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What is Interact? Active learning projects that: use authentic situations engage students challenge students
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What do Interact students do? work collaboratively problem solve enact historic events design scientific and mathematical inquiries complete fun language arts projects
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How is Interact different? Simultaneously meets two primary goals: 1. student skills acquisition 2. student retention of content knowledge
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What is the Interact library? A comprehensive collection of 74 engaging lessons for every subject in elementary school
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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?
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Written by teachers for teachers, each lesson is easy to use and tailor to your individual requirements
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How is Interact aligned with brain research? Collaborative projects Constructivism Non-verbal/linguistic projects enable: Multiple Intelligences English Language Learners
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The brain: retains information in a safe challenging collaborative setting How is Interact aligned with brain research?
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Ongoing neuroscience research has strongly supported constructivist teaching –Interact students actively interpret new knowledge creatively How is Interact aligned with brain research?
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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?
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Interact engages Gardner’s multiple intelligences Students quickly access content in areas of strength while developing other talents. interpersonal intrapersonal spatial kinesthetic verbal linguistic
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Interact gives English Language Learners content access and skills This strategy has been proven to improve student achievement supportive safe collaborative structure for: peer interpretation constructive feedback
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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!
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Teachers use the detailed unit time chart to plan the perfect lesson and unit. Easy to differentiate Sample lesson: Sailor of the Stars
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Tables of content streamlines lesson planning. Easy to differentiate Sample lesson: Sailor of the Stars
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Main and optional lessons detail each interdisciplinary standard addressed Interdisciplinary Sample lesson: Sailor of the Stars
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Pretests prepare students and teachers for successful instruction. Assessment Sample lesson: Sailor of the Stars
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Students write a 5 paragraph brief on meteor damage and possible solutions. Language Arts Sample lesson: Sailor of the Stars
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Timeline of space exploration through the ages charts scientific developments over time. Sample lesson: Sailor of the Stars Social Studies
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Learning by Doing Learn…Experience… information analysis how to share knowledge how to communicate information leadership responsibility working collaboratively role playing & staging events creating authentic situations developing communication skills
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Call or email now Visit www.teachinteract.com/library Call or email your sales representative for a: demonstration sample from the 74 complete lesson brochure with details of strategies
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