ERIC Number: EJ672735
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2003
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Fitting It All In: How Sea Stars Taught Me To Integrate the Curriculum.
McDonough, Nancy H.
Thinking Classroom, v4 n2 p10-18 Apr 2003
Explains an integrated curriculum in which science content is at the core of teaching. Contends that study in an integrated curriculum invites students to build their world knowledge by offering them the time and continuous focus to know a subject well. Details an integrated unit called "Oceans" which included: observation; whole group instruction; micro-units; and procedural writing. (PM)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Integrated Curriculum, Large Group Instruction, Observational Learning, Primary Education, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Thinking Skills, Writing Instruction
International Reading Association, 800 Barksdale Road, PO Box 8139, Newark, DE 19714-8139. Web site: http://www.reading.org/publications/tc/.
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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