What is Interact?

Active learning projects that:

use authentic situationsengage studentschallenge students

What do Interact students do?

work collaborativelyproblem solveenact historic eventsdesign scientific and mathematical inquiriescomplete fun language arts projects

How is Interact different?

Simultaneously meets two primary goals:

1. student skills acquisition 2. student retention of content knowledge

What is the Interact library?

A comprehensive collection of 74 engaging lessons for every subject in elementary school

The Interact Library addresses the goals of:

Skills development in: Reading Writing Critical thinking Communicating Collaboration

Literacy in: Math Science Language Arts History Geography Character Communities

What is the Interact library?

What is the Interact library?

Written by teachers for teachers, each lesson is easy to use and

tailor to your individual requirements

How is Interact aligned with brain research?

Collaborative projects

Constructivism

Non-verbal/linguistic projects enable:Multiple Intelligences English Language Learners

The brain:

retains information in a safe challenging collaborative setting

How is Interact aligned with brain research?

Ongoing neuroscience research has strongly supported constructivist teaching –Interact students actively interpret new knowledge creatively

How is Interact aligned with brain research?

Decades of research yielded nine essential teaching strategies that result in measurable percentile gains.

Cooperative learning, one essential strategy, is the format of every Interact lesson

How is Interact aligned with brain research?

Interact engages Gardner’s multiple intelligences

Students quickly access content in areas of strength while developing other talents.

interpersonal

intrapersonalspatialkinesthetic

verballinguistic

Interact gives English Language Learners content access and skills

This strategy has been proven to improve student achievement

supportivesafe collaborative structure for:

peer interpretationconstructive feedback

Sample lesson highlights

Sailor of the Stars

grades 4 – 8

multidisciplinary

The following slides are examples of Interact lesson features.

This lesson is approved by an astronaut!

Teachers use the detailed unit time chart to plan the perfect lesson and unit.

Easy to differentiate

Sample lesson: Sailor of the Stars

Tables of content streamlines lesson planning.

Easy to differentiate

Sample lesson: Sailor of the Stars

Main and optional lessons detail each interdisciplinary standard addressed

Interdisciplinary

Sample lesson: Sailor of the Stars

Pretests prepare students and teachers for successful instruction.

Assessment

Sample lesson: Sailor of the Stars

Students write a 5 paragraph brief on meteor damage and possible solutions.

Language Arts

Sample lesson: Sailor of the Stars

Timeline of space exploration through the ages charts scientific developments over time.

Sample lesson: Sailor of the Stars

Social Studies

Learning by Doing

Learn… Experience…information analysishow to share knowledgehow to communicate informationleadership responsibility

working collaborativelyrole playing & staging eventscreating authentic situationsdeveloping communication skills

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