designed as part of Project PEPP (Putnam City Early Prevention Program), a program for handicapped children in kindergarten, first, and second grades. The manual is divided into five units: body image, gross motor, laterality, directionality, and fine motor. Provided for each unit are a criterion referenced…