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Gives advice to teachers on how to help students become better readers and writers. Distinction between fact and opinion; Illustrative examples; Purpose of posters.

Reports on Lingelbach Metropolitan Museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a Chapter 1 School Wide Projects school. Partnership between the school and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts; Giving children the chance to develop cognitive and creative skills while working in concrete ways. INSETS: About artists (books on art and artists).;Teachers' tips (thematic approaches for students' needs).;Teaching with the arts (organizations supporting art)..

Describes how three teachers helped parents continue the learning process within students at home. Backpack for parents; The TIPS (Teachers Involve Parents in Schoolwork) program developed by the Center on Families, Communities, Schools and Children's Learning at The Johns Hopkins University; How one school system lets a parent that does not live with his or her child keep up-to-date on the student's progress.

Offers advice to teachers on how to motivate uninterested students. Extension activities to strengthen abilities to describe feelings; How to turn kids who seem content to do the bare minimum into kids who crave learning; Improving students' attitudes.