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Generic skill cards for reading a short story or novel -- Magazine magic ideas -- Dialogue do's for improving instruction -- Ten ways to write a report that can't fail -- Catalogs as instructional tools -- Language patterns that lend themselves to writing across the content areas -- Read and relate -- Clues to reconstructing the facts -- Using children's literature to review, reinforce, and reflect content -- Learning stations - - Models for differentiating instruction -- Taking copying out of reporting -- Gaming and simulations -- Leading effective discussions -- Personality profiles -- Questions that count -- The magic of numbers -- Looking at common things in uncommon ways -- Discovering the magic of language -- Holiday happenings -- Response or learning journals -- Real world tools: Alternatives to the textbook -- Interdisciplinary unit boxes -- Interdisciplinary Units: Magzine style -- Starter sentence sparklers -- Mini-books and maxi-resources for stimulating thinking skills -- Lists that teach -- Take home learning kits.

Practical ways of dealing with the diverse abilities, interests, learning styles, and cultural backgrounds that characterize heterogeneity.