Suggests a method for teaching research and other media center skills by integrating them in the reading and language arts curriculum with the media specialist and classroom teacher team-planning relevant activities. Advantages and disadvantages of this approach are summarized. (MES)

Reflects on the evolution of NCTE's elementary-level professional journal--from its official designation as a Council journal in 1929 through its change to "Language Arts" in 1975--and the author's tenure as its editor during the 1960s. (HTH)

Notes that despite unresolved world issues, many "student friendly" events occurred during the author's tenure as editor of NCTE's elementary-level professional journal. (HTH)

Reflects on the author's school years early in the century and her teaching career, parallel to NCTE's first 75 years, and her work within the Council. (HTH)

Ways in which to use "picture talk" (proverbs, similes, idioms, and witcracks) in language arts activities for elementary school students are described, including: writing and illustrating expressions; changing expressions; and interpreting expressions. (CB)

Reviews selected English and language arts curriculum guides in use in five provinces--British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario, and Nova Scotia. The discussion focuses on the literature sections of the curriculum guides. (SRT)

A summer enrichment program integrated language arts skills with outdoor education to produce a qualitatively different program to meet the needs of gifted students. (CL)

Discusses a common problem encountered in text translation, i.e., words which have either a broader or narrower meaning in the target language than in the source language. Discusses the consequences of functional decisions on the translation of words and the implications of these decisions for the teaching of translation. (SED)

A language arts teacher describes a successful project for mainstreamed learning disabled students in which spelling words are used to make a design. Three examples are provided. (CL)

One approach never before used in adult language arts instruction--the Slingerland Simultaneous Multisensory Technique--has been found useful for specific language disabled adults in multisensory programs at Anchorage Community College. The Slingerland method builds from single sight, sound, and feel of letters through combinations, encoding,…

An article first printed in "Elementary English" in September 1953 which reviews language acquisition and development in children. (DD)

Presents a conceptual scheme which is to relate minicourses and other forms of elective curricula to the entire language arts program at the secondary school level. (JY)

Which spelling words should students master in order to communicate well in writing? There are numerous sources from which teachers may choose spelling words to use and teach. This paper discusses five such sources: the basal spelling textbook; words based on research studies; individualized spelling; words taken from subject matter units of…

Presents a brief history of puppetry, discusses two approaches to the preparation of a puppet play, and provides instructions for building puppet characters. (RB)