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TITLE Teachers Express: When You Need a Good Idea Overnight[and] Bright Ideas. [A Compilation of Columns fromNine Issues of Instructor Magazine, August 1982 May1983.]

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PUB DATE [83]NOTE 61p.PUB TYPE Journal Articles (080) Guides Classroom Use

Guides (For Teachers) (052)JOURNAL CIT Instructor; v92 n1-9 Aug 1982-May 1983

EDRS PRICE MF01/PC03 Plus Postage.DESCRIPTORS Art Activities; Basic Skills; Bulletin Boards; *Class

Activities; Classroom Techniques; Educational Games;Elementary Education; *Learning Activities; StudentMotivation; Teacher Developed Materials; *TeachingMethods

IDENTIFIERS Holidays; PF Project

ABSTRACT"Teachers Express" (formerly titled "Bright Ideas")

is a regular feature carried by the "Instructor" magazine and isdesigned for the in-a-hurry elementary classroom teacher who likes tostash a few good ideas away before an occasion demands one. Thesequick tips submitted by teachers are intended to spark interest, endchaos, teach basic skills, lighten moods, or organize theclassroom--all with a minimum of time and effort. Many ideas forgames, bulletin boards, and art projects are included in thiscompilation along with numerous activities for teaching orreinforcing skills in reading, writing, mathematics, and science.Activities for Saint Patrick's Day, Valentine's Day, Thanksgiving,Halloween, and Easter are also included. (JH)

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These pages are (1,;!,4;ned expressly forthe in-a -hurrs teacHr who likes to stasha few good ideas away before an oc-(.a.ion demands one! Pie quick tipsyou'll find here will spark interest, endchaos, teach bask- skills, lighten moods,or even organize your roomall witha minimum of time and effort. They'llput you on the tast track --and keep youthere all year long!

WORKS OF ARTThis quick art idea will give your stu-dents' imaginations a real workout! Cutout several pictures of people, animals,or objects from discarded magazines,making sure to trim each figure carefully.Then distribute two of these pictures toevery child in your class. Choose pairsthat appear as unrelated as possible,along with a sheet of plain, white draw-ing paper. Students are to paste the pic-tures to the paper in any positions theychoose, then use crayons to draw largerpictures incorporating them. Whencompleted, the magazine picturesshould blend into their createdsurroundings. PAM KLAWITTER

JOIN THE BOOK BLURBS!Looking for a way to boost your students'interest in reading? Try starting a "BookBlurb Club!" Nothing gets kids moreexcited than the chance to become amember of a special club. Introduce theclub by explaining that a book blurbusually appears on the front or insideof a book jacket and supplies informationabout the author along with a brief syn-opsis of the book. In other words, bookblurbs are meant to get potential readersinterested. Now explain that any childwho would like to join the Book BlurbClub must read at least five books andwrite a blurb for each one. (No copiedblurbs will be accepted!) After a childhas read the books and written the des-

ignated five blurbs, he or she will beawarded a special button that reads,"I've joined the book blurbs!" You canmake these buttons by laminating smalltagboard discs and printing on them withcolored markers. Then use heavy tapeto attach a safety pin to the back of eachone. You'll besurprised at how interestedyour students become in reading.

KARL GERLACHand ELIZABETH CHURCH

EXPRESS TIP #1Every time I open a new pack-age of rubber bands, I takethEm out of the bag cr boxand slip them onto a metalshower-curtain ring. Whenneeded, I slip them off one ata time, reclose the ring, andhang it on a hook behind mydesk. JOAN VALENTE

SILLY SENTENCESHere's a quick and easy language artsidea that doubles as an art project. Di-vide your class into two groups. Thefirst group should list five different sen-tence subjects while the second grouplists five different predicates. Circulatebetween the two groups, helping thekids expand their subjects and predicatesto form longer, more interesting phrases.For instance, the simple subject dogcould become a cold, shivering SaintBernard puppy with scraggly, wet fur.When the groups have finished their lists,ask a volunteer from the first group toprint one complete subject on the board;then have a student from the secondgroup finish the sentence with a com-plete predicate. Continue until all fivesentences have been printed on thechalkboard. Then let each child chooseone sentence to illustrate.

LOIS FRAZIER

SYMMETRYWhen my fifth graders' first attempts atportrait drawing coincided with the in-troduction of symmetry in math class,it seemed only natural to bring the twodisciplines together. After all, what couldbe a better example of symmetry thanthe human body? So I instructed studentsto look through old magazines for frontalviews of faces. Then I divided the classinto pairs and gave each pair one halfof the same picture to work with. Thestudents glued their pictures to whitedrawing paper, then sketched in themissing half, attempting to match theshape of the head and facial features asclosely as possible. They also learnedto blend and shade a limited choice ofcrayon colors to achieve realistic skintones. When the drawings were com-pleted, we mounted them on dark con-struction paper and tzped them to ourclassroom walls. VIRGINIA BATEMAN

CALL VVV-VIIITo teach the Roman numerals from ItoX, translate phone numbers from Arabicto Roman. Put a child's phone numberin Roman numerals on the board andask whose number it is. To teach largernumerals and how Roman numerals arecombined, write out street addresses.

CHAVA FEFERKORN

ACRONYM FUN"Scuba," as some of your students willbe able to tell you. stands for Self-Con-tained Underwater Breathing Apparatus.This acronym and others can lead to anenjoyable language arts activity. Havestudents describe themselves using theirnames as acronyms. (For example, Suebecomes Sweet, Underestimated, andEarly.) Now ask them to describe or de-fine a word as if it were an acronym.One of my students described "diet" as"Don't eat candy, Ice cream a no-no,Exclude soft drinks, and Tamalesno."

JOYCE CLARK

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FLUENT FACTSHere's a great activity I use in my class-room whenever we've got some extratime to fill. I simply print the answer toa q,.,..2stion relating to a math, science,or social studies tact on my chalkboard,set an egg timer for five minutes, andinstruct my kids to think of as manyquestions as they can that might havethat answer. For instance, if the answeris George Washington, sorti, possiblequestions might be: Who was the firstpresident of the United States? What ta-mous person had a wife named Martha?Or, who Is as commander in chief duringthe American Revolution? When thetimer goes off, students must put theirpens down immediately and count thenumber of complete questions they'vewritten. The child with the greatestnumber of questions wins. Then thatstudent must read his or her questionsaloud for the rest of the class to check.If any of the questions don't match theanswer correctly, he or she is disqualifiedand the student with the next highestnumber of questions is designated thewinner.

My kids really look forward to thisactivityand barely realize that its ac-tually a form of review!SUE KREIBICH

COMPOUND CAPERSThe following activities will help yourstudents learn how to make compoundwords. (Stress that compound wordsmust make sense.)

Write some words on cones (invertedtriangles of construction paper) and someon round "scoops of ice cream." Pinthese up randomly on a bulletin board.Tell students to place ice cream scoopson correct cones to form compounds.

Now use a felt-tip marker to write haltof a compound word on one jelly beanand the other half on another. Mix allthe beans in a bowl. Instruct studentsto match up the candies by lining themup on a table. have them copy thecompound words on paper.

For a more active approach, draw anoutline for a hopscotch game. On each;quire write a word that can be usedto build a compound word. Each playermust add a word he or she thinks of tothe word on which he or she lands andthen say the compound word.

ROBERTA KARSTADT

LITTLE LITTER BAGSAs a new teacher I found it frustratingwhen I had to interrupt my teaching toallow a student to make a trip to thepencil sharpener. My solution was the

EXPRESS TIP #2To help you count up the successes of the year, makeyourself 2. set of these fill-in forms to keep ready in yourdesk drawer. Whenever a student says or does somethingthat makes you feel good, write it in on this form. You'llenjoy reading the notes later, particularly when feelingfrustrated.

I was realty surprised when _(fill in name) wasable to (fill in accomplishment).

I couldn't help laughing when (fill in name)(fill in humorous anecdote).

(Child's name) really touched me when(fill in event).

The parents of (fill in name) were responsivewhen I suggested (fill in suggestion).

SYLVIA L. LEWIS

little litter bag. Even the class noncon-formist liked the idea of using his ownprivate litter bag for pencil shavings.(The gift of a hand pencil sharpener wasadded motivation.) After students dec-orated their own small paper bags withcrayon drawings and cutout designs,they taped their bags to the edges oftheir desks. To prevent st-Ils, I appointeda class monitor to empty the bags eally.

DONALD ROBERT KERN

CREATIVE MAP COLLAGEIf you're looking for a way to culminateyour unit on modern American history,try this idea. Have students draw largeoutline maps of the United States; thenfill them in with magazine or newspaperpictures of contemporary Americanscenes. These scenes should illustratesome of the subjects your class hasstudied, such as social problems, urbandevelopment, environment, politics, andthe arts. ELFRILDA PIERCE

ILLUSTRATED ALPHABETSStudents can donate this illustrated al-phabet wall-hanging to a local hospital'spediatric ward. Firs;, cut one piece of28" by 49" white fabric into 7" squares.Each student practices illustrating an al-phabet letter on a 7" square of paperbefore duplicating the design on thefabric square with crayon. Design twomore squares, one to introduce youralphabet and one to be the last square.Iron fabric squares under waxed paperto keep crayon from smearing and thenmachine-stitch the blocks together. Us-ing a second piece of white fabric forbacking, place the alphabet and thisfabric right sides together. Sew threesides, turn right side out, then slip-stitchthe fourth side. BARBARA LASSMAN

HANDSOME HANDSEvery child has traced his or her handsfor an art project. Try a variation in whichchildren add rings and fingernail polishto fingers, and bracelets and sleeves withcuffs to wrists. Use buttons, paper, cray-ons, or whatever else is available fordecoration.

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SEEDS OF LEARNINGI begot collet ting ("mous tl pc,. Ot Wt.OVVI" the summer, silt' h as pumpkin orsquash seeds: then I take them to lass

with me 1n Septetliber kid,, use themfor a variety of ditterent learning a( tn.dies, such as making sets, categorizing,and classifying. We also use them ascounting beads, game pieces, or for fig-uring out the unknowns in number sen-tences. Once in a while, plant a fewseeds and I.zt kids keep a dail% recordof their growth on a line or bar graphWe've even painted them and used themin art class to make colortul mosaic sBecause they're sue h popular items,find it necessary to replenish my seedsupply throughout the year. It fakes alittle time to cone( t them, but what apayo;'t! ELEANOR ANDERSON

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THE LONG AND SHORT OF ITHere's a simple idea for r»anipulatisebulletin hoard that will familiarize stri-drnts with long and short vowel sounds.

oser your hoard with light-coloredpaper. Then use thick felt-tipped )ensor tempera paints to draw three or fourshort she's es on the lett side of the paperand three or Our longer shelves on theright side Noss instruct your kids to flipthrough old magazines, cutting Out pic-tures of objects whose names containIon Or short vowel <munds. The picturesshould be of items that would actuallytit on a shelf. Then have the studentspaste their chosen objects on the ap-propriately sized shelves, making sureto print the name of each object besideits picture. In no time at all, you'll havean attractive bulletin board display.

SANDRA I FREY

ON THE LINEI used to display the letters of the al-phabet across th2 top of my chalk-boarduntil I realized that they wereplaced too high for my primary studentsto see! Now I print the letters on largetagboard squares and hang them on aclothesline, suspended between twocloset doors. After my class is familiarwith the letters, I scramble the cardsand let kids rearrange them in theirproper order. This reinforces visual dis-crimination in my students while intro-ducing them to manipulative activities.

JONNY T. FRENCH

CUBE GAMETwo wooden or plastic cubes and twominutes time can produce a math gamekids will love. With a permanent markerwrite the numerals 0 through 5 on thefaces of one cube and 0 plus 6 through10 on the other. To play' the child rollsone cube, mimes I he numeral that landson top, then claps, hops, or snaps fingersthe correct number or times. The zeroon each cube helps establish an un-derstanding of the empty set.

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FAT CATSHuggable hag cats are tun friends forprimary grade children. To make one,divide an ordinary lunch bag into a headand a body with a black crayon. Giveyour cat a charming personality by usingthe black crayon to outline features andcolored crayons to fill in details. (Mysecond graders spent 50 minutes makingtheir cats special.) While the bag is stillflat, glue scraps of yarn, paper feet, hats,and assorted details. To make your catfat, tear wads of newspapers and stuffuntil full Then staple the top.

CAROL HUTCHISON.

BEACH BALLSInstead of the customary rectangularpaper to paint on, give children largecircular pieces of brown craft paper.Have them make beach balls out of thepaper by painting colorful stripes onthem. For variation, suggest paintingpizzas or chocolate chip cookies.

JOAN MARY MACEY

MAKE A SHAPEA long piece of clothesline or rope isall you'll need for this simple activitythat illustrates shapes. Arrange kids invarious shape formationsthree children to form a triangle, four to make asquare, and the entire class to form acircle. Instruct kids to hold onto the ropeor clothesline as you wrap it around theformation. FLORENCE RIVES

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Try this cute idea to give your studentspractice in using the telephone directoryFirst, on a blank cassette tape recordfive mock requests for directory assis-tance. One sample request might be:"Operator, may I please have the phonenumber for John T. Smith on River Drivein Fairmont? The spelling is S-M-I-T-H.-Some of these requests should be forcommercial number, listed in the yellowpages.

Make sure you've left enough blanktape between each request for a siuoent"operator" to give his or her name andrespond, then place the recorder on atable or desk in your classroom alongwith the most recently published phonebook for your area. Now choose onechild to start the activity by playing thetape, looking up the requested phonenumbers, and taping the responses asif he or she was actually a telephroperator. For instance, a student mightreply. "That number is 255-2191" or,"I'm sorry, I show no listing for thatname in Fairmont." When the first stu-dent has responded to all five requests,he or she should make up five morerequests for the next child to answer,making sure to leave enough blank tapebetween each one for the response.Continue the activity until every childhas had a turn at the tape recorder.

DEBRA BASS

EXPRESS TIP #3To keep the drawstrings on myprimary kids' sweat shirts,pants, and ski parkas fromslipping out of place, I tie abutton with a large enoughhole onto each end of thestring. This simple idea takesa little effort initiallybutsaves a lot of time in the longrun! PAMELA SHAW

PAPER DESIGNSInstead of cutting out connecting paperdolls, cut rows of buildings, clouds,birds, trees, and cars.

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FIZZLEBEE GAMEThis game takes a short time to make,but it sure goes a long way toward rein-forcing basic jacts! Start with a packageof 100 paper plates. Staple pairs of platestogether to make 50 "fizzlebees." Theywill resemble small flying saucers.) Thenpaint them in bright c olors and let thepaint dry thoroughly. Next, print ques-tions on any subject area on unlinedindex cards, one question to a card,and glue one card to the top of eachfiztlebee. To play the game, de, ide yourclass into two teams and place an open-topped cardboard box at the front ofyour. classroom. Team members are io

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WALLPAPER SAMPLES.Ask 1 ii i itt st) tor w)111o)ipeE0(0., and you 11 The' mar,

ok. I! need for million (), prow(r, maki, paper hats I t lit (slit

shape, and slake mat( h up games useimages from the wallpaper designs toadd to greeting c ards and make book-ina,rks and hook c 11\ er, loo dIsis «Mildmake many learning tool, For m.tampunch holes in the edge. of two wall-paper samples and with yarn, weavethem together on three sides to make ahag or cm elope to hold learning gamesfor tour student, Use sallpaperplc's, also, to make dames for specschool photographs or rexersibieplacemats for a c. lass luric heon

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GOING ONCE, GOING TWICEWant to reinfoo e math skills and increase interest in reading -- -all at thesame time? Hold a hook auction! lot aweek or so before the auction, ask stu-dents to bring in old hook, from home.you might want to write a brief noteto their parents, explaining why thebooks are needed.) Place all the bookstogether on a table in the bac k of yourclassroom. On the day of the auction,establish a base amount of imaginarymoney that eac h child will he able tospend, select the first book, and openthe bidding! Make sure eac h studentkeeps a running tally of his or her pur-chases throughout the auction so as notto exceed the base amount. 01 course,kids get to keep (and read) theirpurchases! BETH DEARDORFF

Se INSTRUCTOR August 1982

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look throti4h ret.ent new, rnaotill,,pi,. tore. ut i'An ent it,ent, and Out. ea( i,one to a ditierent index card or sheet

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lion ( and piat . them be.itle thestack of pi( tures on a table or desk letkids' Ike turns attempting tin mat( 11 thepit toes yyith the approprtate i Aption.You n-light. want to print an ansyter keyand keep it on sour desk to make Weactivity sett -( he( king ,t1k'S (()/iff

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,:5 in,z, it in\ (0\ .tudent, gems; ea( htaller token, when one noh«- anotherpo,,itn.e .0(1,11 at. hon.

For instance. when Terry notR c).. thatTed came quietly into the room today .whereas yestrday he was loud and dis-ruptive, Terry raises his hand and asksthe teacher and peer group whether hemay give Ted a '(ikon for he. behayIf the group agrees that the ai Lion meritsa token (a 2" x 2" card with the giver sname inscribed). Terry then may presenthis token. If led accepts the token gra-ciously, he receives 100 points for ac-cepting a positive comment and Terrygets 100 for making the comment.

At our school the art teacher evenmade each student four tokens, eachwith a special drawing. The giving andreteiv ing of tokens has promoted self-esteem among students. BOB BROws,"

NOT JUST A LOT OF HOT AIRWhen introducing science concepts thisyear, why not rely on those all-time fa-vorites balloons! For instance, you canuse them to demonstrate static electricitywith the following experiment. You'llneed two inflated balloons, two piecesof string, and two pieces of plain paper.As the class watches, rub the balloons

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TV FRAMESWhat scent' would the T\ amera !rasezoomed in on in 14'l2, In 177W Atterconsidering such question,, sour socialstudies class can make TV frames fromcardboard by kandyse hing two piecesof cardboard--one with its inner partut out to look like a TV sc reen. Then

tape the cardboards together on threesides so that pictures of "telex iced" his-toric al events can he inserted Now askchildren to make a 1V guide.

H031. AND ..SCHO. 7/BERG

SHOPPING SPREE!Here. a quick math at to. its that willhelp kids learn to budget money Startby placing sey era! department storecatalogs on a table in your classroom.Then tell your students that they've eachbeen awarded $100 (imaginary, ofcourse!) with which to purchase anyitems they choose. They must make alltheir purchases through the catalogsprovided, figure the sales tax on eachitem, then add them together. makingsure not to go over the $ 300 limit.

BETH DEARDORFF

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that en( mirage kids to iiiiser e and rn,I.nipulate ordinao. ()hie( isC'.r)er ( fiend a ( hp s'w degrees to the ( lip. Count how mar,bends it takes to break the L Does

the number ot bends remain equal whendaterent-sized ( bps are used) Whendifferent students do the bending?string Flac e string on the desk and"bend" it into a 90-degree angle It the

string is c reased with great pressure, dot.,"it remain sharply creased? Whv or h

not? What happens when V01.1 use kitestring or nonplasto Fishing line?Paper Pre( ut tablet paper paper tossels. warked paper, and construe tom pa-per into 2" 8" strips. Crease h stripsharply. How many complete bends andunbending'. does it take before one haltseparates from the other/ Which stripo mains w hole the longest' WhviVire Try this bending exert tse Is oh Fl"lengths of coat-hanger wire and s+tthhigh intenyt -music wire" found inhobby stores. Does the paint chip orremain in place through repeated bend-Imo? Which ot the two wires shout:: beused for radio antennas? Defend ',Ouranswer.

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notes ask . -Do you re-mentheiY- On the open-seho evei ask parents

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GARAGE SALE BUSINESSirt 'manic our third grade Ion(we held a classroom garage sale. Beforethe big sale students from trery gradetrudged into our room with bulgingshopping bags ot unwanted to s andgames to donate. The third graders laterdebated the pro ing of each item. agree-ing to a 7"i-L tint limit ieNcept for an ii.-trernek valuable baseball glow whowe det tried to rattle Oft).

Each of my children created 41 posterto advertise the day. Several proved howenterprising they were by preparing desksigns inviting shoppers to look oer-Low, low prices- or suggesting "BUYone, get one free."' With the cocperationof other teachers, ear h class in schoolwas assigned a shopping time Whenmen handise started to dwindle rapidly,we made a quic k decision to limit pur-chases to two items per child. At theend of the day, the third graders addedup their earnings. Judging by the en-thusiasm of my students, many futureentrepreneurs were born that day.

BARBARA COHEN.'

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dispenser, (snithtiul the needle of change tor the( urtinn. (State our term.t,ourseli, tongue depressor,, and ,o on very spec iticalls put them in %%riling,that you c an use in a careers unit or and make sure you both sign the she 'tkt, hen disci.,,,sirlg is to the doctor_ finally, mank publishers, manufa(

Finallk, keep your ekes open tor items turers, go'.ernnlent agent ies, and na-in department or grocery stores that male tional business organi:ations prole idehe regarded a, Junk. Cardboard bcrke.., f.,_, or inexpensike print materials thatshipping crates. plastic foam packing can be quite useful in the classroomhip,, and slightlk used tissue paper can Check the book Fre- Thongs for Teachers,

be put to g(toci use in your clas.(room by Susan Osborn (Perigee Books, C P.during art or pia', perrods Putnam's Sons, Ness York, 19821, for aRurnmas:e sales and thrtrt shops Need compreherisike listing of materials sousome old clothes for classroom plans or can send for. , RI1("DA BARFIFL I)

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in the cie,iv,n on one of the Mountand (tu,plas. the paragraph, \sith thehat;, CLARA R V RITE

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d-rano, nl, of vo.)pls lie ,1in \vitt)ac ro,t!, ar,anoi

and first letters ,u1't f Nample, lolpu ( old and

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is hose nuddi letters ,able(In Inter '1)((, ember 'sIT(1

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Ali,habet Iluetrs asks the r,ter to ex-amine the looks of letter, and nurrooal,E or instarn e, the writer might .ar, thenumeral 1 like a t'gpolclook, like ir rrnow plow, looks likean ear anti sU ()I)

Uhlt'C t (11 a third );ante ( ailedcon-retel)(ett is to ray., pn turfs ss ith

words The letter!, in -lion- rild l ar-ran0.(1, iUr in,taro e. L.1,0111.; a ,olev.,1%.

as tn Noels . an 1101 the tail, the c) torthe head ,ind Ns for the mane Arikdent, t() rnoe alphabet plc

HARRY

EXPRESS TIP #8Perk up the library or mathcenter with individual mag-netic boards. Use magnetizedstove and counter mats inrectangles, squares, and cir-cles to hold magazine pic-tures, cutouts, gummed seals,and other objects hacked withmagnetic tape.

BETTY RUTH BAKER

3-D ANIMALSYoung children will really enjoy makingthese lovable classroom pets in art class!Start by cutting several 12" x 18" sheetsof black, brown, or white constructionpaper in the shape pictured at the topof the page. Then give one to every childin your class. Now instruct the kids toglue the ends of their paper shapes to-gether to form cylinders. These will bethe bodies of their animals. At this point,

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student, should der ide what kinds ofanimals they'd like to constrict. For',lance. a him k piece 01 cunstrut tirmpaper could easily herons c a penguin.white. a rabbit, or blown, r, pupils. Atterthe kid!, h.rs e made their de; (sions.supply additional sheets of colored c on-stror bon paper and have them cut ourappropriatek shaped ever, ears,mouths, and tongues, and glue them tothe cylinders. f have each childcot a pair of front and back legs for feet)for his or her animal and attar lc themwith glue so the c vlindet ,c cis on top.(See illustration.) As a corn hiding activity, you might wont to have C d, nametheir animals and write Inlet para-graphs desc olnng their c haracteristn s.

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RESEARCH TEAMWORKA world almanac lends itself to an ex-citing research contest. Divide 16 chil-dren into tour teams of similar ability.Give each student a world almanac andeach team a set of 16 research questions.To add swot to the contest, each teamshould choose a name for itself.

Select the research questions carefullyto assure that children can find the an-swers without too much difficulty. Inaddition to the 1 b questions, give teamsfive bonus questions of more difficulty.

In an allotted time period (at least anhour) children should write the answersto their questions plus the page on which

hes '111fid t , rossor E at h time a chihand, in an answer. tin, tem her veritiesits a« mac v and marks that question onthe (edni s sc tiring sheet Alter one an-swer is yenned. the child prat 'eds toresean h another question until all 16questions are answered Only then maythe team start ss irking or the bonusquestion,.

At the end of the period. total thescores tone point tor e,( I of the original16 questions and from 5 to 25 pointsfor the more difficult bonus questions).Reward the winning team's eftective re-search by giving each tearr) member apaperbac k book This contest will in-rease your children's ability to use al-

manac-, as re terence tools ENID RO.SLDI ANNA BINNETTE

EXPRESS TIP #9To make weekly penmanshippractice less teoious, havestudents write out the lyrics oftop ten songs or the words toother songs they know. You'lllearn a lot about your students'musical interests.

BARBARA I ASSN 1 N

IN A NUTSHELLHere's an idea for a nuniciture wintergarden that even very small childrencan make. The only materials you'll needare enough walnut-shell halves for everychild in your class, scissors, a fewsponges, and some grass seeds. Dis-tribute the shell halves and instruct eachchild to cut off a piece of sponge smallenough to fit inside, just below the edgeof the shell. (If you use this activity withvery young students, you may want tocut the sponges yourself.) Now sprinklea small amount of grass seed over eachsponge and set all the shell halves onyour windowsill. Students should he re-sponsible for sprinkling their mintgar-dens with drops of water every day andtrimming the grass with scissors as itgrows. Use these gardens-in-a-nutshellto supplement your science unit onplants! JANE K. PRIEWE

84 INSTRUCTOR. August 1982

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EXPRESS TIP #10Here's how to recycle yourlunk mail and become moreorganized at the same time.Cut the gummed flaps frominsert envelopes into rectan-gles and use them for gummedlabels for your file folders.

POLL Y SOU T H WOR TI

STICK-UPSIf your kids love stickers, they'll likedisplaying those they received as re-wards on classroom charts. Give eachchild a sheet of construction paper sec-tioned into 25 square., with his or hername on it. Whenever a child is good,has a perfect paper, or has reached agoal, he or she may choose a stickerfrom an assortment and place it in anysection on his or her chart. When thechart is filled, the student can take ithome and start a new one.

MARILYN BURCH

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THINK TANKThe following activitte v; ,,.\ t'Hp thethinking habitTime was when People of ye,terda\ livedwithot.t mamq of the c onemenf e,now take for granted. First, name amodern convenience in wide use cur has the telephone. Now think of ways ofcoping without it, especially in an urgentsituation.Packing it in A small discarded suitcaseand a numhcr of large and small itemsare all the materials needed for this ac-tivity. The object is to fit all of the itemsneatly into the suitcase without squeez-ing, tearing, or breaking them.Clue time Given a clue such as "Thetracks glow in the dark," interpret thisclue in as many ways as possible. Themost original interpretation of a givenclue wins five points; all other "fair"interpretations win a point each. Thefirst player to reach 20 points first iswinner.Rule change Change the rules of suchfamiliar games as chess or checkers bysubstituting two moves for one or threemoves for one Do these rules enableyou to win faster? Keep a record of therules that seem to be the most effectiveand include them in a booklet.Signs of the times Collect messages onsigns seen in an everyday environmentsuch as "No Smoking" or "No Right

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INDOOR SPORTSIf you would like to provide physicaleducation activities for your class evenwhen the weather will not cooperateand a gym is not available, here areideas that require little space andequipment.1. Play musical chairs but hop and jumpinstead of walk.2. Exercise to music.3. Have students choose partners, standacross from each other, then try to moveonly as the partner move': as if theywere a mirror.4. Play kneel-down volleyball, withdesks moved to the sides and a net

stretched across the middle of r ,m.

Divide students into two teams. A teamkneels on either side of the net. (Carpetsquares may be used if room is not car-peted.) Use a ball of either foam orpaper.5. Perform the Mexican Hat Dance orother dances not requiring much room.6. Have students take an imaginary trip,acting out movements along the way.7. Hold your own sports events. See whocan stand on one foot blindfolded orjump rope backward the longest or whocan do the most pushups. Then make

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a poster listhig the records and students

who set them.8. Have students use rhI'lm instrumentswhile you clap a certain rhythm. Thenhave them choose partners and createtheir own routines that include clappinghands, slapping knees, and snappingfingers. WAYNE BROWN

PEANUT MOSAICFor a picture that is different, build apeanut mosaic. Draw a simple designon plywood. Each object or portion ofan object in the drawing must be fairlylarge, and lines should be light becausesmall portions of the plywood will showbetween peanuts.

Buy enough peanuts in the shell tocovet the board, one deep. Also buysome strong glue to fasten all the peanutsand a package of dye to color some ofthe peanuts in your design. Soak thesepeanuts in dye for several hours, thenremove and allow to dry.

Using glue, stick colored peanuts ontothe proper portion of the picture. Begenerous with glue, for you don't wantthe peanuts to fall off. When you firikh,glue on the natural-colored peanut she Isin the background.

A small rough rope makes an idealframe. Use thin nails with tiny heads sothat the rope will remain in position.

ALAN W. FARANT

INSTRUCTOR, September 1962 h L.

bright ideasTIME FOR HOROLOGYHo"-dog., is the science 'ittime Or making timepieces

Read some it these'

about the history of time to our students;Earls humans kept (rack (if the day,

h-f counting nights orIhe biggest sundial ot all time is the

C..reat P ram H of Cheops c onstructdot more than two million blocks of stone.

Early Egyptians beheed that the sunmoved around the sky in a boat and thata celestial pig ate the moon every twoWeek,.

Clep,wdra \AA, the name ot an earlswater c lock

During tree Ages, monks putmark, on the sides of candles to markthe hours.

Here are some activities for an in-vestigation of horology:

Make a magazine collage of all thedifferent kinds of timepieces you canfind.

Write a report on one type of ancienttime device such as the sundial.

Write a legend about "Old FatherTime."

List some ideas you have about thetimepieces of the future. What will theylook like ? 'What way will they tell time?

Investigate solar watches. Stateyour opinion about their effectiveness.

TEDDY MEISTER

A BACKWARD FLIPAfter showing filmstrips (especially thosebased on favorite children's books), turnoff the sound and start flipping backwardthrough the filmstrip.

As you flip, stop at various parts. Askquestions such as "What happenedhere?" "Why does the character looklike this?" "Who is this?" "What hap-pened right before this picture?" "After?""Have you ever felt like this?" "Whatmight have been done here?"

Going backward through the film isfun for kids. Even your most reluctantparticipants will wart to get involved.Needed skills such as sequencing andliteral and evaluative comprehensionare reviewed. SHIRLEY GOOD

HAND PRINTS"My hand likes to clap." "My hand likesto play basketball." "My hand likes towear rings." These are a few of the handdescriptions our children wrote in their"handbooks." Each child drew aroundhis or her hand, then colored and de-

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LIBRARY SCAVENGINGA library scof.:_nger hunt will get studentsinto the library and will introdu«e themto unfamiliar books.

To prepare for the hunt hand out listsof clues that mention certain sourc es.The students have to find the sourcesto find the missing words in the clues.The first student or student team to tillin all the missing words (which togethercomplete a sentence) wins a prize isbook, of course). Here's a sample list:

I I hi' first wofd ,irtic it' t,(inone if the ((institution

' -he last word in the title of a no,.Hs. John Stembec k Or 1.1)ce arid

The fourth of the first «)mpletesentence on page 407 of The People.,Almanac:_4. The third word of terse 2- in c tiapterone of Genesis in the f.lryt, lames Versionof the Bible.5. the tenth boldfaced entry on page422 of The American Heritage Dictio-nary of the English Language

The missing words together read. "Allmen are created equal

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NEWSMAKERS GAMEWho's in the news this month? TheNewsmakers Game will challenge stu-dents to keep up with famous people.It can be changed regularly to suit class-room study.

If played by one person, the gamecan be self-checking. If two people play,each could check the other or a thirdperson could be selected as referee.

Make a gameboard with each squareindicating the occupation or accom-plishment a person has recently receivednews coverage for. In the center of thegameboard, list the famous persons'names. The player rolls a die and movesthat number of spaces on the board. Heor she reads the description in the square

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and selects an answer. Someone consultsthe answer key. It the answer is correct,the player remains in that square. If in-correct, the player moves back to pre-vious position. If two people play, thefirst to finish is the winner. If one personis playing, he or she can play severaltimes, keeping track of how many n 3vesit takes to reach the finish each time.

After the game gets popular with yourclass, ask a few students to update itthemselves, using different names. Be-fore each gameboard is made, have stu-dents double-check the spelling of thepersons' names and show verification(a news clipping) that the person is in-deed a newsmaker.

GERTRUDE PARKER

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REAL-LIFE GRAPHINGMost voting c hildon «)('eager to ',hare intorrnahoe about then,,,1\e, Su why not r harm, that eaoyne, into a short o; ,traphin.:,,tart ht. ( on.tructIng a r ,roan,-birthday graph over your hullehnhoard vith plain white paper, then di

Ile' it into 12 equal 1 ()HMOs Label thefirst column lanuar.- the tee ,ndunto -February,- and so on through"De(emher.- Noss Instrui t ear h childn )our class to drass self portrait on

a small sheet of white paper and printhis or her name clearly across the bot-tom. When the drawing' are finished,have the kids gather in front of the bullefin board with their portraits in )1a)-idThen instruct them to take turns goingto the board and pia( mg their pie turesin the appropriate column. Every sooften, stop and ask a few questions, suchas "How many birthdays are there inMay? How many in September? Whatmonth has the most birthdays? Whatmonth has the least?" Then continueconstructing the graph, stopping a fewmore times to discuss changes as theydevelop. When the graph is complete,you'll have an attractive bulletin boarddisplay you can refer to all yearandyour student, will have had a verymeaningful introduction to graphing!

The possibilities for other real-lifegraphs are virtually endless. For ex-ample, try constructing a graph that il-lustrates your students' favorite foods,colors, animals, or television programs.Or graph a comparison between thenumber of boys in your class and thenumber of girls, or the number of stu-dents who eat in the cafeteria and thosewho bring their lunch from home.

BARBARA BETHEL

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GETTING TO KNOW YOUI earn more about your youngstersthrough songs, games, and finger plays.

Start the first day by singing, to a fa-miliar tune like "Skip to My Lou,'" "Ifyou have an older brother, will youplease stand up? If you have an olderbrother, will you please sit down?"'Continue your song with other questions)(Do you take piano lessons? Do you goto the library?)

On the second day of c lass begin an-other get-acquainted game by saying,"I have a friend. His name is Johnny.lohnny and I will exchange chairs." Eachtime you play the game, choose a dif-ferent action. (Patty and I will shakehands. Judy and I will hop on one foot.Josh acid I will blink our eyes.) On thethird or fourth time, encourage the childwhose name has just been called to playthe leader and select the next name.

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\ the next day. Starting, ",pritteope in ;hi, class has

blur es, curb hair, ',it, near the hack01 the room.- and so on Pause betweenlees to gR youngsters an opportunity

to guess whir the myster,, person,Merels pointing doesn't count. Themusters per,on nit,t he pointer; to andhis or her name gis,en to be a correctall,,V1rer It et 1 fuldrcrl take turns selectingd mssters prison and asking the

stionA ginger pia\ \\Whelp( Ii Idren Aentih,,i,.,,(thittn, a, sell a, .ork ...aft ex( ey,

en, Sas.. 1 here's a person in our( lass w. ho like, to pretend he is differentanimals. He like, to ds like a bud" (waveour arms up and down and the children

tollos suit). Sernetinnt, he trots in placelike a puns (all trot in place). ''Some-times he creeps around like a tinymouse tcreepl .let "s all point to .

/ANE K. PRiEWE

GUIDE TO FAST FOODAfter I read the loc al paper's restaurantreviews to ryw students, mans of themreplied that their favorite places to eatweren't represented. So we set out toremedy the situation.

I assigned each student the task ofreporting on three difterent eating placesfor "The Class Restaurant Reviewer."Thes lotted down their comments aboutlocation, prices, food, service, and am-biance. We read our first drafts aloudin class, then polished the work to dis-tribute to other class and teachers. Asample review: "Farrell's is in the CrossCreek Mall. It has submarine sandwichesand a million different kinds of burgers.It's clean, not dirty. The sundaes aresuperb, especially their butterscotchsundae On your birthday they sing you"Happy Birthday" and you get a freesundaean kind you want."

JOHN MARSHALL CARTER

IT'S IN THE STARSTry this idea to introduce students tothe constellations. Have each chi(dchoose a different constellation to re-search, then instruct the kids to drawthe outlines of them on black construc-tion paper, usin6 black crayons. Thisway, they'll be able to make out theoutlines when the lights are on but notwhen they're oft. Now give each childa small amouht of fluorescent paint todot on individual stars.

PENNI MAJOR

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VERY IMPORTANT CHILDRENTo help each student know how im-portant he or she is, my class has anImportant Student Day. That day thespecial child receives an official proc-lamation, a coin is "minted"' in his orher image, and an official cheer is

cheered to celebrate. To choose the firstape, al child's name, pick a name out

Thereafter let the special childuc kt one s name.A proclamation, written on a scroll -

shaped cutout pasted on constructionpaper, mk7ht read: "Let it he know n' it S' les is liked very much byher teacher and classmates. To showSharon Junes how special she is, wehave declared Sept. 20th as her day.There is only one Sharon Jones, and weare happy to have her with us. Whenyou see Sharon Jones today, give her agreat big hug or smile."

We lead the proclamation at the be-ginning of the day and tie it with ribbon,ready to take home after school.

To use with the official cheer, we makecards which together spell out the child'sfull name. As we cheer for the child,we hold up the letters of his or her name

On Important Student Day, I also takeinstant snapshots for the bulletin board.Before going home the class sings a spe-cial song (adaptation of "For He's a JollyGood Fellow" or another simple song).

MARGARET HFNGGELER

GIVE OUT TITLESElementary students will take classroomjobs more seriously when their titlessound official. Try "internal expediters"

p)r those who pa,s out papers, "horti-culturist" for the plant caretaker,"courier'" for the messenger, "censusagent" for the child in charge ofattendance.

Children will enjoy pronouncing thes(titles as well as explaining them to newcomers, visitors, and parents.

To display the jobs neatly, mount the"Help Wanted" section of you. localnewspaper on tagboard. Cover this withclear contact paper On separate piecesof white paper, boldly print each jobtitle in black. Frame each job in blac kconstruction paper and attach to thelarge "Help Wanted"' poster. Write stu-dents' names on strips of red paper, andattach these strips to the jobs the'select. KATHY ARMSTRONG

DEEP SEA MOBILESThese shimmering mobiles made fromsimple wire coat hangers would makea perfect accompaniment to a study ofthe ocean. Holding the handle of thec.)at hanger, pull the horizontal wiredownward, changing the triangularshape into a diamond. Have kids designand color fish, animals, ships, people.or an thing else found under the v tan,on white paper that will fit inside thehanger frame. Cut blue cellophane torover the frame and tape into place.Now glue underwater scenes face downonto the blue water. Finally, cut 8 one-inch-wide black strips of constructionpaper to glue onto front and back ofhanger, forming a picture frame andcovering up rough edges where the cel-lophane was fastened to hanger. Hangmobile so the light shines behind it, andit will look just like an underwater scene.

C M. ARMSTRONG

ANSWERS TO CAPTAIN QUEST'SCALENDAR QUIZ

Gruesome giggles1. Dracula2. Mummy3. Ghost4. SkeletonA modern master of menaceDARTHVADERFrankly frieTtening quizPossible words would be: fiend, friend,freak, steak, stand, strand, sneak, fear,dear, ear; stink, sane, fan, fin, fine, first,date, ten, fair, seated, and so on.Monstrous messageThe message is, of course, HappyHalloween!

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PICK A POCKETMake this self-help tile folder to teachchildren ar`ipnyms, homonyms. andsynonyms. First, cut out six pocket-shaped pieces of construction paper.Draw on scallops and topstitching. Labeltwo with the word "Antonyms," two"Homonyms" and two "Synonyms."

Using different colors of paper, writeantonyms, homonyms, and synonymson separate strips of paper and insert inappropriate inside pockets. Prepare ananswer key that shows how words arematched and place it in an envelope orlong handmade pocket. Paste this in theinside front cover.

Children now can match words byclipping them together and transferringthem to the front-cover pockets. Afterthey're finished, they can check theiranswers against the answer key.

CFRTRUDE PARKER

GET-ACQUAINTED GAMEPlay this get-acquainted game the firstday of school. Holding a ball of yarn,tell the class your name and somethingabout your teaching experience, family,hobbies, and favorite food. Then tossthe yarn to someone who doesn't seemtoo shy. That person states his or hername and tells the class about himselfor herself. When this child is finished,he or she holds on to the yarn and throwsthe ball to someone else. The yarn ispassed from person to person, criss-crossing the room, creating a giant spiderweb.

When the ball has gone to everyone,

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person who threw it to him in

[he last person is. say, Mary, Mar,troduces the person who thrzs to 1,and recites what she has !eaiiiiid aboutthat person' "I'm throwing he e n ha( k

to Bohhy Smith who said he pizzaand loves to pia: baseball." Bobby thendoes the same to whoe:er threw himthe hall and so on until the hall returnto you and the spider's web is gone

Prepare the children for the game h.telling them that later they will be introdin,ing the child who throws themthe yarn. Be prepared to prompt (so that no one is emharraiised hs tiegetting or being forgotten.

11 e:eryone sits in a circle, your Samwill get less tangled. You'll see that thehall of yarn can increase your student'composure and lessen their self-«m-scioi.:,ness about speaking hetoregroup. KA THY CON( PHILLII's

HOW-DE-DOAt the beginning o4 the school year, I

noticed that quite a few children in mlarge second grade class didn't knoweach others' names. To get them morequickly acquainted, I invented "How-de-do." I cut 54 narrow strips of paperand wrote each child's name on one ofthe strips. Every morning one childwould draw a slip, read the name onit, and then try to identify that person.If he or she couldn't do this, the personwhose name was drawn stood up andsaid, "How-de-do, I'm Alex Smith." Bythe end of the month most names wereknown, and some children also hadovercome their beginning-of-the-yearshyness. MARGARET CHIANIS

WATCH THEM GROWThere's no more revealing way of mea-suring growth and maturation of yourkindergarten students than by havingthem make self-portraits. At the begin-ning of the year, pass out drawing paperand crayons and ask children to drawpictures of themselves. Have them write(or try to write) their names on them.After they've been displayed, tuck thepictures in a folder. Around midyear,repeat the project. Finally, as the endof the year rolls around, try again. Trimand mount the three portraits in chro-nological order. Show the finishedproducts to parents at conference time.The portraits make great keepsakes forparents, too. PAMELA KLAWITTER

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FIL01( ed !EMI Some periodi,.your ,wool lihrary are talling apart

hten read so rIllgothers look as risp the did v,hen

arrn.tid Ilere are ,Liggestions thathioaden vour i-aude s. reading in-

t-lests as th\ he( ome more aware ofthe r»an, tpes of or 'limos a.ailable.I In the torm \ enget hunt, po.equestion, that require skimming maga/ine, to trnd tht anwer,. risk v,111(Iimagazine features a «irtain column rac hmonth, w his h alyays has a certain typei't cos er, and ,0 on2 Ask student, to list li the magazine,.the librar\ Have them «impart'tv.o.3. I ist the addres,e of magazine, thataccept student Writing on a poster cap-tioned -Wanted: Student Writers."4. Accept nominations for a favoritechildren's magazine. Nominations canhe in the form of a speech, a commercial,a poster, or an article parodving the styleof the magazine. Tell the class thatss hichever magazine it votes (or will hesent directly to the classr()om when itarrives at the library.5. In art class, after considering thecontents of a particular magazine, havethe class design a new cover for it-6 list and discuss some of the ;ohs cre-ated by a magazine: editor, director ofcirculation, illustrator, and so on7. Under the caption "Now appearingin your local magazine" have studentspost their reviews of stories that appear

recent magazine issues. Make .'irethey hst magazine and page number.

SUSAN I. KREIBICH

CURRENT COUNTRIESCut out shapes of various countries cur-rently in the news and hand out a dif-ferent one to each student. Students mustfind out what country they have. (Youmay want to give a cluea capital cityor important river.) After watching fortheir country in the news for a few days,they must report what they have learnedabout the country's geographical shape,people, and current events there.

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SUPER SENTENCESTired of teaching vocabulary by tellingchildren to "write each word in a goodsentence"? Try Super Sentences; they'reguaranteed to challenge your students.

Choose two unrelated words and ask

the c hildri.n to use hotli in the same()I" Ifls1,1r1( is ofd, -roc I.

and -tl,,- I an he «iminnedva,,,. "The tl i, on the roc k "Don'troc k in ihat iiti"H kill the ?I\

An airplane r an but a rot k t An'the amazed tins c mdtisel

esen primary school c hildren c an «Irllhine two unrelated words in a senten(Gradually work your way up to gring-o? three or 6nir words for Super -duper!--)eritenc e,. A NNE .11 PA;

THE ELEPHANT'S MEMORYElephants never forget, and neithershould your students. Use burlap clothor felt to make your own class elephant.On the trunk sew pouches in the formof peanuts to hold important papers. I

use one pouch for makeup work for ab-sent students, another for announce-ments that need to go home, and anotherfor extra copies of worksheets.

SUSAN I. KREIHICH

TRIPLE DIPPERChild-size triple-dip ice cream conesare a delight for children to make. Cut12" x 18" brown construction papercones, then three scoops of ice creamfrom different colors of construction pa-per, (Light blue can become blueberry;pink, strawberry; light tan, maple wal-nut; and so on.) Cut freely around theedges of the scoops. Now from whitepaper, cut a dollop of whipped cream,and from red, a cherry. Assemble, paste,delig)t, and drool over these giganticice cream cones VOAN MARY MACEY

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ABOARD THE ART TRAINthis train-station hulletm hoard c an b,

a permanent art e\ Hint in ourmain hallw..1%.

1 he train consists of an engaie witha smiling «indui. tor, several c a rgo c ors

instruction paper rectangles" red ( a-

boost,. and tracks (from grocery bags).Name your train and station after your

sc h00I. (Our school's name is Central,so we had Grand Central Railroad inour hallway.) Each month "load"' thecargo cars with different art projects.

ANITA LAN/ER

TURN LEFT AT OLIVE STREETWhile driv ing several of my studentshome from the c ircus, I noticed thatalthough they could direct me to theirhouses, they were unaware of the namesof streets in their neighborhood. So I

made a map of major streets in the areaand included special points of interestsuch as McDonald's, tho hank, super-market, and so on. Then I made up cardswith directions on them. These rangedfrom very simple--What street is themovie theater on?"to complex'Begin at home, pick up shoes at shoerepair shop, stop at the bank, then meetyour brother at the supermarket."' I putthe cards in pile: according to difficultyand let students pick from the differentsets according to their ability. Each stu-dent could then "run an errand" usingthe map and a pointer, and saying thenames of streets and the directions takenalong the e' 'e. If the student followeddirections correctly, he or she could thenmake up an errand for someone else totry. JANET A. BUCHHOLZ

CRUMBLING COOKIESCookie Monster greets my kindergartnersfrom a bullcttin hoard that exdaims,''Crumbling Cookies! Look who's here!''Upon entering the room, eac h child re-mo es the paper cookie with his or hername on it and drops it into a cookietar at the learning c enter, enabling meto check name recognition abilities andattendance. Other tasks at this stationinc Jude spelling one's name on themagnet board, matching puzzle pieces,and tracing cookie-cutter shapes. Onthe final day for the center, CookieMonster otters sugar cookies with namesin frosting. ANNE Al. OWENS

CUTTING FINE FIGURESOne picture is worth a thousard words?Not in our room! One picture, made byattaching a child's school photo (headonly) to a cutout body from a departmentstore catalog, is worth 100 pages. Eachtime a child reads one book or severalbooks totaling 100 pages, he or she maymove this figure along paper stepping-stones that lead to a castle.

We take great paint 'o match the stu-dent's head and personality to the rightcatalog cutout. (One child may pictureherself in a Girl Scout uniform, anotherin a sweat suit.) When the children readthe appropriate number of books (reachthe castle), they get a star to paste on

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their outfits and they start their figuresagai,, at the first step.

Our book report stepping-stones areon the bulletin hoard across the top ofthe chalkboard, with the castle at theend. These stepping stories and the finefigures on them are the focal poi-, ofthe room. JEANNE/TA ()ANL ORO

THE SCHOOL BUSThe school bus comes by every dayAnd takes the children all away.The loud bus, the proud bus.The happy bus, the scrappy bus.The hurrying bus, the worrying bus,

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The late nus, the eight bus.

It opens up its folding door.And they rush in across the floor.The skipping children, the tripping

children.The shouting children, the pouting

children.The joyful children, the boyful children.The surlish children, the girlish children.

At four it comes along the roadBringing home its precious load.

he long bus, the wrong bus.The bright bus, the right bus.The swaying bus, the playing bus,The hired bus, the tired bus.

It opens up its folding doorThey scamper out across the floor.The talking children, the walking

children.The crumpled children, the rumpled

children.The worn bcys, the torn boys.The chattering girls, the scattering girls.

Although they're tiredthe driver, too,Tomorrow will begin anew.The school bus will return and theyAgain will go away .sf. --- I.On the school bus, the cool bus,The on-time bus, the yours-and-mine

bus. JANE W. KROWS

bright ideasFACULTY JILHOUETTESTo introciur e the tat ults tt) ,tudent,MAC tic Ott \ silhouriites ',sk h stairmember to sit in front of a filmstrip pro-tector to; a few minutes while you tray ea protile of his or her head Mount thesedraw ings irid..idually on consfrui. flonpaper Label the profiles and displaythem in the hallway.

Later in the sear, dispia, the headsagain but without the babe's Addhouettes of l mcnln Vashington-indother tamous people to the display . Holda c ontest to see whir h students canidentify all the pri.ifiles Offer Hy.

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MATH PROBLEM PHOTOSMy ( lass photographs its math problems'This method not onk adds tun to mathbut also teaches many survival

In small groups the studentsa word problem and decide whii is, . psare needed to solve it. Atter they arrReat a solution, they illustrate the problemby posing tot and taking a photograph

One such photograph showed twostudents with price tags attached to theirclothes, the word problems that accom-panied it were: How much do the twohats cost together? How much more dothe overalls cost than the shirt? Whoseoutfit is more e:pensivel

We display the photos and the wordproblems for other students to work.

BERNIE LLCA.0

NO MORE COPYCATS!When you assign research projects, dotoo many of your students merely copyinformation, word for word, from theencyclopedia? Here's an activity thatwill help them break that habit. Haveeach child browse through any volumeof the encyclopedia and choose a par-ticularly interesting or informativeparagraph. Then instruct the kids to re-write their paragraphs as if they wereshort news stories, complete with catchyheadlines. If you assign this exercisefrequently, you'll soon have no morecopycats. DOROTHY ZIAWIN

JUST DESSCRISfiere's a deli( lolt/S was to promutt (1,-criptivel.vritIng in year c lassroom Hale

students write brief paragraphs abouttheir all-time favorite desserts! Eat h

paragraph should describe how thedessert tastes, looks, smells, and feelsWhen the compositions are tinifilyed.they can be illustrated with originaldraw ings or magazine pictures and asseryiblod on your bulletin hoard

.SLIEK ROBERTA ANN LlSikEY,

AMAZING ALLITERATIONThis pretty fall bulletin hoard can bentade with leaf colors and shapes cutfrom construction paper, Tack the word-Alliteration- to top of board, each lettera bright tall color. Have each child traceand cut out a leaf trom constructionpaper and write an alliterative sentenceon Jt using his or her own name, suchas: Mary's marvelous mother madeMarty mad. Attach leaves to hoard forthe whole clay to enjoy,

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bright ideasINDIAN CORNTo make an Indian summr ,et prtett t.draw, the shape of an ear ot corn ongraph paper. tio!(,r edci-, squats withinthe design the colors of maize pressinghard to get the texture of c orn Cut thisout and glue to a husk made from brownwrapping paper. crushed or cooed to

look authentic. MARCrfA L(-HELH

KNOW YOUR RIGHTSIt your class is studying the Constitution,this activity will make the Bill of Rights

relevant. First divide students into com-mittees. Then give a modern day illus-tration of a violation of one of the basic

rights. Ask one student which amend-ment is being transgressed, If he or she

answers correctly and can state theamendment, that committee earns onepoint. The first committee to get 10

points wins. RONALD H. BRODIN

LEAF IT ALONEHere are fall projects in which you need

little else but leaves. Have the childrengather leaves from trees, shrubs, and

house and garden plants. The leavescan be arranged into anything fromsimple leaf collages to geometric designsto portraits.

Discuss various project ideas with thestudents before they do their collectingso that they are aware of how size,shapes, color, and texture of the leavesmay be used in their designs. Glue leaves

on cardboard and preserve the projectsby spraying them with clear enamel orlacquer, DENNL I. ESPOSITO

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COLOR HELPSThis bulletin hot:3rd keep- trac ';ttidents' weekly lobs. Eac h c rayon hos islabeled ys ith a responsthillty: t.r atertngplants, helphig in the library, and soOn; and each child has a paper c ra.onwith ho or her name printed on the Iron!To assign lot): each week I colic( tthe crayons, mark on the hack of thecrayon which Job the student did thatweek (so I don't rea..1.:n that lob to himor her again sooni, and then put the

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doing what job. This year I also madea c rayon can to hold the extra craYiont-Should I see a need to create a new iobin my classroom, I simply add it to tt

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REFLECTIONS ON SUMMERFor some children, telling what they didla-,t summer is important iSorne evenmay have rehearsed what then will saA bulletin hoard with a sunglasses momis an attractive way to display this sum-mertime sharing. Ask your student, towrite their retie( hons on summer in oneof the lines of a pair (A paper sunglassesand their name on the other lens Ar-

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sunglasses or around the surd-Rene( tons

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SEPTEMBER GARDENTo make this t-teptentlittr bul!etu-1 hoard.cut out 3 tlov,cr for each f.)11(1 in theclass On the lent of each tlower. printa child's name The caption should read

-September a t;me to get growingA figure in the corner can he a gar-

dener with a watering c anA.-, each c hill to bring a photograph

or draw a picture of his or her face topaste or, one of the flowers Put a pictureof your own face on the gardener'sfigure.

For a variation, add to each flower asecond leaf on which you can attachflower stickers for especially good work,Or, each child might want to display aspecial project near his or her flower.

VIVIAN LYNN

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BEST WITCHESThis dispar.c. duo makes a striking I 1,11-luw n poster I c ut their turn). trom',mg,. pip( es of «instruc tion piper andthen I drew then feature. ss ith telt pensI made both old oneand the tall, \toting one- heerfulsmiles on their ta«,s. When mountedtogether on a larger wet e of paper, they.erred as a bulletin hoard designed tosend messages to In c lass. You maywant to use them to make a Halloweenwash for your c hildren or to remind yourlass of important tra k -or-treat satety

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MOST UNUSUALSACK -O'- LANTERNTired of the same old ga,t-toothedpumpkin fa( es? You ma., be seeing sonidnv of the ',Mlle designs ot tat es IW(3(1,,e sou keep go. Ing sneer students only

pumpkin, to carvti.I asked my seventh graders to think

of all the daterent egetables of the au-tumn harvest and to bring in some out-of-the-ordinary vegetables to carve. Theyreturned with winter squash, gourds ofall shapes, colors, and sizes; carrots;and onions. The different forms and sizesseemed to suggest different faces to thestudents, and we ended up with somevery fresh designs. I ran this activity asa must unusual iack-o'-lantern contest,Our winner was a freestanding carrotjack-o'-lantern. BERNICE NORRIS

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PUMPKIN PAPER-HOLDERSthese pumpkin paper-holders are idealfor the week before Halloween. Theycan hold returned paper or messages,and generally serve as a student', own-in" or "out- box F first make the blacbase of the holder by c Letting out a 5"x piece of lightweight c ardboard anda piece of black constructic.,' 'r thesame size. Glue the black paper to thecardboard. For the holder itself you willneed a piece of orange construction pa-per 12" x 41/2 in size. Roll the °rang?paper (the pumpkin) so the sides justoverlap, and staple it at the place theyjoin to the cardboard base. Now put aface on your pumpkin, using crayons,felt pens, or black paper scraps. Makethe stem by folding a piece of greenpaper and gluing one end to the top ofthe pumpkin. LINDA WONG

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to manage. lust have all your studentsstand and ask them to sit down ss henthey miss a question Last one standingis the winner. But I was looking for awas' to keep everyone in the gamelonger, and ms solution was to set ppan inter-class competition Once thestudents saw themselves as a team, thesbegan to help eat h other and to workas a unit

The teachers of all c lasses involvedin the competition met to decide on adate for the "bee." We decided thechildren would need three weeks toprepare. And did we escr underestimatethe competitive fire of our students!Within a week no one was sitting down,

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M., third, fourth, and loth graders be-gan by (Ole( ting their data the gar-bage. In the bank of the cafeteria theyset up separate bins for vegetables, milk,fruit, main dish, and bread. By weighingthe full garbage bags and charting whichtoads were wasted the most (pizza waswasted least), we learned the extent ofthe waste.

Our district dietij an agreed to im-plement several of our suggestions onhow to cut down on waste, among themthat pizza be served three days a weekas a second main dish.

If you try this project, you'll hnd stu-dents learn much about nutrition, thecost of food, graphing, and, most of all,how to go about solving a problem.

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use this display for forming get-ac-quaintd groups early in the school yearbe having "gurnbails- of the same colorwork together on a project. You mightalso use it for motivation by placing astar on a student's "gumball" for a note-worthy performance. C. take attendanceby having each child put up his or herown -gumboil" upon entering theMOM. ANN FAUSNiC;HT

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REVOLUTIONARYTREASURE HUNTMy eighth graders' response to ms an-nouncement that we would begin tostudy the American Revolution was thatth:2y had studied it before, they knewall about it, it was spring, and let's dosomething else, So I devised a revolu-tionary war treasure hunt and startedthe students on a search for their owninformation on the war.

Each student was given a list of Rev-olution era "treasures" to find, such asrecipes, songs, or diaries. 1' , werealso presented with a folder so theirfindings could be kept neatly in class.Two class periods and evening assign.ment times were set aside for initial re-search and preparation. Then at thebeginning of every class for seven days,students were allowed time to presenttheir "treasures" in a show-and-tellformat.

Many students chose to copy colonialrecipes, and some cooked foodbis-cuits, dumplings and stew, corn breadand brought it to class. Others proudly

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LIKE PEAS IN A PODPea-pickin' time is math skills time inmy class. I cut out many shapes ot peapods and w rite an addition or subtractionproblem on on-, side. A child choosesa pod and works the problem writtenon the pod. To solve the problem he orshe turns the pod over, where the correctnumber of peas are drawn in. Then bycounting the peas in the pod he or shecan check this total against his or heranswer. LORI STL'IN

PAYDAYHere's a way to use old checks frombanks you no longer have account; withPay your children with them.

On my iaiiclay I explaiq to thechildren tha 'Ito teach and thatI am going to 1_ _ oo Their paywill be based oti amount of "tryingtime," and instead of money, I'll paythem with the following: one hug, onelunch it classroom, one phone call fromthe teacher, one warm fuzzy, one extraassignment, 10 minutes of free time.

In order to get their "pay," childrenmay cash in their cher.-As one at a timeon aoy given day. Children can collectthe pay or keep the paycheck.

DEANNA ANDREANO

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SMOKE SIGNALSBULLETIN BOARDBulletin boards are too often "kid pas-sive." That means they are neat andattractive, but not designed to activelyinvolve children in making or usingthem. This "smoke signals" bulletinboard is more than an eye-catching de-sign, because it requires that childrenbecome involved in using the board.

I use this display to present new spell-ing or vocabulary words by having stu-dents write one new word in each puttof smoke. I also send messages to mystudents wild-West fashion Dy writinghomework assignments or daily re-

minders in the smoke signals. You caneasily adapt this design to any gradelevel and to different lessons.

DOROTHY Z /AWIN

EARTH BALLOONSGive your students a creative geographylesson by building globes from balloons.To make these globes you will need largeblue balloons, string, different-coloredconstruction paper, glue, and felt pens.The balloons are blue to represent thatportion of the earth's surface that's cov-ered with ter.

First, blow up the balloon and tie itclosed. (Do this first in order to see howbig your earth will be so you can thenmake your continents to fit the scale ofthe globe.) Next, glue a piece of stringaround the middle of the balloon to mark'the equator. Small circles of string alsocan be glued at the top and bottom torepresent the North and South poles.The difficult and challenging part of thisproject is drawing, cutting, and fittingthe paper land masses. Encourage yourstudents to use different-colored con-struction paper for each continent. Thiswill help to create a beautiful and easy-to-use globe. Glue the continents in thecorrect positions. With a black felt pen,you can then label the continents andthe oceans. If you are working with largeballoons, you might draw in some spe-cific countries. GERTRUDE PARKER

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Teachers EXPRESS When you need a good idea overnightEXPRESS TIP OF THE MONTH"Painting is silent poetry, and po-etry, painting that speaks." Plutarchwrote that more than 1,000 year,ago. These poetry pops will helpyour children enjoy both art forms.Choose some short poems that arefun to read and that contain vividimages. Next, cut 5'' circles fromposter board. On one side of eachcircle print a poem. On the otherside, draw, paint, or paste on anappealing picture that reflects thepoem's mood or subject. Then pastethese "pops" to a wooden ice-creamstick. A clay base will make themstand up along a shelf. Or you canglue a small magnet to each antiarrange them on a magnetic chalk-board. Let children pick a poetrypop to read themselves or to haveyou read to them. Your students will

beconl, tamiliar with many poemsand will soon be choosing favorites

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they want to hear again andagain. BETTY NATIONS

STUFFED TURKEYSStuff strips of newspaper into abrown paper lunch-bag. Leay:?enough room at the top to close theopen end with a rubber band or yarn.Paste colored construction paperfeathers to this end for the turkey'stail.

Using construction paper, drawand cut out the neck and head of aturkeyinclude a beak and wat-tlesand tape or paste this to thebottom of the bag. These are madevery quickly and easily, so your classcan have a whole flock of turkeysthis Thanksgiving.

CHERYL BOGROW

LANGUAGE OF THE GAMEThe basketball season is just gettingunder way. The following topicalpoetry activities will heighten yourstudents' appreciation of languageand make the most of their interestin basketball.

First try the "rhyme fast break."Ask your students to write basketballterms that rhyme with fall, nibble,flunk, owl, grass, and toot. Thenhave them try to write a poem usingas many rhyming basketball termsas possible. Next, see which chil-dren will be part of the "alliterationall stars." Ask them to write allit-erative sentences such as "DoctorDunk dribbled through the Dukedefense." Start them off with namessuch as Jimmy Jump or Passing Pete.

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Use team names for practice withmetaphor. For example: the DukeBlue Devils are one hot team thisseason, or the Utah Jazz started theseason on a sweet note with sixstraight victories. Finally, explainhow poets use onomatopoeia to de-scribe sound. Show them howsounds at a basketball game can hedescribed using this literary device.For example, the ball going throughthe net goes "swish." Children canmake a list of all the sounds theyhear at a big game.

JOHN MARSHALL CARTER

"TIME CAPSULE" LETTERSAfter returning to school from ma-ternity leave, I gave my students(nine to ten years) a letter-writingassignment that turned out to be agreat experience. I asked each stu-dent to write a letter to my newbornson, telling him what life is like inthe early 1980s. I told the studentsthe letters would be put in Ryan'sbaby book for him to read when hewas nine or ten years old.

The students were delighted withthis assignment. Some of the con-temporary occurrences and facts thatthey wrote about were the SpaceShuttle Columbia, the Iranian hos-tage crisis, Reagan's presidency,major sports statistics, and currentprices of items from gasoline to fastfood.

Writing letters to my son was such

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a success that I have expanded theproject. Now whenever a studentin my class has a new sibling arrivein his or her family, we all write"time capsule" letters to the baby.When my students take these lettershome, they can feel as though theyhave added to all that is specialabout having a new baby in thehouse. LAURA KINSEY

WHAT'S A PALINDROME?Read it from right to left, and it willbe the same as when you read itfrom left to right. That's a palin-drome. "Huh?" you might ask. Youcatch on quickly. You just made apalindrome. Other single-wordpalindromes are pep, eye, pop,wow. Introduce this phenomenonto your students and challenge themto find palindromes on their own.

Writing phrases and sentences thatwork as palindromes is much moredifficult, but it can be done. "Wasit a bar or a bat I saw?" "No, it isopen on one position." "Too hot tohoot." A popular dictionary printsthis example: "Able was I ere I sawElba."

A few commercial names are pal-indromes. There is a city in Cali-fornia called Yreka. A merchantthere calls his shop Yreka Bakery.

You can do the same with num-bers. These are easier and a goodplace to start with your students.Example: 25952. ALAN FARRANT

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DRESS UP A TURKEYI wanted a Thanksgiving art projectthat was not the usual turkey. Myidea was to have the class make aturkey and then dress it up. Studentsgreeted the first part of my assign-ment without great excitement. Theywere told to simply draw, color, andcut out a large turkey, using cc .1-struction paper. I then asked themto disguise their turkeys so a Pilgrimlooking for a Thanksgiving mealwould never recognize them. S thestudents put their turkeys into everymanner of costume. We ended up

VIImMIIMEMINELwith turkey football players, a WorldWar I flying ace turkey completewith silk scarf, Pilgrim turkeys, aSanta Claus turkey, and turkeydressed for a gala night on the town,sporting false eyelashes made ofblack yarn.

I cut out a Pilgrim and we mountedhim, surrounded by disguised tur-keys, on the hallway wall outsideof our classroom. As a label for thedisplay, I cut out red constructionpaper letters to spell the question,"Have you seen a turkey?"

LINDA WILSON

WORK TO CROW ABOUTMake some noise about your stu-dents' best work with this bulletinboard. Start by cutting out and col-oring a large paper rooster. Thentack the best of your students' papers

to colored sheets of paper that areplaced all around the rooster. Makecertain your rooster looks as happyabout the papers on his board asthe students will be when they seetheir work. REBECCA FRIARY

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LOOPY THANKSGIVING TURKEYTo make this colorful turkey mobilefor Thanksgiving, you will need thefollowing materials: yellow yarn(one 12" piece and two 3" pieces)and nine paper strips (each 2"-3"wide). Different colored strips areneeded: brown for the body andhead; orange for the beak and tail;red for the wattle and tail; and yel-low, blue, and green to completethe tail. The five tail pieces shouldeach be 12" long. The two piecesfor the beak and wattle should eachbe 6" long. The brown head piece,12". And the brown strip for thebody, 18" long. The last things you'llneed are two large, white paper cir-cles for the turkey's eyes.

First, glue or staple the brownbody strip to make a large circle.When that is ready, begin to makethe tail pieces into loops. Each tail"feather" or loop can then be stapledor glued, as close together as pos-sible, on the body. Next, make aloop of the brown head piece ofpaper and attach it to the body acrossfrom the tail pieces.

You must decide at this pointwhich tail loop you wish to hangyour mobile from. You will thenknow where to attach the red wattleso it will hang below the head. Afterthat is attached, fold the beak pieceinto an accordion shape with fourfolds. Attach the two ends to thehead and you will have a squawking

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turkey with an open beak. The nextstep is to color in large, black eye-balls on the white circles and gluethem to the head.

The yarn makes legs and feet. Tiethe small pieces to the long pieceof yarn, 1" up from each end, soyou have three strands or "feet" ateach end of the 12" piece. Whenyou hang your turkey from its tailfeather, the body will hang belowevery other loop. Drape the yellowyarn through the body loop and your"loopy" turkey will be ready tofly. CAROL Mc-ROBERTS

ALL THE NEWS THAT'S FIT TOCOLORHelp make students active and wisenewspaper readers with this activity.Each child will need his or her ownfront page of a newspaper and a

pack of crayons. Begin by identifyingand defining some basic newspaperelements on the page: headline,news story, photo, advertisement.With older students you can explainsubheads, datelines, and the differ-ence between local, national, andinternational news stories.

Next, have students decide onspecific colors to make each elementon the front page. At the top of thenewspaper page, make a corre-sponding color key. Finally, haveeach student color over each partof the front page with the appro-priately colored crayon. You canthen check to see if every child canidentify the different components ofa newspaper.

Encourage students to use manydifferent colors. Pin the finished frontpages around your classroom for acolorful, informative display.

JOY LINDNER

THIS GAME SPELLS CHALLENGEHere's a spelliry game that everyonewill enjoy. See you can figure outhow the game is played from thisexample:

My neighbor, Miss Sally Matter,likes her name and some otherthings, but there are many thingsshe dislikes. Why does she like onething and dislike another?Miss Sally likes guppies, butdoesn't like fish.She likes aardvarks, but is fright-ened of snakes.

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Miss Sally likes pebbles, bt, won'ttouch a rock.--She loves pretty dresses, but don'tcall them a frock.

You've probably seen that MissSally is fond of words with doubleletters in them. The last two ex-amples show how you can makethis a rhyming game as well. Thevariations of this game are endless.You might change the name to Pol-lyanna and feature words with twoor more double letters (likes a tee-pee, not a tent, or likes Tennessee,not Virginia). How about Jean Earlywho favors a specific combinationof vowels (dream, not sleep, orbreak, not cheek).

This game makes a fun assignmentif you write P different letter or lettercombination on slips of paper andlet each child draw a slip to makecertain combinations. The game willchallenge students in writing, spell-ing, and creating rhyme.

JANE PRIEWE

A HANDFUL OF THANKSHave children trace their hands onconstruction paper. Print the wordThanksgiving across each hand. Askthe children to write on each fingerone person or thing they are thankfulfor. Then they can decorate the restof the hand. Cut out the hands andyour students will have their ownhandful of thanks.

CHERYL BOGROW

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JABBERING GIRAFFES"If my giraffe could talk, he'd sayyou been to New York ?

This giraffe writing assignment willdevelop your primary children's imag-nations plus their art and math skills.Tell the children that as you read stake-ments about giraffes that have missingwords, you want them to imagine awonderful giraffe Ask them to fill in theblanks with any answers they like. (Don'ttell them what they will do with theanswers.)

When they have completed their sen-tences, have them draw their giraffesexactly as they have answered, incor-porating the exact measurements irndcolors.

Try these sentences.My giraffe's name isMy giraffe is inches tall.My giraffe b's -colored

spots, DEANNA ANDREANO

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TIME LINEHere's an easy-to-make, inexpensivetime line that helps students put im-portant historical events in chron-ological order. Tie is string acrossthe room, high enough to be out ofthe way. As a date is learned or anevent covered in class, write the datein large numerals on a computerkeypunch card and clip it to thestring. Tape another card to the bot-tom of the date card stating whatmakes this a date to remember.

PAM KLAWITTER

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FEATHERED FRIENDS.Anyone sshr :_an till in c' blank withthe name or a bird yr, ill c _rink descry ea feather in hls or n.1- cap1 The name of a letter or a has s name

lay2 f relic , romp. it a rrank lark1. Chew sour toad thoroughly beforeYou do this swallow4 A boy's name and a light c olor

bobwhiteS. What a thief doirc nitor6 A machine used for raising and loweong heavy weights crane7. To mole quo kis or dodge

duck8. Extra and to nose a boat using oars

ijlarrow9. r\ high otticial of the Roman CatholicChurch cardinal10. To Wier for sale by r. ailing out inthe street hawk11. lo boast or gloat crow12. A gulf score of two strokes less thanpar on a hole eagle1 3. An easy ma rk or someone who iseasily fooled pigeon14 A train track rail15. -ro repeat by rote or memory

parrot16 Evening and a strong y, loll

nIghtIngale17. A highway and a person in the ')O-yard dash roadrunner18 A slang term for a coward

chicken14. A slang term for a failure or a tlop

turkey20. The name of a baseball team in Bal-timore orioles

Is1TH't PITERtiON

"WHAT -IS BOOKLETS"Challenge students' imaginations andvot.iibulary with these tiny books madefrom construction paper and staples. Thefirst type are "shape" booklets. I beginby cutting out triangles, squares. andcircles, all big enough to carry threelarge words on the front. Then stapleany,.vhere from 6 to 10 of the sameshapes together. On the covers of theappropriate booklets write: "A circle is. . . "A triangle. is . . ," and "Asquare is . . ." Then let your studentsfinish the hooks by writing the namesof some objects that are the correct snipefor each book on the blank pages.

"Size" booklets can be titled: "Whatis big?" "What is tiny?" "Tall is . ,"and so on. You can make the size ofthe booklets themselves match the cor-

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responding question on the erase;Using ditterent-colored con,.trui ton

paper, you also can create -color-nooks "Green is . . ," "Pink is

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anti so on are possibilities for titlesGERTRLDE PARER

ANIMAL OCCUPATIONSDoi a particular animal personifya special profession? If animals hadjobs, what would each one do? Iasked my students these questionsand told them to draw an animal inthe garb of its profession. One boyfigured a sea horse would remain ahorse, but he put a tuna, dressed asa sheriff, on its back. This drawingexercise produces some imaginativeresults as students wonder how an-imals might appear if they ruled theworld. PAM KLAWIT7:-R

CORRECTION CLUEHow do you make certain your stu-dents read over corrected papers youreturn to them? When my fourthgraders receive corrected papers,they know that somewhere on thepage they will find a smiling face.It will be tiny and partially hidden

in a letter or number. If the face hasa curl on its head, the student mustshow it to me within a certain lengthof time and also give me a correctedanswer to at least one mistake inthat paper. MARGARET GRANDE

HELP HANG THEWASHI use this clothesline bulletin hoardfor alphabetizing activities. First,draw the clothesline poles and somegrass. Draw and cut out a laundrybasket and, when fastening it to theboard, leave the top open to forma pocket. Use heavy string for theclothesline and have some smallplastic clothespins on hand to hangthe "wash" with.

Next, ask children to make somepaper "wash" items: clothing, lin-ens, and so on. Label each piececlearly. You can begin the activityby hanging some items yourself andasking the class to rearrange themon the line alphabetically. As skilldevelops, add more items to the ac-tivity, placing the unused pieces inthe open laundry basket.

MARY ANN PECCI

AMAZING PAC-MANYoung artists can plot the action ofPac -Man on their own colorful "maze"posters. Materials needed are con-struction paper, paper punch withwhich to make dots, paste, and scis-sors. Students make their posters toresemble a video screen,

One aim of the art lesson is to makecolors seem to glow. Colors of equal

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intensity, such as purple and yellow,will create this electronic effect. An-other aim is to place the dots, ghosts,and Pac-Man so that the eye keepsmoving along the maze.

My art students were perfectly quiet(listening to music) as they did thisproject because they were so intenton making their mazes.

SISTER GWEN FLORYANCE

Teachers EXPRESS

HATS OFF TO THESEMake a bulletin board for Novemberthat displays your stude.its" best workand uses a Thanksgiving theme tocommend them tor, lob \Neil done.First, cut out a small Pilc;7ini hat orbonnet for e:Ich child ir, your classand write hi, or her name acros:,hoe frort of the hat. Then, when aAudcnt hands in a good paper, stapleit to the bulletin board under his orher personal hat. This is an attractiveand practical way to "take off yourhat" to your children's bestefforts. CATHY STETANEC-OCREN

WHERE IN THEWORLD ARE YOU?This geography activity tests stu-dents' knowledge of local, national,or world geography. The activity canbe done n pairs or in small groups,and uses maps taken from dailynewspapers. Cut the maps from thenewspapers and paste part or all ofeach map on a separate index card.For the next step, you will need col-ored adhesive dots. We used dif-ferent shades of green for countries,states, and other land masses, andblue for bodies of water. Using sec-tions cut from the adhesive circles,cover several localities and bodiesof water on the map so a studentcannot read the name of the coloredarea. Leave one or two named placesshowing so the student can have areference point. The player's ob-jective is to name each colored area

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after being prompted by questionsfrom a moderator.

For instance, your 11- t card mightshow a portion of a map showingthe state of Massachusetts, its bor-dering states, and the AtlanticOcean. All state and ocean names,except for Massachusetts, would becovered by a sticker. To begin, themoderator would ask the studentwho picked this card what countrythe map was a part of. Tnen thestudent would be asked to identifywhat each colored dot was pastedover. In this case, the covered areasare the Atlantic Ocean and the statesof Vermont, New Hampshire, Con-necticut, and Rhode Island. Formaps of different countries andcontinents, the first question can bebroader: Where in the world areyou?

I make up a sheet with questionsfor each map and let a student actis moderator. Each player has a rec-ord sheet to keep track of his score.Award one point for each correctanswer MARY LICKTEIG

BOOKPLATESHelp generate interest in books dur-ing National Book Week by makingbookplates with your students. Ex-plain that bookplates are designedto identify the book's owner and toreflect that person's personality.Bring in some real bookplates formodels. Have children fold a largesheet of paper into small rectangles

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and then let then.) work on creatingmany different designs. Children carthen paste or tape their favorite de-sign onto the inside front cover ofa hook they own. Personal book-plates will develop children's pridein owning and caring for theirbooks. BEVERLY HILL

HOLIDAY ANIMALSDifferent animals are associated withmany of our holidays. Reindeer re-mind u, of Christmas, turkeys makeus think of Thanksgiving, and, ofcourse, rabbits leap to mind whenEaster is mentioned. But there arestill many holidays going without aspecial anir ial. If animals could bepart of other holidays and celebra-tions, which would your studentschoose and why? A short list of daysto consider: New Year's Day, Fourthof July, Valentine's Day, Flag Day,Mother's and Father's Day, Me-morial Day, Saint Patrick's Day, yourbirthday. TEDDY MEISTER

ANSWERS TO CAPTAIN QUEST'SCALENDAR QUIZ

December decoder1. Hello or good morning2. Good-bye3. The boy4. The girl5. The school6. The house7. The dog8. The cat

Hanukkah scramble1. Latkes2. Menorah3. Hanukkah4. Dreidl5. Maccabees

What's my line?Amelia Earhart pilotEmmett Kelly clownEngelbert Humperdinck composerEnrico Fermi scientistFranklin D. Roosevelt presidentCathy Rigby Mason gymnast

. Triangle treeThere are at least 55 triangles in thistree.

True or false?They're all true.

Teachers EXPRESS When you need a good idea overnight

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CORRECT CHANGEMans ( hddren and rmi,t arti

to count correct it an ele: tri(trlircash register tells them) hos,. moth !ttgo,e bac k But ss hen the rn,tr hine rsbroken or a ( ustomer sines peons urtwo extra, some hddren ( an't tigureout the correct flange. During the lastfive or ten minutes of a ( lass, c hallengestudents with "correct change" prob-lems. Give the Cla,s a total amount ota pure hase and the amount given by thecustomer. Then ask them to hgure outthe change to return. For instant e:I buy a record for $6.27 and c;ts e sou$10 07, what is ms change?" You canmake the problems as elaborate as theclass can handle. After a Raw week,,,ask the students to make up their ownproblems, which vou can draw: from abox and recite to the class. A few monthsof this drill and Your students will haveno difticulty gising or getting the orrect

change. CAROLYN RVBERIti

THE STORYTELLER'S ARTA good part of the success of a story-telling session is to be able to get theaudience's attention focused off eachmember's individual concerns and ontothe story's scene. I wanted a simple,unmistakable signal to young childrenthat storytime was about to begin. I also

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another, sitrirwthinik; tti,rt ssnutil help torttm us the r 1111,1ren s attention It was

ith all this in rinind that I rIiielrip/idn kt,t(41 ontinuits ( apt I madethe (ape trom an ordinary pattern ( ut

to about tingertip length I c hose a bri.,Tht

red, is ashable ti,thriti for tt--e c ape andsaned alico prints for the pot kets Somepot kets are flat and ,or-nr, are gatheredto allow room for thick items Thepot kets of the ( ape are where I shot theohiects that help to introduce keN, ele-ments of the story to tbllow.

Here are a few examples of objectshave pulled from my pockets to intro-duce stories. I use a small bundle ofstraw, a fess sticks, and some smallbuilding bloc ks to lead into "The ThreeFmk Ns." To begin the poem "TheThree Little Kittens, I pull a mitten outof a pocket and tell the children thatsomeone must have lost it.

My one absolute rule about story-telling is to stop at the height of mylisteners' interest and enjoyment, notwhen they seem no longer interested.You may have a pocket or two left un-disclosed, but halting at the peak of in-terest insures that the response to thenext cape episode will be one of eageranticipation. DONNA FORD

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Ira, led and separated into ditterent( ulors., Ask student), t)( Muss orle butchleonto a sheet ot paper, cin le the wetspot, initial it, and pine c. it on the ts, in-

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CLOTHESPIN CHORESuse spring-tine ( lothespins to make

drsplas s that help ms students and mekeep ttai k of assignments and classroom( Fiore. I he wo-ker cs heel reminds stu-dents ot the classrocm housekc,epingtasks the). has e been assignd. To makethe wheel, cut out a large title tromposter board. Using markers, dis ide thecircle into wedges, one per lob, andwrite a classroom chore in each wedge.Print eat h student's name on a spring-type c lothespin and clip these along therim of a coffee can that has been cos ered

ith contact paper or wallpaper. Whenassigned a chore for the week, the stu-dent removes his or her clothespin fromthe can and clips it to the edge of thewheel in the section that names his orher job

I also use a hoard and clothespins tokeep track of students' nightly home-work. I write each student's name alongone long edge of a rectangle cut fromposter board. Across from the students'names are clothespins clipped to theedge of the board. As children hand intheir homework, they move clothespinsto line up with their names on the otheredge of the poster board. I can then tellat a glance who has handed in theirhomework for the day.

MARY ANN PECCI

INSTRUCTOR January 1983 121

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Teachers EXPRESS

A WINTER SCENE.intor, tree. have

a tine lint' drawng bill appearblak. k behind pat( of .ions 5n,mal.such as deer are easier ter .,pot hetot Hare toret I th--.e element,.ot a sinter -.cern(' a. a ,,tartin, point toran art prole( t .nth grader. t[r.t drosstree. on t on.true tam ;roller N,\ Ith tinetip him L rn,..z,ie marker Ihe tn. to makethe trees as deli( ate looking a., po---,thleNext, the tear out the shapes otand snowbanks tram Frlar F., and w hoecon.truction paper. Tearin.v, the papergives these shapes a slightly ragged edgethat looks realistic then the-, draw deerand other animals after studs ing ohetographs ot them They «Orr!' in the an-!mak' shapes and cut thorn out Onkatter all tile paper pie«,s are completedare directions gRen to arrange, exers.thing in a balam ed composition aroundthe truck. Finally, atter minor adjust-ments ot the c ut and torn shapes, thepieces are pasted down and the e interscenes are «mplete

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has found him- or herst I.a.k.ng t.. the

machine as it it were a person ttnendand enemy!). My students hae one houra week to show one of our omputersall they know about math, reading, logic,and many other topics. And the morethey use the computers, the more theytalk to them. So I decided .o in a c

to name our compute,, F

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WHO'S WHO?F-lere's a vv,u, to net students to learnscme unusua' but useful xocabolar

L.)ide a duplicating master intonine large rectangular sections. At thebottom ot each section, tx pc titles ornames green to people who haxe a cur-tain occ upation or hobby Examples are.podiatrist, manicurist, philatelist, hab-erdasher, mortician, instructor, num-ismatist, legerdemainist, sleuth, florist,and milliner. Give each student a copyof the sheet and a dictionary to findpronunciations and meanings for thewords. To show their understanding ofthe words, students should draw in thebox an object that would be associated

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BE A THUMBUDDYEncourage students' creativity with thissimple art project. Begin by making aconstruction paper frame for each stu-dent by cutting the center out of eachpiece of construction paper and gluinglighter weight paper to the back. Instructthe children to press their thumbs ontoan ink pad, then make their imprints onthe lightweight piper inside each frame.They can make lust one or two printsor as many as they please. Then askthem to turn all the thumbprints intostrange creatures, animals, people,flowers, and so on, using thin markersor colored pencils. These framedthumbprints can be shared with the en-tire school on a Be a Thumbuddy bulletinboard. And they can be given as per-sonalized gifts. ANNE PACHECO

Teachers EXPRESS

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drag1)11 tot It ytitNant a ,mole puttingcitagtn 11,11 po\...tir into a import toolicand ( Itt,tt the tubt, %Noll cotton()nt, puff from the lead ( hold and youhave a miagq cir.igon Let ,...our dragon

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pas a r,urprise visit to a neighboringclas!.roorn! BETTY DEITLOFF

Teachers EXPRESS

FISHY FRIENDA 'fish trienil hartprose word altar k when it e, used

viith a phoned( reading prt)1_;((1(11 (/1

e% en more shire c tuNiren do not re, tineformal instrin non in phonn

Although this c hart might -wen to Ap-peal to only younger students., I isai.e

used it tin years with sixth grades. ItMui.,tratei, a simple phonetic. role. -tt,

-ci, and when tollowed by a %owedsay sh. `coo can t opy this c hart easdvin a few minutes and then place it in aprominent place in the room.

When children read aloud and comeacross an unfamiliar word containingany of the ahove dig they will beable to glance at their fish trend andcontinue to read pro-tish-iently.

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SUN FADESFor an art prolect that will pr, vide asurprise for your children, try making''sun fades." Give each child a pieceor manila or white drawing paper. Havethem each draw and then cut out a shapesuch as a butterfly, dower, car, animal,airplane, or rocket. Then staple thisshape tone staple will din t:1 acolored construction paper of the (-mid'schoice. Tape these to the window withthe cutout shapes next to the glass, tac ingout. Leave them up for about two weeks.When you take them down and removethe shapes, the sun will have faded thepaper all around them, but the shapesstand out in all their glory. The on oilingof ie finished products will sr-pr se and deligf THE

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ut the pet rt.dit of the «runt\ 1 het

hoped to In( ludo hotl, humorous. andserious stories ()ric e the rr...e,trc hcrtmpleteri, the r oropiteri thetotormotton into Ito report,, eat Is reportcos cring the t.N.ents ut one des ado Thc,ceventuall he( ,1nle the hilt, for theprogram -

Students then !)rake up mto ten grumpsand began to make model, portra,ingthe county a, it wa,, during a 1)arti«,lardecade,. The models were constructed

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The student, ako 11(11 together alet 'Jon of ,Ides and innitograph,.. Thesound potion of the program 55a, tapedand rot !tided 11151,I( iron, the tirne, andspec 1,11 sound ette, is such as a trainwhistle. c hurt h belk, galloping horses,and a streetcar c Linking over its tracks.These `,(elnd,, were played on cue bythe narrator 3', he or she read the sc ript.Three flashlights were used in the dark-ened room to spotlight each model asit was described. Sometimes the flash-lights were turned oft and a slide wasdisplayed on a screen. By all accounts,our program was a great success!

JEFF DEREMIAH

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SLIDE TO VICTORYA sled race bulletin board is a greatstudent motivator for the winter. Startby covering the board with blue paper.Then cut out some steep, snow-coveredhills from white paper and place themover the blue. Make a small sled andrider for each student and print the stu-dent's name on the sled. These sledscan be cut from different-colored sheets

construction paper. At the bottom of

the hiii place a sign showing the finishline for the race. The last step is to dividethe "race course" into four or five equalsections by drawing in some light pencillines across the hill. Start aft the sledsat the top of the hill and move a student'ssled one section when he or she turnsin a perfect paper or exhibits good be-havior. The challenge to be first to thefinish line will get your studentsworking. MARILYN BURCH

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WINTER FUN PULLETIN BOARD1h1, bulletin board basically studentmade, and it retie( ts .our students' in-terest,. First. your coyer the board

ith blue construe t to paper for the s.kk

and add white paper for the snow -1o.-ered hill, and held, Cut out a frozenpond trom the blue paper and place itnear the middle of the board Then askeach student to draw, on a 9" x 12" sheetof manila paper, a simple stick figureof a person invoked in a tak ()rite wintergame or activity. He or she could he

skating, skiing, sledding, or building asnowman. Remind the students to draw

the figures lightly and to make Then': big

enough these an be seen from a( rossthe room. Students then make the fil;nie,"tat- hk drawing a taint line all aroundthemabout a halt mr h from the hofh.Next, the ( hildren color inin the space around the sto I. figure,Then they cut out their figures and pastethem to the hoard. Atter the childrenhake placed their figures in the corre( tplace on the board, they can diaw andcut out hats, scarves, and sports equip-ment and paste those into place on thefigures. You'll then have a colorful winterscene. MARION HOS i ETLER

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ANIMAL TALKThis is an attention-getting bulletin boardthat reinforces grammar skills and re-quires student participation. First, finda large photograph or poster of an animaland center it on a board labeled "Whatwould you say to a r Cut

out strips of construction paper for stu-dents to write appropriate remarks on;staple the finished remarks all aroundthe picture. I always have my studentswrite their sentences on scratch paperfirst and exchange them with one anotherfor proofreading. BARBARA MOHR

Teachers EXPRESS

SHADES OF MEANINGIn help ',tudent, bec_orne of the

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OLD-FASHIONED VALENTINESThese easy ao-make paper ,(.1.IPturemake prett,, alentine, Ihe are notheart-shaped, but they make deli( a:eand different designs tor alentines !startwith a trier e ut 12-int h by 18-im h rein-r;tructfon paper. Use either red or whitepaper Fold this sheet lengthw ise twotimes Next, make scissor c uts alongthe folds at mterals of about an inc hDo not cut any pier es ot paper awayWhen OU timsh cutting along the entirelength ot the two edges, open the foldedpaper up to reseal tne design. To getdifferent designs, you must make dif-ferent types ot cuts along the foldededges. for triangular-shaped openings,make diagonal cuts. For halt- moons,make crescent-shaped cuts. For squareor rectangular shapes, cut straight infrom the edge, then up at a right angle.Finally, you glue or tape the valentineto a larger background sheet. Red de-signs should go on white backing, andwhite on red A:LEEN LeBL ANC

CONSERVATIONIN THE ART ROOMThese scenes are common in too manyart rooms: A student starts a project andtosses it out for the slightest error. Astudent needing only a scrap of paper

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on,t,u( t the tree itself simplytssistuiii brown wrappinF, paper to the

iiieHred length term the trunk. thebran( He. can he made trom thinnerpm, cams' w rapp,'d material

ut, up a large sheet and discards there, Large amounts ut paint are pouredw hen only a small amount is neededI mph. Lars. par king materials, and scrapsare thrown away instead ot being cre-amery recycled

Vse teachers should stress conserva-tion of supplies and help students to seeart as a problem-solving experience-where accidents can become assets.Here are ways to do more with less.1. Have students collect something thatis usually discarded and display it in

some unusual way. I've had studentsmake houses from french try containersand vests from the pop tops of soda cans.2. Create a still life from some foundobject and make the finding part of thelesson. A walk around the school,through a park, or down the street willyield materials for a weaving, collage,or sculpture.3. Visit a local lumberyard for castoffs.You will find pieces of wood and shav-ings that can be made into sculpturesand reliefs.

The possibilities for using everydayand leftover materials in the art roomare endless. Once students have theireyes open to the possibilities, they willamaze you with their own ideas.

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Staple the branches to the bulletin boardin a twisting and turning pattern andyou'll hue a litelike tree, ready forlearning truit, and blossoms.

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POP AND READHere's an action game that will testchildren's reading comprehension andtheir ability to carry out detaileddirections.

You will need some balloons andsmall pieces of paper for this activity.Write a series of directions on each slipof paper, enough for each child in yourclass. Roll up the papers loosely andput one inside each of the balloons.Then inflate the ballcons and tie them.When each child has a balloon, I tellthem that when they burst the balloonthey will receive some directions thatthey must carry out without fail. I callon each student, one at a time, to breakhis or her balloon with a straight pin Iprovide. The child hands me the direc-tion sheet and then performs the task.

Here are some sample sets ofdirections.1) Hop on your right foot to the chalk-board, write the vowels on the board,and hop back_ to your desk on your left .11foot. .7; .1

2) Walk to the bulletin board, holding'_.,your right arm straight up and your., left j1arm out to the side. Point out the capitalsof Maine and California on the map and 1,return to your seat, reversing the posi-Tritions of your arms. DAISY LYNCH -,

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entine messages. and their name, Nestc lit d large heart nom taghoard and

glued each re( tangle onto the heartpat( hvy(nrk quilt-st le (Lac h red rectan-gle was placed nest to bite re( tangleSome of the re( tangles had to have theirorner, cut, but all the messages came

out iota( t We «n.ered empty ,r).that were lett V% Ith plain red or whi'wconstruction paper. I used red rc rac fora border around ea( h student)), re( tangleand around the edge of the heart. Ourhbranan and the parr( pal hung theirvalentines on their doors, and my chil-dren loved seeing their wortsdisplayed FRAN PELL?"

DREAM ROOMAsk children to think about their ownroom or some other room in their homeand how they would like to change thatroom if they were given the chance.

Provide students with large sheets ofwhite paper, pencils, and rulers and askthem to draw a flour plan that illustratestheir revisions. Students must understandthe concept of drawing objects to scaleto do this part of the project. Onceyou've explained this, tell them to let1/2-inch represent one foot in theirdrawings. Remind students to sketch in

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()twirled f,froiec is nil !Ude thedrav),rng, a of item, bought, and akudget sheet. EXtro re(h1 Ce-(Igeflle0lemight include finding th" Cost of car-peting or wallpapering a room and trg-uring the costs I l furnishing a morn NA IthdIfterelat sh le of turmturc

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MATH MARATHONI use this math drill actnob, to put np.fourth graders "through their par es In

computation. Start by making a ',et ofabout twenty footprints from construc-tion paper. I make ear h print about 1-inch long and 8-inch wide. On one sideof each footprint. write a computationproblem. You can make it an addition,multiplication, division, or subtractionproblem. On the back of the footprint,write the answer to the ;7), oblem.place the footprints around the room onthe floor, close enough together so thata student can step from one to anothereasily. Each child then takes a turnwalking the math marathon trail. Tomove a step closer to the finish line. heor she must answer the problem on thefootprint correctly. If a child misses aproblem, the next student in line beginsthe game and continues until a mistakeis made. When a child misses a 1,,,iblem.he or she must sit down and write thatproblem to a notebook. EifeliCE LUND

GOOD VIBESTo demonstrate the tremendous energyproduced by sound waves, have yourstudents participate in this experimentthat shows how sound waves can makeair vibrate. Working with a partner, onestudent raps a tuning fork sharply on adesk while the partner attempts to pz.ssa cotton ball, suspended on a thread,between the tines of the fork. The cottonball will fly away from the tuning forkquite abruptly because it has run intothe fast moving sound waves.

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GROUNDHOG PUPPET SHOWlet kids r elehrate (rroundhog na thissear ssith their ov, 0 groundhog plIpp,.and stages In make the stages, haseeach e hild trim oft the top halt ot hnw,np tper lunr, h hair, In the middle 01 thebottom ot the hag. r. ut out a rer tangle2-inc h long and ' h Vs Idt. (The bot-tom ot the hag ss ill he the top of thegroundhog -stage '") Next, I ut out frombroxn tagboard a groundhog in profile.standing up on its hind legs Draw, ineves, nose. and w hiskers on each sideof its head Then mount the groundhogon an ice-cream stir k with tape or glue.

The next step is to run ott copies otthe poem that goes with the props. Thepoem. titled -Little Uroundhog, goes

like thisLittle groundhog down helossUnderneath the wintrx snowCome on out and tell us true.Is spring coming?Is winter through?Paste a copy of the poem on one sideof the paper-bag stages.

Now you are ready for the perform-ance. Each child holds his or her paper -hag stage in or Ind, and the ground-hog in the e" Children keep theirpuppets co in the bag as they allrecite the .wo lines of the poem.On the thi.- one, "Come on out andtell us true," they bring their puppetsup through the holes in the bottom ofthe bags. One final touch is to paint thepart of the bag not covered with the

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(treat merrr ins N On thus das I askrtri students toe om, to se hoot costt,rmedas one ot their most admired ngures.xrn,.or, an historx Am one N, him v AndersMtn our i lassroom on Lreat orreocans1)a ould think he or she v as m a time\s,rp The\ would meet and speak w ithCieiirge ashington, the t.1 right hroth-ers. Helen Keller and Annie Sullix an.tiahe Ruth. and mans more tigures fromAmer it a's past. Alter all the c ostumedlods are assembled. we tour the lowerelementar school classrooms. At eachot our stops, students present a shortprogram ut original poems and storiesahout the tamous people they portrax

this perform not onls do many proudmoments from Americas past come tolite, but also history is shown to he asubiect that can captivate children'simaginations. LANCE LAMPHERE

MAGNETIC FIELDS MADE VISIBLEWith a few difterent types ot magnets,some various metals, and some iron fil-ings, students can discover the mysterious lines of force that exist aroundever,. magnet. Most teachers know thefollowing procedure quite well. Firststudents place a magnet or magnets ona flat surface. Then they place a pieceot plain white paper above the magnetsand slowly sprinkle iron filings on thepaper over the magnets until the fullmagnetic field appears.

Usually, this magnetic field that thestudents create is only a temporary thing.At the end of the class the filings arereturned to their jar, and the magnetsare put away. With one more step tothe procedure, you can save the patternscreated by magnetic force. As soon asthe filings move into patterns aroundthe magnets, spray them with a clearacrylic spray that is sold in most art sup-ply stores. When the spray hardens, itfixes the filings to the paper so that theevidence of the magnetic fields is per-manent. I always make a display for ourhallway with these finished works ofmagnetic art. They are especially effec-tive against a brightly colored back-ground. PHILIP PANKIEWICZ

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A LOVE OF BOOKSEncourage your students to develop alove of hooks with this Valentine's Daybulletin hoard. Cut large hearts out ofred construction paper. Then tape orstaple a book cover in the.middle ofeach red heart. You can make lace toput around the hearts by gathering strips

of white crepe paper and pasting themaround the edge of each heart. The titleI use for this bulletin board is "Put YourHeart Into Reading." I also place a smallCupid at the top of the hoard for a lovingtouch. Cut out the Cupid from a sheetof red construction paper.

NANCY PRICE CAMARIGG

AMERICAN HISTORY DISPLAYEDBecause we celebrate the birthdays oftwo of America's greatest presidentsLincoln and Washingtonin February,it is a good month to display a bulletinboard that deals with our nation's past.First put white paper on the board fora background. Around the border of theboard place red and blue stars. Thencut out the shape of a large tree frombrown construction paper. Place the treeat the center of the board and give thetree long branches that extend across

the entire board. The "leaves" of thistree are pictures and short explanationsof events, people, and places that wereinstrumental it the nation's develop-ment. I back all of the pictures with redor blue construction paper. If you havethe space, you can place pictures of thepresidents around the borders of theboard. The heading I use for this displayis "Our Nation's Growth "a good wayto put these two great presidents inperspective.

LEONARD BASILE

Teachers EXPRESSPAPER-PLATE SNOWMANLs en if (here is no snow outside yourwindow this winter, vou and your stu-dents can make snowmen indoors tode( Orate your classroom 'start ss ith

2-inch white paper plate With a pent IItrace the cm It' that forms the centersection of the plate. Then cut along thisline, leas mg a 2-inch section of the ( trick.uncut Cut another concentric it( lehalfway between (he outer edge of thefirst circle You cut and the outside edgeof the plate Again. lease a section 2

h long uncut This uric ut sec bonshould he dire( tly opposite the 2-incunt section on the first circle. Noy,told the ( enter section up to form thehead of your snowman, then fold theoutside rim doss n to form the bottompart of the body You w ill now hay ethree c ircles The top, solid white cur( leis the smallest and is used for the head.The bottom two circles are hollow andform the snowman's body.

Now you can decorate your snowmanor snow Woman with different-coloredsheets of construction paper. I like toput rosy cheeks, a black top hat, and ascarf on mine. 1 hese can then go up onthe bulletin hoard or can be hung aroundthe classroom to make a cheery winterdecoration. MARCIA WOL FE

COUNTING CALORIESThe object of this game is to emphasizeto students that they need to eat about2800 calories a day and to make themaware that different foods have different

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nurnEwn, of ( t!lcrn The gamealso strencithens addition skills throughthe score-keeping pro( es,

Begin by making the game hoard Takea large wet e of tagboard and draw a t-int h-wide margin around the edges ofthe board. then do ide this border se(tion into about 25 equal squares. Oneof the corner squares will be your startingplace for the game. In the other squaresSi sou must write a tY pe of «mm mon foodor difir4:ncl its c alone ( .)unt per serving.(You ( an find ( alone counts in any en-cyclopedia or science book.) I alw ay s

intersperse these with a tew squares thattell the players then miss a turn or geta tree turn for landing on that particularsquare.

A player begins by rolling a die andmow mg a token the appropriate numberof spaces around the board. Eac h timea player lands on a food square, he orshe adds that number of calories to hisor her score. Eac h player should keepa record of his or her own score andthe sc ores of the other players. This keepsaccuracy high and gives the studentsmore addition practice. When a playerscores 2800 calories, he or she is outof the game but continues to keep scorewith the other players. The last playerin the game is the winner because heor she was able to go the farthest beforereaching 280E, calories.

PAM PENNINC:70,N

PLEASE TAKE A CARDWhen I am working with one child aloneor with a reading group, I ask the otherchildren not to interrupt me. This meansthat students spend a lot of unproductivetime standing in line wetting for me tofinish with others so I can then attendto their questions.

To help solve this problem, I put indexcards numbered 1 to 20 on a table nearmy desk. Now, when a child needs helpand I am busy, he or she takes a cardwith a number on it and returns to work.When I am tree, I call the numbers thatare missing and work with each childin order. I have noticed that often chil-dren will pick up a numbered card, goback to their seats to work on whateverproblem they have, and many times endup solving it themselves.

These numbered cards certainly helpkeep my classroom organized. They alsoseem to encourage students to give aproblem "one more try."

MARGARET CHIANIS

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VALENTINE ANIMALSWhen your students are finished withthis art project, you will have a bulletinboard full of very lovable animals. Beginby having students cut out hearts of dif-ferent shapes and sizes. Then they areto glue or tape these hearts together tomake different animals. They can usehearts of many colors, and they can drawin some of their animals' features.

Display the children's animals on abulletin board covered with white paperand trimmed with red ricrac. You areguaranteed a menagerie of heartwarminganimals. ROSIA TA GONZALES

SOME LIKE IT HOTHere is a challenge for your students increating compound words and idioms.They must complete the words or phrasesthat begin or end with the word "hot"by filling in the blanks with words thatfit the definition given. The words inparentheses are the answers your stu-dents must come up with.1. Hot (bed)2. Hot (head) The top of your body3. Hot (dog) Domesticated rela-

tive of wolf4. Hot (shot) Firing a weapon5. Hot (house) Where people live6. Hot (plate) Dish7. (red) hot The color of blood8. (piping) hot The sound of bagpipes9. _(white) hot The opposite of black

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make [lingo cards for '.001 stucents In ear h square on the ( Ards d; n,a shape that is do idea into ( learly iden-tifiable sections Then shade in a se( bonof the whole shape Next, make the callcards for the game. You can use indexcards for this Draw a horizontal linea( ross the middle ot each card Abovethe line write one ot the letters in theword "bingo Under the line write afraction that describes the amount otarea shaded in one or more of the shapesOn the students' cards To play the game.place the cards tat 0 down, pick one ata time, and call what appears on thecard 'students must then , to lo( ate ashape on their cards that has the sametractl(- of area shaded and is in thecolumn ..ou called. Continue to followtta rngfr:ar rules of bingo, calling oneletter id traction at a time and givingstun'. rs a short amount ot time to seeit rle have a match un their cards.

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-the object." "action," result.- Youwill present an object to the class andthen perform some simple experimentwith it Your students will help you fillin the "result" column after observingthe r hange in the object.

You can use every& v no-cts suchas sugar cubes or salt to hanges.Drop these into water or p1:1 water overthem. and the result will obviously hethat they dissolve. Or start with a blown-up balloon and then hold it over a ra-diator or some other source of mild heat.This will make the balloon expand. Thepossibilities for these experiments areendless. It is not important that you gotoo deeply into the scientific principlesat work with each change The objectof the lesson is to show that objects dochange in predictable ways when ex-posed to certain tortes.

FLORENCE RIVES

MAKE A MEASURING TAPEStudents easily can make their ownmeasuring tapes to have for math andart projects throughout the year. To makea measuring tape, cut two 18-inch stripsof V4-inch-wide masking tape. Thenplace the sticky sides *)gether to makeone piece of tape. Take care to keepthe edges even when sticking the twopieces together. If a portion of a stickyedge is exposed, just trim it off. Next,using a regular measurinv tape, a ruler,or a yardstick, mark off 18 one-inchspaces. You also may want to mark halt -,quarter-, and eighth-inch marks. Eachchild can store his or her own measuringtape rolled up for future use

DAISY LYNCH

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DREAMERS AND DOERSEli Whitney, Cotton Gin (NCTGONIOT)James Watt, Steam Engine IESAGTEIMNNE)Thomas Edison, Phonograph(OHNRHPOGPA)Alexander Bell, Telephone (HETNEPOLE)Ben Franklin, Lightning Rod(IGLDNTRGNHOI)Galileo, Thermometer (TMRHORETEME)Orville and Wilbur Wright, Airplane(RAENLIPA)Samuel Morse, Telegraph (RTLEHGEPA)

PRESIDENTIAL FIRSTS32nd president, Franklin Roosevelt26th president, Theodore Roosevelt15th president, James Buchanan8th president, Martin Van Buren22nd and 24th president, Grover Cleveland2nd president, John Adams

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PUNCTUATION-DON'T LET ITDRIVE YOU CRAZYBefore we start an oral reading lesson,I tell ms class to think of this readinglesson as driving school. As they readthey will encounter certain signals thatmake reading "satc A period is a redlight. .A comma is a flashing yellow light.Exclamat, points potholes. Ques-tion marks are signs for curves, andquotation marks represent roadside ad-vertising signs.

As each student reads, I keep a listof violations of the driving-reading rules.I then issue tickets for running red lights(not pausing at a period) and tell studentswhen they have been involved in anaccident (hitting a pothole by not show-ing any change in expression for an ex-clamation n' . Our classroom drivingschool heip, children note punctuationin their reading, and it reinforces theirknowledge of important trafficsignals. MICHAEL MIHALOV

ANSWERS TO "FLAG-WAVING FUN"Capital riddles1. Boston, Massachusetts2. Boise, Idaho 1. Montgomery,Alabama4. Springfield, Illinois5. Pierre, South Dakota6. Concord, New Hampshire7. Columbus, Ohio8. Santa Fe, New Mexico9. Hartford, Connecticut10. Cheyenne, Wyoming

Stately stumpers1. Washington2. Maine3. Arkansas4. Maryland5. Minnesota6. Utah7. Louisiana8. Rhode Island9. Ohio10. Kentucky

Presidential puzzlers1. Truman2. Polk3. Lincoln4. Ford5. Madison6. Fillmore7. Pierce8. Garfield9. Reagan10. Taylor

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a hank rohher k1. here- .1 rib.. huuiddescribe a tairlv 'pet itu pia( e r.,(1( has3 huge lake \s ill') a sand, beat h.cards give a time. 1846, last night tar

into the future On the "why- t ,ttdkstudent!, should write a reason for doingsomething to save a litre, to make

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then (0IH 011He arils and 01,1i e

them in their proper hen, \,.% hen

ir,rig for '-,tor idas later in 1(.'1(1

student, 10 the He. v, here tht (

a c aryl from eat h of tit('( ornbining the t r.indorT1 1\a. into d

n),iker, for ,..ornr, iithwiroti\ktor \swing /1,.N

MEMORY CLUBell One can improve his or her mrruor

by .omply cm:mon/mg hildre:1111..r.

to memorize lists of unusual s.vnnls ondsounds. flludents in fit C las. OH rTlern.

ber,hrpr for our t lass ni,±11,,( e hjb

for pertormIng ,..ome or the tr,lluns ingmemory teats. They must tirkt mmotizesome nonsense word, such as Iffeba_

bilba-trooba-ckorba-ana« milor-motto-shookerundum . . Other memonteats include memorizing all the pr otn,-Ion,i1 football teams in alphabetic al or-der, a:I words in the thesaurus vou canu-e instead of "gaud,. all enil,q.:cnc%

telephone numbers in our area, allprepositions in alphabetical order,names of the hurricanes for the past liveears, and the name, of all the bones

from the head to the metatarsals. Theselists can alwas be tied into a subjectyou are studying. The more diverse andunusual the likts, the more the studentslove, to memorize them,

DEAN IONDIG

I R ACTION A( LION

BOOK REPORTS CON1E ALIVE\lase yourAL...(\ odper

'1,1r,1( ttr, ,,,,11 the hunk, th, hi\ e.ad I I tht.111 (11,1\5 .111(1 «dor Iht-

furs H.ads and norstaple eat It Oil the heads to one

end ut an Ii e I Ndat» k `slit the bottomt:t a p (up r. oh a pit. n..1 issursI hen push the end ut t«.( ream stirthrough the buttons nt the ( up I he c, uphec(pines the shoulders .111(11Y/ill. of the( hard( ten, and ii (...111 he «ilored andillustrated, too The thud holrls a prrol)rii.In (`,11. Il hand ".s the ( lass listens in thestudent tel about the hunk, 1ln. ( htldmuses t1 r puppets to ship.. th nonor !ht. story 1111 II has( the whole( losslistening attentlyely to this kind of hookreport CC )K1 NC: F 101 CS

ABC ORDERNA hen ms students hate tmuhlt. spellinga word, they go to their spelling tileboxes before they go to the du tionarv.They make their spelling tiles fromshoehoxes or rec loci ides and note cards.Viien the children are %voting storiesand want to use a word that they cannotspell but is not set in their tiles, theylook the word up in the du tionary orask me how to spell it. They then writethe word on one of the note cards andfile it alphabetically Writing the wordon the card and (fling it in the correctplace is often enough to teach the childthe correct spelling And if the student

FRIENDSHIP WHEEL

Next, yy rite in ear h net ot the c IR leor yy heel a statement that the ( hildrencan finish by tilling in some informationabout themselves. Some examples are:If I could he anyone in the world. I'dc house to he . The most dangerousthing rye ever done is One goalfor the future I hale . . I h..se lustlately learned that . .

Distribute wheels to students and askthem to complete each statement andto sign their names in the small circlein the middle. Then collect the wheelsand save the second part of the prolectfor the following day.

On the next day, give the wheels hack

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tot unit.(( king bunks and hang-no, up lothing is taken r (11 MI!

1)(T.,111. roil (1,1, sharink;

thuini.ins ss rlh one another I ht.2dr-1 Is

relatinv, an expel I,n«. that happenedin ms household us er the weekend. This( an Ire any thing from has trig «rnp.in,.to w aic hing a spec isiOn

As I all the hill and soy good morningto each student, I ask it he or sne has

thought to share v(ith the rest or( lass. This quit k exerce:e enables meto speak to es ery student in the ( lass atleast on( e during our buss (Ix. This

actRity gives me an interesting way totake attendame and improye students'speaking and listening skills And I be-come a -real" person to ms students asthey hear about my weekend

R ALPH N.11)0( 1 .r..()

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ANIMAL TRACKSIf you hac a wooded area or a largeheld near your sr. hool. vou can takeYour ( lass on a short held trip in searchof animal Ira( ks. This ante. its can headapted for am: age group

Before the outing, look through sourlibrary for books on animals and he( Is

ildlite manuals and the Carl Scout 01B(/ 5(.0(0 il,111(1NHtl t() find informationabout, and drawings or photographsdifferent animal tracks. Take the mostportable of these hooks with you intothe held so you ( an positively idenfitYthe tracks as you und them. Keep a listof each animal whose tracks You identifyand display this list. along with students'drawings of the trac ks.

The best time to go hunting for Ira ksis after a light snowfall or any time theground is soft so the tracks will showup clearly. This outing and display aregreat ways to celebrate National WildlifeWeek, March 20-26. PAT O'NEILL

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GREEN GRASS SHAMROCKSthis ti,unl Paul, k 6,0.. niakirs

.o,1 a len( poem(( t HUI S ()LI l i needto adrt 1: in earls \tar( h loo will need

.neap for eat h student dad.mall hat:, tit grd e('(1 f ir`t (bass ,1

.hdm,o,k on the ( bdikhodrd (,ie ea( hheld a .pomze and student-' to t ut

the ',1.,011L'As, into the shape ot a ;.hart-rot k I hen ,,odk the pong, in vaterNest .prinkle A 12,Crit.rt,u, laser ( it 141',1,seed on (11-11A Ot CA( h sponge keepthe ponge. damp and in a .inns pot:in A vo,ek sou H hac shamrockto he;o w uu 1.t'It11.1',Itl' Hi nt P;11,1'11.k s [Ta

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COLORED NUMBER FACTSHere 1 a was to use color to teach andreintorce arithmetic skills 1 ou'Il need8 -is -1O -inch cards and mans coloredpens or markers for this protect First,write a number in the middle ot eachcard in black. This number should healmost as big as the card. Then write,to the side of the large number, twonumbers whose sum is the large number.For instant e. it the large number is 8,the two small numbers could be 5 and3. ti and 2, and so on Make these num-bers smaller and of different colors.

Take one of the cards and place itsomewhere in the room w here all stu-dents an see it Tell students that thewwill learn tour number facts from eachcard. The first two tacts show that addingone of the small numbers to the othergives sou the large number. The secondtwo facts show that subtracting one of

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.Aok students to make a I op% ot thelarge (. aid on their ion papers Vorkon ed.( h ....ard until all tourtel .1 I his le( hnioue ;;, ; hddren comiciLidi Itii tube ot nom; Is

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MAKE A RAINBOW\.% hen rdinki . vh\ notmake one Use a pri.m or an aquariumvith 5111111l. (1111('1', Ultht'1 so thatbright sunlight treorrs tIlmugh it andprowct a rainbow on d pie( e of hitcpaper placed on the dour Initial thehand, ot color It1/111 the h,ittom rip totorm the (owed word /hoof o ioletindigo. Nile green, t;11;.) oranifered; Eric ourdge our ( hddren to mem-orize the news sword then 55 H

\ t, a w a\ 01 reinerilitering the coitusot a rainbow Then base sour studentsdraw hip rainbows And ws f lit' /1 eaten(on each tinted Hand Iellin, w hat thatpark( ular «dur remind. Ihem of i()!,sample. Violet reminds Me 01 MAC

Indigo remind. me ot Won

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( in And tnttnnd the hitAttn le\\101 the linty iii them:

1/1',11 in 1111nd ht'Af HU; ('111\5n hearup Hex market hear hog and on[ease enough slid«, under ca( it one otOw phrases or idiom, for sou or thekitchen Iii w btu in the de,inition tin

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IF YOU CAN BEAR ITThis cuddly hear is a good display forteaching idioms. Draw this simple out-line of a bear on a large sheet of con-struction paper for a bulletin board dis-play or on a duplicating master for a

WHAT'S MY WORD?Here is a game I call Additi that intro-duces new vocabular words and usuallFives ever% one a good laugh. 1 heteacher pronounces a new w ord. spellsit. and writes it on the chalkboard. Nest.0 student is chosen to be the "experton that word. He or she conies to thefront ot the room and, standing with hisor her hack to the board, answers theclass's questions about the new word.Some of the ta%oitte questions are: Is itan animal? \\hat color is it? Is it aloe?

While the "expert- is doing his or herbest to answer the questions, the teacherwrites on the board the word's definitionand a sentence using the word. I usuallyallow two or three more questions atthis point, and then ask the "expert- toturn around and read the meaning ofthe word he or she has been pretendingto know so much about.

This game, who his especially effec-tive in the content areas, is an enloyablechange trom traditional methods 01teaching new words.

AIARIL l'N DRENNAN

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bulletin boardsLOOK ALIKES

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anti 111a!, ,1 LHiit,tm hoard iHrar,-.

ANIMAL TAILSIt,r( s a liulli,;11,1),)aril if 0,-

)) 2t di.tar. molt' wernal sto-

nes arid illustrates a rr:, r.% on! !

the N.1 16H L?:( r'fl

llnstrur tool ftwer It', iett(Ys ( ul 111trust (.11111.% p,mcr l!tt. Iht h);) ntthe board "animal tails Lila', pin uphook Jae kets iron' a (11,/en or more

about arrmals These of rourseare tht' tale N1), nr tilt. In

olored c onshuc Iron papr, drags Orehead. of some ot the anionak irho are

hard( ten, in the books 50H11 51 Illsplaced ( ut these out and pin them onthe hoard around the hook la( kt, Ihendrar.s and r ut out t c orre.pundn,u tail.of these anirnals Pin the tail behled theanimals ht,)(1 leasing a space' IW thehods Them lust «inner t the head and

COASTTOCOAST MATHThe aCiRth pros ides drill in math andhells students N. isualize the geographot the United States Begin bs drassingan outline (a ihe United States on a largepiece 01 blue ( onstruc bon paper Uralsin the states boundaries Label ea( hstate and then hang up this blue mapin the classroom Next, drays an identicaloutline ot the ountrs on ss 'lite con-struction paper Again, drays la thestates This time. c ut out es ers state and

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tail ith a ;here ;rt rod yarnihi.holio.tm hoard is also a good dis

pl for teak. hing alruo!Ik'Il I :,\.1)

N.% rite math pr,)hlt,m. on th(11Let c hildren c Noose a state 11)en ask

th.ni hi irk all the problems on that.tare's outline A \ hen then has e all III(corre,t ansssers to the problems. theycan glue or tape the state in its properplat e on the blue map It sou outlineeach ot the c 011)(tt states %s oh a c oloredmagic marker, and ask the children tosign their names to the state they ssorkedon, you vs di has e an unusual classdecoration DORIS CRUZ1

50

MAKE A MINIFILEMake a nun ode for sour desk and SouCan cut di 55 rr numher ot tripsr,era make to the abiri,at ":-tapIrst'seral plain manila udders together,one on top ot the other, so all of thetab, shoss. Label them N.% ith pencil sothey can be reused for other topics. \,'S iththis arrangement sou can quit kls trleat you- desk and put items in a per-manent tile at the end ot the sseek

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WHAT A DAY FOR A DAYDREAM,1

Hidren h, ,hart, theird.±,(1,;,arn vtth the rest ka the (,13, vith

Hea but ;Lineran,1 -laden', ter dravon tht'M open ,ade h bag at thetop Then hang Lip the Hags around theriorn Cat h tudent toss rite ahout

dasdteam he or she yyould to

the ( la `..,tudent then place theirsti their hags to he pulled outand read at an appropriate time kin-dergartner can put pictures ot thingsthey daydream about into their hags,atter cutting them out of old magazinesThis ac to. ity v,lll Roe you a good ideaor the wishes and aspirations ot yourstudents You may even be able to plan

Iassroom IR ities or held trips aroundthem. C ARO/. YN WILHELM

lOS NSTRUCTOR Moen 1983

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HANDS ONMETHODI he. bulletin hoard makes a good display.v hen soil are study mg any science unitIt remind students ot the basic step otthe s( lentific method.

First, draw on a large sheet ot con-struction paper a large hand with thefingers spread apart. Then, on the fingersand the thumb print in large letters thefive steps involved in solving a problem

THE SCIENTIFIC

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ANSWERS TO CAPTAIN QUEST'SCALENDAR QUIZ

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Iron ,hare, the larTe.t pp:11,,nlionize, to treat yy ith re,lt tePecthpn",. mouth A P1,1« of ii' it dint er

out like., i, rri11 a p.nr,l,t'coed to dc.1ribti the month ut \tar( h

A COLOR QUIZ11 blue and yellow21 emeraldit paper money4i a beginner

SIGNS OF SPRINGOn the equinox, day and night are otequal length.

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ill :ince!. cite title at titt ut the it ,t11(1.,r1r,

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on ,'inn,, intent I at,e1 the ysond l!,en ,turielnt, to think of II.1t t r ( IA.,-ioitlit ith Httnnr, 1

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drJSS ,1 r- lo( k !itt Lirt(1, the \is(itil, I Li...twill% Jr,, s.,

161nott the,e ,beet, one per -audent- a (. ital.` .111(1 let the re,t nnt flit ,Indent,annI then till in the ( Lxk tan e inn ca( h rare their hand, to grit Jn ,itt,i.iser It

diret t,r ,hoo, dititireint Mine, lhen t tit d 1.2,1.1(10, surd trim' the tir,t

;ip -:al! pa.;?yr ,Ii'n or hhd,nerent tin and one of tht letter, hAo i lue, rinu,t green the Que,,er

T. ( ), r eai Jr Nov, %ol.i are re( erne, ti point., and ,o ionth It the

read to ;)I,t , it 'le eal h ,to- t lak,, cannot tztae,,k the word atter truedent a .met anc. Fri ,ndra s( rap ti less. I grit' them the wordat a hme from sour pile it si rap titiltint! A sin earuple ut thh- g,inri'A, sou (all out the hint. and a letter that would be to use the word corn 1 he

are on the s( rap, tai h student r het k, c fuck imght he -i,egeitahle. seiiow

to tree it a I. k in the pH iper (..plormt kernul and -houer the tir-a

on his or her shoe'. mat( 'ics it The unit duo word should lie a general term( hild to «irrectli, till In ttitir ( in This game tan .11,e1 he plai,e(1 with

is flit winner (.ikt ,,71 I\ team, ot hAo plaerean h plai, ing11)1.1.

with team., one r hill in e,it h team gets

HALFPINTS a chan«, to give ( life, while the otherDon't throw as.Na those enipt milli placer trues to goes. the word \\ hen

artonk, epe; calls the halt -pints I here one team tails to guess the word, theare plenty of good t lassreorn ilt'S for other team gets a ( fiance., .liternate be-

them. tween the two teams, again making tr,ii

AB(- Rows t 26 halt-pint e. artons clues the limit, until sonieone gireisse:,and cut awns their upper portions Ea( h the new word. (1)\;\11carton will represrnt a Inter of the al-phabet. Corer each ( anon w rth a collage HUNGRY PAC-MANdesigned in the shape of the particular The pie-slice mouth of Ina( -Man makes

letter and with corresponding "sound him an excellent "greater than" andpictures" (pictures whose names begin "less than symbol to use in mathe-with the sound the letter makes). Then matics equations. In the 'deo game.

ask students to bring in small ()hie( is Pac-Man earns points as he gobblesand place each object in the carton that his enemies. When using him in astands for the letter the name of the oh- mathematical equation, tell childrenled begins with. For instance, a stone always to place him so that his openwould go in the "s" carton. i()r would mouth faces the larger number. Writeyou call it a rock%) out some "greater than, less than"

Circus Cages Again cut oft the upper equations and then ask your studentspart of the carton. Cut out pictures of toplace the Pac-Man symbol correctly.circus animals and paste them to the Award them points when they do.inside of the carton. Stand the carton JUDY MUSKALJSKI

Teachers EXPRESS When you need a good idea overnight

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pArt h Paper ( thrn -.0.11ino, gut ditterent .hacie or ((dor, leave the

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'sriAKE TRACKS FOREASIER BUNNY

TAKE A CRACK AT THESE

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SPELLING WITH THEEASTER BUNNY

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%% are nothins..; more Man-uorr.tition. But theri- die mint unontyltf;01,11 vv,rv. tO 110C( the

Feather that are 1),I.ed un t,i; I, ot nmure.A.k %our ,tu(lent, 'Innk

hingeor not, and then di.; u, titur..11

hat mak. them ,i« mate1 \ \ hen the night his a tewr it (rue,in the rurnir..!.- This old ,1%ir)g is truehet au,t, 1 Or the temperature 'o he hotat night, the air must t)e very humid to

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osier I er% f 1111,11 I «motthe reports and then ,hon. Ole students

proLtre.s on their mcii% Idealreadmit iherrnometers To make tIltse.I dr,no a large therimfmeter u1, v. hoep,iper Each hook read rrioo--, the red

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the picture you want to proles t.Press It Onto the plot iihto rernm,e all ofsoak it in lukewar- a few meutes. Then caretum. 1uh oft the paper.The clot and the print should adhereto the paper, and your transparey'sready. 1'v \.N(V WILLIAMSON(

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use to indicate how much time is leftbefore blast-oft (recess). To make it, allyou need do is draw a rocket on card-board, then section it into squares la-

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and dry it thorough's and remove thetoil [)r()(1 ,t MU' diluted It/dint' 1.11)(11.1t

part. eater to one part rodiriel Onarious ports ot the !eat Childrenobser.e that the iodine on the un«wered

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nt the 111Illfe I It vword nut has,es.ov t.I or a \ osAel sound in eat h IlableI he (.hrildren nrsi,t \\ rite tire \\ ord. illicitit Hilts so.11,11)1(isi and mark the vovvnlsand the uc eent. Net, the\ rnu,t tell vvhatDart ot the \\ r, (1111m. the\\ ord. and draw .1 pie lure to illu-aiate.the \\ ord then aluhalwtize our newsootrds and put them together to makeour tUtUrkti«ik ttonar\

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other measurements into metre( units.Cio to are, book of re«rcis and find

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CLASS SCRAPBOOKA raphnok of your students' r.reatReyork is a nice wa to remember vour

at It hest (rlie( t the top.tone., poeni,, art, and letter. trs, \ our,tsident.,. (Lac h child should have at leastone piece in the c (111n( ilfin. eachon/obi:tor to \\ rite a short autohtm-

)IH, Then have an artistic student draw1 H,er, or work out a ( (r.er design as

rss, Rind this together ith string or.,1 I and \(ti ha, e your Sr raphook "8 i-'\' c lasses make one eopy at the end

every year, and I keep these in myclassroom. Students are honored to berepresented in the hook, and they loveto return to my class to see and readtheir best work ot that year.

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REAL PEOPLE BOOKlo help t hildren lean, .ii ii the ene(.)! the rlierir an Res.()It)tionars at onPeople and to help tIll'fildes.elopsx tittri');

)ti art skills niaI)any: .1 real peoplebook

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111,1( prison Bar t Fuld ten researc h hat

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pagesGather the reports and make ( (11t.,

uI Ihent Bind then, v% di) staples or s.,n

nail (. hid) are and Brass

a ( ()).t)1 1(11 his or her hunk i his real

people book helps students understandhos.. ar atter ts 1').0(\ ()114( Ina ( ()witty,nit lust the r.oliliets. \t 15I'9t

MOTHER'S DAN BOOKSYour st'arlents tan 111,1ke their mothersfront page nes.% s tot Mother s Pan sxiththis limier!. `,,tart h making, a small hookhs folding two ple«), of ).5 Hite paperinto quarters. .-)Itt the !Oiled tops to makea 1 h page book E)1( h child puts a pit loreot mom un the is er it the Hook It

lit a photograph draw ing. paintingwhates.er the hild ss fishes The rest otthe hook is for artwork. stories, andralessai4es (1e(1)( ated to students moth-ers pie( e of colored norms; tied aroundthe middle of the book Holds the pastestogether /),111f ) 111 ( )11

SAY THANKS TOSCHOOL VOLUNTEERSit, student, and I hale a unique wasto sas thanks to all the volunteers and

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titles sAh.)11(`11) us in the Vens it them to a hors -lum h social at the

end it the st hool sear.I start t ) weeks before the lunch by

getting a suppls. ut c ,tke boxes from alocal bakers Ea( h c Fuld decorates oneot the boxes at st hook I send a notehome to parents, asking them to preparea special box lum h tor one ot our vol-unteers. The lum hes are pac ked in thedecorated boxes. T hen the students Writea short won le ot each helper They in-( Jude memories ot the school year inthese. I run oft «wies ot the profilesand staple them together to make -thankYou- booklets

A week boom the lunch, I send in-vitahons to the solunteers. I then paireach Mid w a!, an adult so the studentsknow who they ,irt' honging lunch for.If there are more children than adults.I include school secretaries, custodians.nurses, and other support staff. Thechildren present the hook lets beforelunch and then eat with their "own"yolunteer. MARG ARET M's/SON

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Teachers EXPRESS

CHROMATOGRAPHY: ANART-SCIENCE PROJECTWe (Wen help children mix colors I sere

1, an art and ,c rem e project that sep-arates c Mors 1 he process is calledchromatography, and it will fascinatekids tit all ages You need «Otee filters( tit into huttertly shapes; an eyedropperor paintbrush, red, yellow, and blue tood«dors; and water Mix the tood color,together to begin The mixture will ap-pcdr brown Wet one of the cut title sand then drop some of the mixed colorson the filter, using the eyedropper orpwntbrush the co/or, will spread andseparate as they soak into the f.lter,making a rarnhow hke design. This hap-pens because the mole( tile, of some«dors are heavier than others---,o thewater I Arn,. the «rhos at difterent,peed,, ( raiing the sire( burn of

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FIGHT THE BULLETINBOARD BLAHSWhen you tind vourselt succumbing tothe -bulletin board blahs,- and ever,d!cpl,IV V(itl see lack'. special appeal,to the, alternative that's sure to perk upyour cla,sroom All vou need is a largebushel basket, which you ci-,n get fromyour local produce store. First, colorthe basket with bright spray paint. Then,using heavy rope, hang the basket upsidedown from the ceiling so it stands fouror five feet off the ground. Fasten pic-tures, examples of children's work, sea-sonal decorations, or s(e'lling words tothe basket and you'll nave an unusual,effective display. /ANE PRIEM.

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EAS'I-TOSiAKECOMPUTER CARTS()or si hooi red ently purr fra,ed threemdcro«rmouters Her has. e arils

a !ew corr)Litcr,. we r-,;(,(i to pit them

on irl())ablr car!'. !-,() tr<is el

tram to k we «rm. ertedunused ,t(ident dr- ,k, , r., on; (,,n1pater cart'.

\,1e started tn, bolting a 24 11151-11 h piece it p 1,, \A 0( Hi Ill thi' hill I ita desk and added wheel, to thr desk slegs We attached one square in( h ofmolding all around the edge tit the pl%

00d to prevent items trim, falling oftthe table Next, we drilled our holes

into the top of the plywood top to lineup with the rubber "feet" of the com-puter in order to keep the computer sta-tionary. The computers rest securelv inthe tour holes, and there 1, plents ofroom on either side of ",e computer torbooks, disk drives, ano printer,

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WORDS FOR SALEHold a classroom market with rim un-usual commodity words. This word fairwill give your students dun practice orusing words in imaginative sentences.Each child is assigned a different letter.He or she thinks of about 40 words thatbegin with that letter, writing each oneon a separate file card. Then give eachchild $20 in play money and open thefair. The students buy words from oneanother: the buying and selling continueuntil the children have bought all thewords they want or can afford. All wordscost a dollar, and the sales are restrictedto one word beginning with each letterper child. The buyer's aim is to use asmany of his or her purchases in sentencesas possible. The sentences must begrammatically correct, but can be wildlyimaginative. The child who uses the mostwords wins that round. Then you canbegin the fair again. HILARY 0.-1

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