A description is given of a sequence of activities, designed to explore the relationships between members of the parallelogram family, used with a sixth-grade class. (MK)

Describes guided fantasy, yoga and autogenic phrases and thermal feedback as approaches to helping children manage stress. Provides guidelines for the use of these methods, followed by descriptions of each approach. (BH)

Focuses on the provision of technology to children with disabilities and examines school-subsidized provision of assistive devices and related services. Reviews federal technology legislation and grants to states, school technology teams, role of the elementary school counselor, various ethical considerations, and selection of appropriate…

Each of the chapters in this unique book was written expressly for each major stakeholder group in a school, tailored to their varied needs and experiences. Each chapter contains a set of inter-related practical activities so that each group focuses on the same goals and supports the others. No other book on school improvement includes a chapter…

This study is considered to have been designed as an experimental plan for upper elementary grades with the hope that it would be tried, revised, expanded, and improved upon. Two factors are stressed: communication with children in the affective domain, and drawing upon resources and people from the children's immediate environment. The length of…

One of a series of guides developed under the K-6 Teacher and Counselor Competencies in Career Education Program, this guide contains a section for each of the Grades 3-4 levels (Third Experience Level and Fourth Experience Level), each encompassing the two career education components: Subject Matter Areas (to reinforce science, language arts,…

This guide was written to provide elementary school teachers, parents and other caregivers of children up to the age of 10 with practical suggestions for creating a supportive, bias-free learning environment in the classroom or at home. The main focus of the book is on ethnic differences. Chapter 1 discusses why it is important to help children…

This document presents equipment needs for an adequate (as opposed to minimum) level of physical education programming at primary, middle, and secondary school levels. The "adequate" level is presented since minimal requirements are often considered by educators as being "adequate," and they accept the minimum as being a mean…

Included in this publication for parents and teachers are over 30 anecdotes that serve as suggestions for varied science activities for young people. The first section presents the objectives and organizing the learning environment. The second section presents a variety of ways to help children explore their environment. The last section suggests…

This student activity manual for primary students is designed to teach several concepts related to measurement. Included are activities related to length, volume, and mass. The manual emphasizes comparisons between objects - big, small, long, short, heavy, light, most, and least. Cartoons are used extensively to appeal to student interests. (RH)

This is one of several teacher's guides for the 4M Company, a set of materials for teaching metric concepts and computation. This level of the program deals with premeasurement concepts and vocabulary and introduces the basic metric units. Students compare properties of common objects directly. Students are introduced to four metric units: meter,…

This student activity manual for primary students is designed to teach several metric units. Included are activities related to length, volume, mass, and temperature. This manual emphasizes making comparisons between objects - big, small, long, short, heavy, light, most, least, hotter and colder. Measuring skills are also stressed. Cartoons are…

This is one of several teacher's guides for the 4M Company, a set of materials for teaching metric concepts and computation. This level of the program extends comparisons from two objects to comparisons involving three or more objects. Vocabulary includes superlatives (longest) as well as comparatives (longer). Students are introduced to six…

This student activity manual for primary students is designed to teach several metric units. Included are activities related to length, volume, mass, and temperature. This manual emphasizes learning to measure, reading instruments, spelling terms, and making comparisons. Activities include a variety of drill sheets interspersed with other…

This is one of several teacher's guides for the 4M Company, a set of materials for teaching metric concepts and computation skills to elementary school students. Included in this guide are sections on needed materials, length (comparison, arbitrary units, meter, decimeter, centimeter, addition, subtraction), capacity (comparison, arbitrary units,…