Evaluates the drive toward developing basic education--reading, 'riting, and 'rithematic--and the implications in that objective. (RK)

See! Smell! Taste! Touch! Listen! Sensible ways to help kids describe their world. (Editor)

Bring the past into the present to view history in a new way. (Editor)

They're no longer a problem when students learn to take them apart and put them back together again. (Editor)

Carefully constructed puzzles, in this case crosswords, bring success and enjoyment to the practice of basic skills. (Editor/RK)

As an alternative to traditional homework assignments, a junior high school teacher created a weekly four-page booklet containing multidisciplinary basic skills exercises, mainly drawn from newspaper materials. Sample exercises are included. (SJL)

Thought-provoking, independent views on significant issues in education. (Editor)

The author describes some of the instructional programs currently available on educational television. She gives special attention to the series "ThinkAbout" for grades five and six, which emphasizes using skills in reasoning, studying, language arts, and math to solve everyday problems. (SJL)

Which means, receiving message loud and clear--what classroom "good buddies" do with CB lingo in language activities. (Editor)

Spelling is fun when the kids take a personal interest in what they learn. (Editor)

Take note: Music is song singing plus history, science and math. Add these multidisciplinary measures to class study. (Editor)

Math can be basic and motivational at the same time. Help your students discover numbers and enjoy them. (Editor)

ZIP codes deliver! Motivate children to practice basic skills by locating, interpreting and using these everyday digits. (Editor)

Skills for living are not a frill. Kids learn basis and have fun with survival stations. (Editor)

The emphasis on accountability has resulted in a change in textbook emphasis and a renewed interest in basic skills, expecially in reading and mathematics. (SP)