Reviews instructional materials and teaching guides for reading and comprehension. (HTH)

Reviews five professional books for teachers that promote the use of literature in the classroom. Discusses four commercially-prepared instructional guides for literature, which in some cases make instruction a step-by-step, predetermined process. (SR)

Policy guidelines for the selection of books and other teaching materials. (DD)

Surveys materials available to assist children's study of job roles, job responsibility, and career options. (DD)

Describes 55 places from which materials can be ordered to enrich the classroom instruction of language arts in elementary and middle school. (DD)

Lists titles, authors, and publishers of books selected by an NCTE team as appropriate for literature-based reading programs. The titles are divided into primary, intermediate, and advanced levels. (HTH)

Reviews four professional references and two books for instructional materials to help teachers use stories more effectively in the classroom. (MG)

Reviews professional references and instructional materials that focus on language arts instruction. (MM)

A review of research on the development of sex role concepts in children and the effects of educational materials on children's sex-stereotyped thinking. (DD)

Observes how poetry used for teaching children during the past 75 years has evolved from works for adults to those more appealing to or written specifically for children. (HTH)

Discusses electronic spreadsheets and how they can be useful as a classroom tool for mathematical calculations and creating text matrices. Provides examples of electronic spreadsheets for plotting genealogy, comparing types of crocodilians, compiling data for "mystery liquids," and charting the differences and similarities among three…

Presents an interview with Roger Fransecky, who has worked in the field of children's mass visual media, especially television, and who advocates inclusion of visual, electronic media in school language programs. (HTH)

Lists professional resources and instructional materials that focus on a variety of forms of children's literature, sharing literature, and responding to literature. (RL)

Offers a five-step cure for educators who keep passing out dittos and workbooks to get children quiet and keep them busy. (MG)