FGCU: TSL4344
Professor Osceola
By: Jenny Welton
Integrated Curriculum
1. Matrix
Supports main objective:
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Contextualized language
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Increased verbal interaction
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Comprehensible input
Supports secondary
objectives:
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Promotes active learner participation
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Increases verbal interaction
2. Name of the Strategy: Integrated Curriculum
3. Description of the strategy:
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The integrated curriculum is a way to teach students by breaking down
barriers between subjects and making learning more meaningful to the students. The idea is to teach around themes that
students can identify with. The
reinforcement helps all children learn.
4. Step by step procedure of how this strategy can be implemented in a learning activity, how it can be used, and specific application and examples:
1. Choose a topic area (ex:
weather, jungle, ocean).
2. Find books that fit your
chosen topic to use for a
3. Implement the chosen topic
into Math (ex: for an ocean theme; “A dolphin swam 20 feet and a manatee swam
10 feet. How much further did the
dolphin swim?”).
4. Using the “ocean” theme for
Social Studies, the teacher could also map where the different dolphin
populations live.
5. The teacher could also
implement the theme in Art, having the students create an underwater scene from
the perspective of a diver wearing a mask.
6. The teacher can use this
topic through any of the subject areas to integrate the curriculum.
5. Specific Classroom Application:
6. Conclusion:
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Integrating the curriculum is a great way to motivate
the students. Teachers could also have
the students help in choosing a topic.
This way the lessons are of personal value and really make learning fun
for the students. The curriculum
integration can also be team-taught in all grade levels. It would be very beneficial for teachers to
team teach this integration because they could share ideas and help each other.
7. References and Suggested Web Sites:
“Integrated Curriculum”
(2000). Online: www.nwrel.org/scpd/sirs/8/c/016.html
“Integrated Curriculum”
(1998). Online: www.b.shuttle.de/wifo/key/int-h.htm
“From the Classroom”
(2002). Online: www.teachlearning.com
8. Suggested
Fisher, B. (1991). Joyful Learning, Publisher,
City.
Avery, C. & Graves,
D. And With a Light Touch: Learning About
Fisher, B. (date). Inside the Classroom.
Publisher, City.
Lesson
Plan:
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LA.B.2.2.3.5.1-
Writes for a variety of occasions, audiences, and purposes.
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LA.B.2.2.4.5.1-
Uses electronic technology to create, retrieve, and verify information.
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LA.D.2.2.4.5.1-
Uses appropriate technologies to enhance communication.
Goal 3:
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Information
Managers
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Cooperative
Workers
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Technology
Objectives:
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The learner
will use math skills, technology, writing, and discussions to learn about
natural disasters.
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Evaluation
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Purpose
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Materials
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Set/Focus
Content:
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First, the
class takes turns reading paragraphs from the story, “The Fury of a Hurricane,”
in their
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Then, the
teacher begins a Science lesson in which the students work in small groups and
use multiple library resources to find out about the effects of natural
disasters, such as earthquakes, floods, fires, tornadoes, or hurricanes.
(Kinesthetic, Independent Practice, Visual)
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The students
then summarize and organize what they learn on a class chart. (Kinesthetic,
Independent Practice, Visual)
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After the
Science, the teacher begins a class discussion on emergency drills, such as
tornado and fire drills, for Social Studies. (Auditory, Guided Practice)
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The teacher
then moves on to writing and has the class write brief legends or myths that
describe the origin of hurricanes. The
stories can feature angry giants, sneezing sea serpents, or other powerful
creatures. (Kinesthetic, Independent
Practice).
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Students can
illustrate their stories and create a classroom anthology. (Kinesthetic, Visual, Independent)
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For Math, the
students can create a graph depicting the average number of hurricanes from the
year 1980 and 1985. (Visual, Independent
Practice)
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Then, for
Technology, students research a famous natural disaster in history, such as the
eruption of
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Each student
can use Multimedia Studio to create a research project, including visuals to
support meaning. (Auditory, Independent
Practice)
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Procedures
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Checking for
Understanding
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Learning Aid
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Integration
with other subjects
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Technology
Links
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ESOL
Modifications and Strategies
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Special Needs
Accommodations
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Alternative
Assessments
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Community
Involvement