Reviews 11 recent kits, supplementary series, and professional references related to content area reading. Four of the products are specific to social studies, one to science, and one to mathematics. Others cover multiple subject areas. (SJL)

Describes activities with paperback books that have succeeded in practice with 10- to 12-year-old children and provides a suggested booklist. (MKM)

Presents a list of books with nonviolent themes which may be used as alternatives to the violence children see on television. (MKM)

A fifth-grade teacher discusses why she teaches with historical fiction, presenting tips on choosing good historical fiction, reviewing her favorite new historical fiction books, and highlighting how to use historical fiction to teach by discussing Pocahontas to help students differentiate between make-believe and history. (SM)

Presents an annotated bibliography of 23 computer software programs selected for their applicability to the fifth-grade curriculum outlined in California History Social Science Framework. Categorizes the recommended software programs by eight chronological units in the course. Includes the current price for each program and a list of sources for…

This book includes a listing of literature for students that discusses explorers and exploration. The volume divides the last one thousand years into ten periods, each characterized by either geographical location or time frame. The progression is not smoothly chronological. Each chapter contains a brief narrative of the period as well as an…

The 46 diagnostic mathematics tests cited in this bibliography are instruments to aid in analyzing students' strengths and weaknesses in various mathematical areas to provide more effective instruction. This document is one in a series of topical bibliographies from the Test Collection (TC) at Educational Testing Service (ETS) containing…

The 77 test batteries described in this bibliography have a number of subtests that measure achievement in areas such as language skills, mathematics, social studies, science, and/or study skills. Several of the tests are in Spanish for students whose primary language is Spanish. Although all grades are represented, the majority of the tests are…

Providing information to help develop students' sense of narrative and to show them specific test-taking strategies, this publication is helpful to teachers as they ready their students for the North Carolina Fourth Grade Writing Assessment. The publication provides materials on generating ideas for writing, selecting topics, revising, developing…

Designed to help librarians identify Appalachian novels in an existing school library collection (grades 5-12), the 291 books included in this checklist have been chosen from 7 commonly available bibliographic tools, were published between 1902 and 1979, and contain subject matter dealing with the area of southern Appalachia which encompasses…

This extensive bibliography of middle childhood education is intended to help educators and education agencies improve junior high school education. Section 1 of the bibliography is a comprehensive list of relevant materials. Section 2 is a selected bibliography used as reference materials by the West Virginia Board of Education in developing "A…

This annotated bibliography of children's literature presents 85 books and stories that can be used in the classroom to introduce literature in French to children in fourth through sixth grades. The selected texts (64 titles in fiction and 21 titles in non-fiction) were chosen for their age-appropriate language and themes, as well as their…

Concludes that the claim that the test is available for utilization to determine career awareness and has proven to be a valid, reliable tool to obtain base information necessary for effective career programs is totally unsupported. (Author)

Discusses reasons for including sports books in school library reference collections, explains why they should not be found only in public library collections, and provides six annotated bibliographies of sports books suitable for intermediate or middle school library collections. (LRW)

Summarizes the novel, "Western Wind," by Paula Fox, lists 12 discussion questions, describes six activities, and contains an annotated bibliography of seven other novels related to birth, death, and families. (DGM)