On page 15, Practical Solution Idea 2.2 discusses using interdisciplinary assignments as a way to differentiate content.Give 2 examples of an interdisciplinary assignment that would fit your teaching area.
I have always enjoyed using literature to teach multiple subjects. A common novel at the 5th grade level is "The Watsons Go To Birmingham" that tells the story of an African American family relocating from Michigan to Alabama in the 1960. The story is shared through the children's point of view. Differentiation might be using a map to trace the families travel, listening to I Have a Dream by Martin Luther King Jr. that can be accessed at www.archive.org "Letters from Rifka by Karen Hesse was a favorite elementary novel about a family immigrating to the US from Russia. Great web sit at www.tenement.org allows kids experience choices made by immigrants. A nice non-fiction book is "Immigrant Kids" by Russell Freedman.
I love history and brining history into any subject area you are studying I also am a very visual and hands on person so any time I can drag in any type of activity that allows kids to learn other than through reading and listening I am up for it. When studying about the Civil War one of the fun projects I had my students do was to create an ABC Book. They had to pick a word or an event from the war that started with that letter, use it in a sentence or define the word and then draw a picture that went along with what they wrote. It made them use creativity and think out side of the box esp when we got to the letter X. Now that there are so many possabilities with the internet Google Wheel and Google Timeline are great ways for researching and narrowing down topics.
Gail, there is a book called "Streets of Gold" about a young girl from Russia in 1894. Her name is Mary Antin, it was summarized and has some of her original thoughts in it. It is a nice little book for history lovers and book lovers. I believe it will go along with one of our English classes when we study, "The Diary of Anne Frank." It has lots of parallels. It might be nice to have the students write their own poem about that time in history. They could illustrate it or just draw a picture to depict their thoughts.
Whenever I teach, I will try to introduce history. It seems like history facts do not always stick in students minds. I feel that if a teacher can introduce some small stories in to their lesson, the facts will stick. One lesson that I have done in the past is talk about past leaders and events in their lives. After a lesson or during the lesson, they may watch a movie to help visual learners. One movie that we have watched is "The Last Emperor of China. The students do a timeline of major events in Pu Yi's life.
When World War I is discussed, the students do a writing assignment. They write as if they are alive during that time period. They can talk about anything that have learned about the time period. The students have to incorporate a certain number of events into their letter.
I have always enjoyed using literature to teach multiple subjects. A common novel at the 5th grade level is "The Watsons Go To Birmingham" that tells the story of an African American family relocating from Michigan to Alabama in the 1960. The story is shared through the children's point of view. Differentiation might be using a map to trace the families travel, listening to I Have a Dream by Martin Luther King Jr. that can be accessed at www.archive.org "Letters from Rifka by Karen Hesse was a favorite elementary novel about a family immigrating to the US from Russia. Great web sit at www.tenement.org allows kids experience choices made by immigrants. A nice non-fiction book is "Immigrant Kids" by Russell Freedman.
ReplyDeleteI love history and brining history into any subject area you are studying I also am a very visual and hands on person so any time I can drag in any type of activity that allows kids to learn other than through reading and listening I am up for it. When studying about the Civil War one of the fun projects I had my students do was to create an ABC Book. They had to pick a word or an event from the war that started with that letter, use it in a sentence or define the word and then draw a picture that went along with what they wrote. It made them use creativity and think out side of the box esp when we got to the letter X. Now that there are so many possabilities with the internet Google Wheel and Google Timeline are great ways for researching and narrowing down topics.
ReplyDeleteGail, there is a book called "Streets of Gold" about a young girl from Russia in 1894. Her name is Mary Antin, it was summarized and has some of her original thoughts in it. It is a nice little book for history lovers and book lovers. I believe it will go along with one of our English classes when we study, "The Diary of Anne Frank." It has lots of parallels. It might be nice to have the students write their own poem about that time in history. They could illustrate it or just draw a picture to depict their thoughts.
ReplyDeleteWhenever I teach, I will try to introduce history. It seems like history facts do not always stick in students minds. I feel that if a teacher can introduce some small stories in to their lesson, the facts will stick. One lesson that I have done in the past is talk about past leaders and events in their lives. After a lesson or during the lesson, they may watch a movie to help visual learners. One movie that we have watched is "The Last Emperor of China. The students do a timeline of major events in Pu Yi's life.
ReplyDeleteWhen World War I is discussed, the students do a writing assignment. They write as if they are alive during that time period. They can talk about anything that have learned about the time period. The students have to incorporate a certain number of events into their letter.