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Marshall, Kristine E. – Learning, 1984
Students' personal responses to literature provide the focus that makes a reading curriculum effective. Teachers can create a classroom that instills positive attitudes towards reading by providing a variety of reading materials, encouraging students to share responses, and by not using literature as a camouflage for teaching reading skills. (DF)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Classroom Environment, Individualized Reading, Literature Appreciation
Lincoln, Wanda – Learning, 1992
Presents strategies that involve students in managing their own classrooms. The ideas include a teacher's mailbox for student suggestions, a classroom bill of rights and responsibilities, class jobs, an evaluation calendar, a bulletin board company, and an advice-to-the-teacher card. A student page offers an evaluation calendar. (SM)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education, Student Responsibility
Learning, 1993
Elementary level activity book presents suggestions for teaching students about endangered and threatened species worldwide. Students learn about what is causing the rapid extinction rate and what needs to be done. They also discover the value of rainforests and why conservationists are fighting to save them. (SM)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Conservation (Environment), Creative Teaching, Elementary Education
Johns, Bruce; Johns, Martha – Learning, 1983
This article suggests ways for teachers to help students handle stress. Creating a comfortable, cheerful environment in which children are stimulated to accept challenges and take risks is one of the first steps in teaching children to cope with stress in the classroom. (FG)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Elementary Education, Helping Relationship, Relaxation Training
Buckleitner, Warren – Learning, 1992
Presents ideas to help elementary teachers make the best use of their computer equipment. The article offers suggestions for getting started, scheduling, and selecting and introducing software. Information is included on programs that teach fractions, action art, animal attributes, writing, math, estimation, symmetry, and maps. A resource list is…
Descriptors: Animals, Art Activities, Class Activities, Classroom Environment
