"Offers students opportuniteis to undertake physical computing projects, providing tools and methods for creating electronic puppets. Students learn how to incorporate microprocessors into everyday materials and use them to enhance their language and writing skills with shadow puppet shows featuring their own DIY flashlights."--Back cover.
sneaking language arts strategies into holiday celebrations
Ohanian, Susan
1994
Contains activities based on Halloween and Valentine's Day that use the works of popular children's authors to help students improve their language art skills.
Suggests a number of ways youngsters can help their community, such as baby sitting for voters, cleaning up vacant lots, or publishing a list of comparative grocery store prices.
Presents a comprehensive resource guide to the writing process for fifth through twelfth-grade English and writing teachers; and includes reproducible activities and 100 mini-lessons that focus on the various types of writing, writing techniques, and the mechanics of writing.
