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Provides information on some strategies and materials that can be used to teach students about cause and effect relationships. Strategies for struggling readers; Overview of the book `On My Honor,' by Marion Dane Bauer; Tips on focusing on historical fiction.

Provides information on the benefits of lost-cost technology tools used by teachers. Multimedia encyclopedia; Modems; Computer-to-tv connector; CD-ROM. INSETS: Win! Your own electronic encyclopedia.;Win! A modem and a subscription to scholastic network!..

Suggests to elementary teachers the use of posters to show students how authors use writing devices in their work. Activities to help students create their own literary work.

Discusses the use of multimedia in schools. Promise of multimedia; Nature of multimedia; Statistics on the number of CD-ROM drives in schools in the United States; Advantages of the use of multimedia to students and teachers. INSETS: What is multimedia?.;Making it happen..

Features the Tegrity Presentation Station system. Components of the system; Demonstration of the system's use in teaching; Key specifications.

Recommends to teachers the book `Four Famished Foxes and Fosdyke,' by Pamela Duncan Edwards, as a reference for teaching alliteration to their elementary students. Follow-up writing activities.