study and teaching (elementary)

Describes various lesson plans, writing exercises, and classroom activities designed to teach children the fundamentals of writing poetry.

Contains 220 reading comprehension quizzes with answer keys for a variety of children's literature written by such authors as Judy Blume, Beverly Cleary, and E.B. White.

Contains reproducible quizzes that may be used to test reading comprehension on 120 popular books for students in grades three through eight, and includes a teacher's guide to setting up a reading program, an answer key, and a catalog of titles.

Contains over forty lessons on art history for elementary school teachers providing background information on artists, periods, styles, and geographic areas; and uses hands-on art activities, drama, story, journal writing, and visuals to encourage the children to think about art.

Presents a comprehensive guide to defining and teaching folk literature in the elementary and middle school classroom and provides an overview of traditional literature and an understanding of folk and fairy tales, fables, myths, and legends as well as cross-cultural literature.

Presents a six-week unit of study for the first and second grade classroom to help students understand the fundamentals of geometry, how shapes relate to one another, and more, and contains reproducible activities.

A guide for teachers and parents of children in grades 3 through 6 that offers suggestions for increasing children's interest in informational books about a wide variety of topics.

A literature guide to "Island of the Blue Dolphins", designed for students in grades four through eight; featuring a summary of the story, a list of characters, an author biography, vocabulary lists, chapter summaries, discussion questions, suggested activities, and reproducible worksheets.

Provides students in grades 1-3 with activities to make learning science fun.