Instructions are provided for constructing a classroom learning center, with nine separate games and activities, to teach pupils to locate words in the dictionary through the use of guide words, entry words, and picture clues. (SJL)

Describes objectives, resources, procedures, and teaching strategies for leading children to use magazines to produce a slide-tape show about animals. Highly structured formats for notetaking, synthesizing, and creating a final presentation are used to enable young children to do research and produce written reports without word-for-word copying.…

Seeking to foster in children a love of books and reading, this 3-week curriculum module is designed to encourage third graders to read independently and to develop an awareness of the intrinsic value of reading by helping students acquire those library skills necessary to access literature, setting up strategies for students to use to assess…

This edition of "minimum teaching essentials" presents the minimum in basic skills and knowledge which must be taught to New York City school students in grades 3-5. The bulletin begins with an overview of each subject area that highlights the major components of the individual disciplines and indicates the role each area plays in the…