What is Interact?

1. What is Interact? • Active learning projects that: • use authentic situations • engage students • challenge students

2. What do Interact students do? • work collaboratively • problem solve • enact historic events • design scientific and mathematical inquiries • complete fun language arts projects

3. How is Interact different? Simultaneouslymeetstwoprimary goals: • student skills acquisition • student retention of content knowledge

4. How is Interact different? Aligns with current scientific research on brain based learning

5. What is the Interact library? A comprehensive collection of 74 engaging lessons for every subject in elementary school

6. What is the Interact library? Written by teachers for teachers, each lesson is easy to use and tailor to your individual requirements

7. What is the Interact library? Active learning projects give every studentaccess to content and effectively reinforce learning

8. What is the Interact library? • Most offer options to also involve • parents • administrators • other adults

9. What is the Interact library? The Interact Library adds both skills and knowledge • Promotes literacy in: • Math Science • Language Arts • History • Geography • Character • Communities • Develops skills in: • Reading • Writing • Critical thinking • Communicating effectively • Working collaboratively

10. What is the Interact library? Sample Interact lesson titles: • Taxonomy Trail • Skateboard Science • Space Race • Caravans • Pioneers • Sail America • Internet Cruises • Spelling Wizards • Grammar Zones • Capacity Converters • Hopscotch Math • Algebra Mystery Maze • Kid Town • Teamwork

11. How is Interact aligned with brain research? • Collaborative projects • Constructivism • Non-verbal/linguistic projects enable: • Multiple Intelligences • English Language Learners

12. How is Interact aligned with brain research? • The brain is: • social • emotional

13. How is Interact aligned with brain research? • The brain: • retains information in a • safe • challenging • collaborative setting

14. How is Interact aligned with brain research? • Ongoing neuroscience research has strongly supported constructivist teaching – the heart of Interact simulations

15. How is Interact aligned with brain research? • Students create their own interpretations of the • historic background • character information

16. How is Interact aligned with brain research? Collaborative skills are now key to academic, vocational and social success

17. How is Interact aligned with brain research? Interact’s structured, supportive collaborations helpstudents develop Jensen’s “social fluency”

18. 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

19. How is Interact aligned with brain research? Interact is aligned with Marzano, Pickering, and Pollock’sClassroom Instruction That Works

20. Interact engages Gardner’s multiple intelligences Students quickly access content in areas of strength while strengthening underdeveloped talents. intrapersonal spatial kinesthetic verbal linguistic interpersonal

21. Interact gives English Language Learners content access andskills • supportive • safe • collaborative structure for: • peer interpretation • constructive feedback This strategy has beenproven to measurably improve student achievement

22. Sample lesson highlights The following slides are examples of Interact lesson features. • Sailor of the Stars • grades 4 – 8 • multidisciplinary This lesson is approved by an astronaut!

23. Sample lesson: Sailor of the Stars Teachers use the detailed unit time chart to plan the perfect lesson and unit. Easy to differentiate

24. Sample lesson: Sailor of the Stars Teachers use the table of contents to quickly access their interests. Easy to differentiate

25. Sample lesson: Sailor of the Stars Pretests prepare students and teachers for successful instruction. Assessment

26. Sample lesson: Sailor of the Stars Main and optional lessons detail which of the several interdisciplinary standards are addressed Interdisciplinary

27. Sample lesson: Sailor of the Stars Students write a business cover letter to apply to a job as an astronaut Language Arts

28. Sample lesson: Sailor of the Stars Students conduct interviews, build communications skills and knowledge about astronaut qualifications Applied Learning

29. Sample lesson: Sailor of the Stars Students use rocket science to make their own demonstration of Sir Isaac Newton’s Law of Motion Science

30. Sample lesson: Sailor of the Stars Students create a 7 day food to learn nutritional requirements and planning. Science

31. Sample lesson: Sailor of the Stars Students write a 5 paragraph brief on meteor damage and possible solutions. Language Arts

32. Sample lesson: Sailor of the Stars Students use mathematical calculation to learn the size of our galaxy Math

33. Sample lesson: Sailor of the Stars Real life concerns about tax dollars spent on outer space engage students and teachers. Social Studies

34. Sample lesson: Sailor of the Stars Timeline of space exploration through the ages charts scientific developments over time. Social Studies

35. Sample lesson: Sailor of the Stars Students are provided a guiding rubric to ensure mastery of task. Assessment

36. Sample lesson: Sailor of the Stars A variety of traditional and authentic assessments address multiple intelligences. Assessment

37. Sample lesson: Sailor of the Stars Multiple choice and short answer assessments prepare students for standardized testing. Assessment

38. Learning by Doing

39. Call or email now • Call or email your sales representative for a: • demonstration • samplefrom the 74 complete lesson • brochure with details of strategies Visitwww.teachinteract.com/library