Teachers of middle and high school students with developmental disabilities embedded planned incidents in instruction to prepare students for appropriate decision making. Teachers were consistently able to provide choice-making opportunities without significantly disrupting core lessons. (SK)

Describes a bird habitat project completed by seventh graders as community service. Details coordinating five curriculum components: (1) social studies; (2) math; (3) language arts; (4) art, and (5) science. Describes implementing the project, including costs and additional ideas; and recognizes involvement of parents, teachers, businesses, and…

Discusses the use of alliteration by authors and poets and presents lesson plans for elementary students that model reading skills with poems and stories that use alliteration effectively. Includes class activities, a worksheet, extended activities including writing poems and tongue twisters using alliteration, and evaluation suggestions. (LRW)

Presents background information on the method used by Hipparchus to determine the distance between the earth and the moon. Describes student activities that employ Hipparchus's Method and Aristarchus's Method for determining the relative distance of the sun and the moon from the earth and Eratosthenes's Method for finding the circumference of the…

Reviews various strategies for addressing language needs in teacher development courses, ranging from providing separate language provision to incorporating language development within the methodology component of the course. Discusses how transcripts can be used to develop awareness of and promote practice in the language used for various…

Focuses on the National Park Service's Teaching with Historic Places (TwHP) program that has more than one hundred classroom-ready lesson plans. Describes the standard format of the lesson, the flexibility inherent in the TwHP lesson plans, and the role of the Internet. (CMK)

Presents an online unit titled "Images of Me" to illustrate how themes can build connections to students' prior knowledge, how to use inquiry questions, and how to utilize online art reproductions. Examines how four middle and high school art teachers used the "Images of Me" unit. (CMK)

Describes the use of role play as a means to teaching aesthetics. Discusses the benefits of role play, sources of inspiration for aesthetics activities, learning goals for students, and four steps to include in lesson plans using role play. Provides an example and includes guidelines for successful role play activities. (CMK)

Focuses on how geographic information systems (GIS) software can be used to help simplify the integration of math and science. Discusses the importance of an integrated mathematics and science model, and how GIS can be used to help unite the two disciplines. Provides a lesson plan for teachers using GIS. (AEF)

Describes a mathematics lesson using digital sums that allows teachers to assess third grade students' understanding of reasoning, arithmetic, and geometry. (ASK)

Proposes an instructional approach for teaching compare-contrast composition within a social studies context. Notes dimensions of this approach (based on research involving students with and without learning difficulties) concern text structure, writing process, and integrated reading and writing. Presents examples of lesson plans and…

As our schools and classroom continue to become increasingly diverse, the task of teaching ALL students within inclusive settings continues to challenge educators. Developing a classroom that respects the diversity of ALL students and facilitates their success is critical, especially at the middle and high school levels. This article describes one…

In this article, the author contends that, in many ways, our classrooms are like our homes. How much time, energy, and thought do educators devote to making the classroom (or school) environment welcoming for the students (their guests)? Expanding upon this analogy, the author equates preparing a meal for guests at her home with preparing the…

The overall aim of this article is to introduce case teaching to college professors who may wish to increase their students' level of engagement with science, mathematics, and engineering. Case teaching is an incredibly adaptable instructional method able to involve students in higher levels of cognitive processing. The explicit purposes of this…

Over-the-Line is a striking/fielding game designed from the perspective of the Games for Understanding tactical model to serve as an alternative to traditional kickball, softball, and baseball. Over-the-Line can be modified for developmental appropriateness and tasks can increase in complexity as tactical awareness is attained. This article shares…