Looking For Connections: An Interactive Dialogue about Integration Techniques

Questions to Ponder  What is integration?  Challenges?

Our Integration Journey

Always an Ongoing Process!  New materials  Different needs of students  We like change Note: It is not done in one year!

Work With a Colleague  Exciting and fun  Different styles  Constant dialogue, testing and revising  Pairing up our classrooms

Does Integration Save Time?  Not always…

Benefits  Gives students in-depth experiences  Helps meet more goals at once  More holistic view as students make connections  Addresses multiple intelligences  Provides added experience to students as they repeatedly apply the skills they are learning

Ideas for Getting Started  Map your curriculum

Use a Planning Tool  Grid examples

Examples

 Bit map of skeleton Bit map of skeleton

Science Notebook

Resources  Teaching manuals are providing many more integration ideas.  Websites ecoach.com/resources/curr_integ.html# map ecoach.com/resources/curr_integ.html# map

Go Forth and Integrate!