Article discussed a method for developing reading skills, using paperback books with a story line adapted from an original commercial television program. (Author/RK)

Authors discussed how to achieve a successful and meaningful program as well as how to motivate creative expression in pantomime, art number and spelling games. (Author/RK)

Author spiced up his reading assignments with student participation through class discussion while stories were being read. (RK)

Don't let it become a lost art! It may not be the easiest thing to teach, but if you can dream up interest-grabbing situations like those described, you'll probably find your students responding with enthusiasm, writing letters with a passion. Here's how two Philadelphia teachers did it. (Editor/RK)

A teacher describes how she uses storytelling in her fifth grade classes, because storytelling combines listening skills and imagination with the nuances of language, history, culture, and values. Resources are listed. Two insets discuss the benefits of storytelling and offer tips on becoming a storytelling teacher. (MT)

Bulletin boards can be "vertical activity centers" when students create them as learning activities. Suggestions are offered for developing stimulating and creative boards that are also educational. (DF)

Author provided two methods for encouraging creative ideas from students. (Author/RK)

Students learn to understand the environment and discover the world of tiny creatures beneath their feet. (RK)

Presented are 35 activities guaranteed to nurture healthy attitudes toward reading. The author's original article, containing 30 related ideas, appeared in the November, 1977, issue of Instructor. (Editor/SJL)

Describes how Wantagh Elementary School's reading lab became the School Publishing Company's Write-In Center where students can write stories and have them bound into books. Discusses the motivational benefits of a school publishing program. (SJL)

Describes some of the poems and methods from a Writers in the School program as part of a primary education poetry program that intends to stimulate students to read and write poetry. (Author/RK)

Presents primary and intermediate level activities that use predictions to help students think deeply about books. The primary activity uses a prediction chart to encourage thinking and enthusiasm about reading. The intermediate activity uses prediction book reports to change writing about books from merely retelling, to higher-level thinking. A…

Make kids more expressive by putting movement into all your academics. (Editor)

A researcher tested the hypothesis that children become more interested in a toy the more they are exposed to it. (RK)

Describes a task analysis procedure used by a fourth grade teacher to help her students become more aware of time wasted. (SB)