The start of any new year requires resolutions. Authors list ten which will lead to creative teaching and present several ways to act on them. (Editor/RK)

Teaching is one of the most stressful occupations there is. Author provides some helpful advice on how to avoid letting classroom pressures get you down. (Editor/RK)

Lazaar Burnham was a hero in his town. Then he tried to teach and became a bust. Good counseling might help, but the principal would have to enforce proper guidance. Describes how an elementary school administrator and his school counselor acted together to save a hero and make a good teacher. (Editor/RK)

Blind children like other exceptional children require special planning by their teachers. Describes some of the care that teachers have to show to blind students in order to ensure that they operate as effective members of their classroom. (RK)

As an elementary teacher, what should you know about stress? How can you reduce its harmful effects? Looks at what stress is and considers three widely accepted methods of combating it. (Author/RK)

Presents five actual cases of teacher aides and teachers working out problems for the benefit of the classroom and all involved. (GB)

When a bulldozer appeared outside the classroom window, this innovative teacher moved all the chairs over to the window and began an educational experience of interest to all involved. (GB)

Briefly describes 15 different projects initiated by elementary school teachers which offer new ideas for motivating students. (CM)

Teachers share practical ideas for learning activities in the elementary school classroom. (CM)

A teacher discovers the Teddy Bear as something common to her first graders' backgrounds and uses it as a motivator for a creative language arts program. (Author/RK)

Presents a step-by-step approach to using sentences from children's reading and writing to boost spelling skills while incorporating the principles and tying them in with curriculum areas. The steps include choosing a word, coaxing multiple strategies, branching to other words, making the connection, and using the sentence in many different ways.…

An elementary teacher reflects on her students' diverse needs and how she meets them, suggesting that being sensitive to diversity and handling students' emotional and family issues are the main priorities. She recommends listening to students, parents, and colleagues and creating a climate of caring, individualization, and high expectations. (SM)

Presents an annotated listing of books about all kinds of heroes for elementary school students. Stories include the young King Arthur; an assertive, baseball-playing heroine who becomes a princess; an older brother dealing with his younger brother; a Christmas story; civil rights icon Rosa Parks; and the cow who jumped over the moon. (SM)

Accountability in elementary social studies should relate to our furnishing the necessary support materials for pupil investigation, and providing meaningful social studies topics from which students can make selections. (Author)