Imagine being a child in 2nd grade, and your passionate teacher is reading, The One and Only Ivan by Applegate.K., out loud to your class. Your classmates surround you and every student has a copy of the book in their hands. Untouched, unscathed, unblemished… You crack the cover open to this brand new book and your boisterous teacher hands you all a pencil and says, “Friends, we’re not going to just read this book, nor are these books mine. You're holding in your hands your own sacred copy of “The One and Only Ivan!” Students gasp! “Also, that magical pencil in your hand is going to be writing all over in your book too! Students gasp louder! “Remember class, good readers ask questions and think about their thinking. Anytime you have a thought, or see a line filled with figurative language… ANNOTATE!”
Reaching standards, engaging your students, and modeling for them firsthand… This is confronting the norm, this is challenging the norm, and this is definitely disrupting the norm! GOOD. GREAT. GRAND. We love it that way.
“You must make a disturbance to make a change,” -IntegratED
How do we make a difference? How do we change? How do we script and not follow the script?
“You must have a positive/growth mindset and you must do it all with a purpose.”
In this profession, we can’t grow stagnant. We have to confront our norms, reflect on our teaching, and make goals to change our classrooms to empower our kids. THE KIDS COME FIRST! Question of the day: How would you learn best? Would you learn best from a teacher following a teacher's manual every single day? “Class, turn to page 28. We are on module 4, lesson 3 today”… ZZZZZZ! Or would you learn best from teachers who backward map, know their standards, and will do anything in their power to get you to learn them?
With the Integrated Framework, we’re able to creatively teach all standards for science/social studies, reading, writing, and math. We integrate them to make one smooth transition to the school day. First, find something you can INTEGRATE into your teaching that’s different from the others. Something that you’re passionate about. BE CREATIVE! You’ll also have to backwards map. Take a microscopic lens to your standards and look at your whole school year in advance for each core subject. Backwards mapping involves setting GOALS and lessons that align with the standards. We collaboratively work together in a magical way that allows us to integrate multiple subjects into a model that is much different than the normal classroom model. “You’re changing it up in the classroom. Your classroom door is open to the world, you’re doing your thing, kids are in the middle of it!”
The beauty of it is, that some of your reluctant students who don’t want to write are writing like future authors. The ones who didn’t want to sit down for math are now being mathematicians, the ones that always go to the bathroom during reading time are finding out that books are interesting and they can’t set their books down! All of a sudden, their bladders can wait just a little bit longer! “Your students are growing, you’re seeing light bulb moments go off all day. When it works, it works… Do it all with a PURPOSE!”
How can you start tomorrow? No more excuses, it’s all right here!
You can get your FREE IntegratED Planner and a copy of our framework that we use to plan OUR IntegratED Units.
Be BRAVE. Take RISKS. Be CREATIVE!
Your PURPOSE will help students find theirs!
Check out our Vodcast on this topic on our YouTube Channel @toteachornottoteach.
Megan and Kara are educational leaders, professional development experts, and current classroom teachers who are improving the way instruction is being delivered in the standard classroom.
"Hebu wazia kuwa wewe ni mtoto katika darasa la pili, na mwalimu wako wa shauku anasoma, ""The One and Only Ivan"" na Applegate.K., kwa sauti kwa darasa lako." Wanafunzi wenzako wanakuzunguka na kila mwanafunzi ana nakala ya kitabu hicho mikononi mwake. "Hakuna kitu, hakuna madhara, hakuna kasoro... Unafungua kifuniko cha kitabu hiki kipya na mwalimu wako mwenye kelele anakupa kalamu na kusema, ""Rafiki, hatuwezi kusoma kitabu hiki tu, wala vitabu hivi si vyangu.""" Wewe ni kushikilia katika mikono yako mwenyewe takatifu nakala ya <unk>The One na tu Ivan!<unk> Wanafunzi gasp! <unk> Pia, kwamba kalamu ya kichawi katika mkono wako ni kwenda kuwa kuandika kote katika kitabu chako pia! Wanafunzi hupumua kwa sauti kubwa zaidi! <unk>Kumbuka darasa, wasomaji wazuri huuliza maswali na kufikiria mawazo yao. Wakati wowote una wazo, au kuona mstari kujazwa na lugha ya mfano... ANNOTATE! <unk> Kufikia viwango, kushiriki wanafunzi wako, na kuiga kwa ajili yao moja kwa moja... Hii ni kukabiliana na kawaida, hii ni changamoto ya kawaida, na hii ni dhahiri kuvuruga kawaida! Ni jambo zuri. Ni jambo zuri sana. Kubwa. Sisi hupenda hivyo. <unk>Lazima ufanye usumbufu ili kufanya mabadiliko,<unk> -IntegratED Jinsi gani tunafanya tofauti? Tunabadilikaje? Jinsi ya kuandika na kufuata script? <unk>Ni lazima uwe na mtazamo mzuri wa ukuaji na lazima ufanye yote kwa kusudi.<unk> Katika taaluma hii, hatuwezi kukua kwa utulivu. Tunapaswa kukabiliana na kanuni zetu, kutafakari juu ya ufundishaji wetu, na kuweka malengo ya kubadilisha madarasa yetu ili kuwawezesha watoto wetu. Watoto Ni Wa Kwanza! Swali la siku: Unajifunzaje vizuri zaidi? Je, unaweza kujifunza kutoka kwa mwalimu ambaye hufuata mwongozo wa mwalimu kila siku? "Klasi, fungua ukurasa wa 28.""" Sisi ni juu ya moduli 4, somo 3 leo <unk>... ZZZZZZ! Au utajifunza vizuri zaidi kutoka kwa walimu ambao wana mapato ya nyuma, wanajua viwango vyao, na watafanya chochote katika uwezo wao kukufanya ujifunze? Kwa mfumo wa Integrated Framework, tunaweza kufundisha kwa ubunifu viwango vyote vya sayansi/mafunzo ya kijamii, kusoma, kuandika, na hesabu. Tunawaunganisha ili kufanya mabadiliko moja laini kwa siku ya shule. Kwanza, tafuta kitu ambacho unaweza kuunganisha katika mafundisho yako ambacho ni tofauti na vingine. Kitu ambacho wewe ni shauku kuhusu. Uwe na Ubunifu! Pia utalazimika kuchora ramani ya nyuma. Tumia lensi ndogo ya darubini na angalia mwaka wako mzima wa shule kwa kila somo kuu. Backwards ramani inahusisha kuweka malengo na masomo ambayo align na viwango. Kwa kushirikiana, tunafanya kazi pamoja kwa njia ya kichawi ambayo inatuwezesha kuunganisha masomo mengi katika mfano ambao ni tofauti sana na mfano wa kawaida wa darasa. <unk>Wewe ni kubadilisha ni juu katika darasa. Mlango wa darasa lako ni wazi kwa ulimwengu, wewe ni kufanya kitu yako, watoto ni katikati yake! uzuri wa ni, kwamba baadhi ya wanafunzi wako reluctant ambao hawataki kuandika ni kuandika kama waandishi wa baadaye. Wale ambao hawakutaka kukaa chini kwa ajili ya hisabati sasa ni kuwa wanahisabati, wale ambao daima kwenda choo wakati wa kusoma wakati ni kugundua kwamba vitabu ni ya kuvutia na hawawezi kuweka vitabu vyao chini! Kwa ghafula, kibofu chao cha mkojo kinaweza kungoja kwa muda mrefu zaidi! <unk> Wanafunzi wako ni kukua, wewe <unk> ni kuona muda bulb mwanga kwenda mbali siku nzima. Wakati inafanya kazi, inafanya kazi... Fanya yote kwa Lengo! <unk> Jinsi gani unaweza kuanza kesho? Hakuna udhuru zaidi, ni wote haki hapa! Unaweza kupata Planner yako ya Integrated na nakala ya mfumo wetu ambao tunatumia kupanga vitengo vyetu vya Integrated. Uwe hodari. Kuchukua hatari. Uwe na Ubunifu! KUSUUULA KWAO kutasaidia wanafunzi kupata kusudi lao! Tazama video hii kwenye YouTube channel yetu ya ToTeach. Megan na Kara ni viongozi wa elimu, wataalamu wa maendeleo ya kitaaluma, na walimu wa sasa wa darasa ambao wanaboresha njia ya kufundishwa katika darasa la kawaida.