It's Elementary!
It's Elementary!
Special Topics in Elementary Education
Like elementary education itself, the articles in this edited collection are diverse and reflective. Drawn from ACEI's Focus on Elementary Newsletter and original works written for this book, the chapters feature eight sectional themes: Celebrating Diversity, Classroom Configurations, Reading Revisited, Writing Life, Content Connections, Today's Classroom, Artistic Avenues, and Assessment Alternatives. Patricia A. Crawford and Kathleen Glascott Burris, Editors.
2002. 160 pp.
ISBN-13 978-0-87173-157-9
No. 1023 $18.50 ($14.40 ACEI members)
- Introduction: It's Elementary! Special Topics in Elementary Education
Patricia A. Crawford and Kathleen Glascott Burriss
- I. Celebrating Diversity
Chapter 1: Fifteen Misconceptions About Multicultural Education*
Jerry Aldridge, Charles Calhoun, and Ricky Ann
Chapter 2: Creating Caring Classroom Communities: At the Heart of Education*
Mary Little
Chapter 3: In the Gap: Bridging the Generations Through Literature and Learning Experiences*
Patricia A. Crawford
- II. Classroom Configurations
Chapter 4: Finally, Heterogeneous Learning*
Kathleen Glascott Burriss
Chapter 5: Defining the Multiage Classroom*
Sandra J. Stone
Chapter 6: Bridging the Gap With Cross-Age Grouping*
Patricia A. Crawford
- III. Reading Revisited
Chapter 7: Links to Literacy
Denise Dragich
Chapter 8: Facilitating Transitions With Narrative and Expository Texts in Grades 2-4
Marcia F. Nash
Chapter 9: Tearing Down the Walls That Divide: School and Community Partnerships in the Teaching of Reading and Writing
Michelle Kelley and Sue Wilder
- IV. Writing World
Chapter 10: Creating an Author's Notebook: Ending Writing Welfare As We Know It*
Sherron Killingsworth Roberts
Chapter 11: Authors in the Making: An Invitation To Join the Writer's Club*
Patricia A. Crawford and Stephen Schroeder
Chapter 12: Teacher Conferencing: Let's Talk*
Danese Collins
- V. Content Connections
Chapter 13: Math Moments
Sandra Atkins and Jill Perry
Chapter 14: Inquiring Minds Want To know: Inquiry Science in the Elementary Classroom
Deirdre Englehart
Chapter 15: Using Projects To Inquire About Social Studies in 2nd Grade
Jeanette Allison
- VI. Today's Classroom
Chapter 16: The Role of Autonomy in the Elementary Classroom*
Lynn Kirkland and Jerry Aldridge
Chapter 17: Safety in the Cybervillage: Some Internet Guidelines for Teachers*
Larry L. Burriss
Chapter 18: Benefits of Foreign Language in the Elementary School (FLES)*
Kathleen Byrne
- VII. Artistic Avenues
Chapter 19: Arts for All
Joanne M. Curran
Chapter 20: Musical Connections
Mary Palmer
Chapter 21: Move It or Lose It: Exploring the Benefits of Movement Experiences
in the Elementary School
Nancy Hughes
- VIII. Assessment Alternatives
Chapter 22: Rubrics: The Learners' Choice
Kathleen Glascott Burriss
Chapter 23: Portfolios
Sandra J. Stone
Chapter 24: Observations and Reflections
H. Willis Means
- *Indicates a Focus on Elementary reprint