This annotated inventory of materials is a result of a survey conducted in response to a number of requests for information about curriculum materials appropriate for use in French immersion programs at the early grade levels. In addition to making available to teachers, consultants, and educators an annotated list of materials used at each grade…

Developed by the International Reading Association Library Resources and Reading Committee, this book is designed to help parents, teachers, and librarians provide children with books and reading experiences that will make reading a lifetime habit. Part One, "The Right Book for Each Child: Book Selection and Library Use," contains the following…

THIS FINAL REPORT IS AN EVALUATION OF A COMPENSATORY EDUCATION PROJECT IN RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. DATA ARE DERIVED FROM TEACHERS' RESPONSES TO A QUESTIONNAIRE, FROM A REPORT ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF PUPILS IN THE 1965 SUMMER PROGRAM, AND FROM AN ANALYSIS OF STANDARDIZED ACHIEVEMENT TEST RESULTS IN EXPERIMENTAL AND CONTROL SCHOOLS. THE REPORT…

English, which enrolls all students, is the only humanities course capable of transmitting culture to everyone. Students respond to cultural stimuli other than books, however; and since many justifications for traditionally narrow English courses are demonstrably not valid, English subject matter should be broadened to include methods of…

Focusing on the general objectives of emotional, social, and academic development, and economic and physical growth, five areas of curriculum are described. The area of language arts includes motor, oral sensory development in readiness, habits and attitudes, reading, writing, spelling, and language. Arithmetic instruction is divided into primary,…

Newly developed communications systems for exceptional children include Cybercom; CYBERTYPE; Cyberplace, a keyless keyboard; Cyberphone, a telephonic communication system for deaf and speech impaired persons; Cyberlamp, a visual display; Cyberview, a fiber optic bundle remote visual display; Cybersem, an interface for the blind, fingerless, and…

Evaluated are the various features of a project for the education of migrant children in a rural section of Florida. The objectives of the program were to ascertain the special educational needs of this population and to develop programs to meet their needs; to offer necessary supplemental and remedial activities and social and educational…

Along with general information on the 1966-67 Title I compensatory education programs in the Sacramento City Unified School District and on the instruments used in evaluation the effectiveness of these programs, this report contains descriptions of individual activities: (1) language arts development and reading remediation (also information on…

The booklet provides forms for the teacher of the orthopedically handicapped to use in systematically collecting data and designing an appropriate educational blueprint for each student. Pupil development assessment sheets include columns for recording assessment date, date of mastery, level of achievement, and comments for each behavioral…

During FY 1977 the Florida Migratory Child Compensatory Program (FMCCP) served 45,511 migrant children in approximately 27 school districts. The program consisted of four major educational components (early childhood, language arts, Learn and Earn, and supportive services) planned specifically for migrant children based on the results of a needs…

During FY 1976, the Florida Migratory Child Compensatory Program (FMCCP) served 43,225 migrant children. Consisting of four major educational components (early childhood, language arts, Learn and Earn, and supportive services), FMCCP was committed to providing preventative education (preschool services), and compensatory education (language arts,…

This guide for teachers provides a basic kindergarten curriculum which can be adapted to meet the specific needs of any group of kindergarten children. The guide is divided into major curriculum areas and each area is presented to the teacher through an overview, statement of goals, description of activities, and annotated bibliography. Curriculum…

"Of Mice and Men" is developed as an interdisciplinary unit to be team taught by math, science, language arts, and social studies teachers and team guidance counselors. Developed as an individualized program for middle school students, a variety of supplementary materials is provided to exemplify the types of activities suggested for students.…

The goal of Vegetable Soup, a television series for children, is to help counter the negative, destructive effects of racial prejudice and racial isolation and to reinforce and dramatize the positive, life enhancing value of human diversity in entertaining and affective presentations that children can understand and relate to. This teaching guide…

Three major sections, English language development, language arts curriculum, and historical overviews, compose this bibliography compiled from a review of Dissertation Abstracts International, July 1973-June 1974 and July 1974-June 1975. Its focus is on prekindergarten and primary minority groups and disadvantaged children, and it excludes those…