Re: thematic instruction

Posted by Susan on 10/20/06

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I absolutely love thematic instruction. Unfortunately, in
the days of MCAS (Mass. Comp. Assessment) and the 'day of
the test score' it is becoming more difficult to find time
to implement (and enjoy) thematic units.

Some of the ones I have had wonderful luck with (1st grade
level) have been 1) Apples/Fall, 2)Artic Wonders, 3)
Dinosaurs and 4)Learning with the Seuss!

It is wonderful to have students do an apple tasting test,
graph their results, share their results, cut open apples,
discover the seed star, brainstorm to find descriptive
words, write a poem about their apple, build a mural showing
the life cycle of their apple.......and the amazement when
they discover that the rose belongs to the same family as
their apple! Now, doesn't that sound much more rewarding
that reading out of a book about apples then taking a test :)


On 10/14/06, Diane wrote:
> Lots of teachers have discovered that using a theme like
> Iditarod really empowers true learning... because it gets
> kids out of the traditional in your seat learning from text
> books... I'd like to chat about ways such as this that
you
> use! Any ideas? Ready to chat!

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• thematic instruction, 10/14/06, by Diane.
• Re: thematic instruction, 10/20/06, by Susan.