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Sherwood, Walter – 2000
The lesson plans in this book engage students by using a tool they enjoy--the Internet--to explore key concepts in algebra. Working either individually or in groups, students learn to approach algebra from a problem solving perspective. Each lesson shows learners how to use the Internet as a resource for gathering facts, data, and other…
Descriptors: Algebra, Intermediate Grades, Internet, Problem Solving
Fredericks, Anthony D. – 2002
This book presents science fiction readers theatre scripts for use with grades 4 through 8. The introduction provides information on what readers theatre is and its value, as well as presentation suggestions (e.g., preparing scripts, staging, props, delivery, and post-presentation). Each script includes staging directions and ideas for learning…
Descriptors: Creative Dramatics, Intermediate Grades, Middle Schools, Readers Theater
Morocco, Catherine; Nelson, Anna – 1990
Designed to help teachers develop a collaborative writing community in the intermediate grade classroom, this teacher's resource and support package gives teachers what they need to apply process writing principles to five of the most popular student writing forms or genres ("memorable moments,""interesting…
Descriptors: Collaborative Writing, Intermediate Grades, Process Approach (Writing), Writing Assignments
Cohle, Diane M.; Towle, Wendy – 2001
Imagine a literacy-centered classroom where reading and writing are no longer viewed as school skills, but as life skills--a classroom where students voluntarily and spontaneously engage in discussions about their reading and writing. This book offers personal evidence of the workshop approach as it applies to a balanced language arts program for…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Intermediate Grades, Language Arts, Literacy
Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Inst., Mountain View, CA. – 1995
The SETI Academy Planet Project provides an exciting, informative, and creative series of activities for elementary students (grades 5-6) in these activities each student plays the role of a cadet at the SETI Academy, a fictitious institution. This unit examines the evolution of stars and planets which is an important aspect of the search for…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Earth Science, Intermediate Grades, Science Activities
Burke, Eileen M.; Glazer, Susan Mandel – 1994
Designed to introduce students to the world through nonfiction, this book presents easy-to-follow suggestions for class projects, activities, strategies, and learning centers. The book uses an integrated approach to promoting inquiry in the classroom through the use of quality nonfiction. Aimed at middle grade students and using vignettes which…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Inquiry, Integrated Activities, Intermediate Grades
Allington, Richard L.; Johnston, Peter H. – 2002
Fourth graders around the country face new, high-stakes standardized tests, drawing increased attention to the need for effective literacy instruction in the upper elementary grades. This book goes beyond "political catch phrases" to examine what actually works in the fourth-grade classroom. The book offers a view of the techniques and…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Grade 4, Instructional Effectiveness
Edinger, Monica – 2000
This book offers ideas about using primary sources to enhance students' understandings of history. It discusses the following resources, methods, and ideas: types of primary sources; tips on finding and preparing primary sources for student use; personal, local, and remote history activities; detailed descriptions of diverse projects; guidelines…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, History Instruction, Intermediate Grades, Primary Sources
Raphael, T.; Pardo, L.; Highfield, K.; McMahon, S. – 1997
Drawing on 8 years of classroom-centered research, the Book Club program integrates instruction in reading, writing, speaking, and listening. Student-led discussion groups form the heart of the program, and they provide a real-world context for learning that motivates children and fosters the development of both academic and social skills. This…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Classroom Techniques, Intermediate Grades, Language Arts
Kleiman, Glenn; Zweig, Karen – 1995
With the Seeing and Thinking Mathematically materials, students learn mathematics by doing mathematics, by using and connecting mathematical ideas, and by actively constructing their own understandings. In this unit students learn to see probability through a mathematical lens by exploring and creating games and simulations and by applying the…
Descriptors: Games, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools, Mathematical Models
Silberman, Mel – 1996
This book contains specific, practical strategies that can be used for almost any subject matters to promote active learning. It brings together in one source a comprehensive collection of instructional strategies, with ways to get students to be active from the beginning through activities that build teamwork and get students thinking about the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Classroom Techniques, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness
Deitch, JoAnne Weisman – 1997
Based on the idea that the study of history should include the perspectives of all the people who lived during a certain time period, this unit offers as many different points of view as possible. Students are introduced to primary source materials and exposed to literature (especially historical fiction), poetry, and drama that reflects the…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, History Instruction, Intermediate Grades, Primary Sources
Hurst, Carol Otis; Ahearn, Margaret Sullivan; Clark, Leslie Jacquelin; Palmer, Lynn Otis – 1991
Intended to increase the choices available for teachers and children in the classroom, this book helps teachers deal with the ever burgeoning field of children's books. The first section of the book presents 29 themes on a variety of subjects, such as cats, folklore, money and business, Native Americans, science fiction, sports, villains, and…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Authors, Childrens Literature, Class Activities
Baker, Rosalie F.; Baker, Charles F., III – 1997
This unit on Ancient Rome (covering a time period from 753 B.C. until A.D. 476) contains the following elements: a list of documents, with a description of each document and a brief synopsis of its historical significance to the unit's theme; the documents; and a set of activities. The unit's documents are grouped under the five categories listed…
Descriptors: Ancient History, Foreign Countries, Intermediate Grades, Latin
Lilburn, Pat; Rawson, Pam – 1994
This book presents mathematics activities to help children talk and write mathematically. Children are encouraged to talk about and share their ideas, to use everyday language to describe mathematical situations, and to restate problems in their own words. There are two sections in this book. Part 1 discusses the following issues and implications…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Communication (Thought Transfer), Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics
