What do Interact students do?

become certified volcanologistsrun a game factory using probabilitybecome “wizards” and find gold in a mountain vault by mastering spelling experience colonizing America learn world geography while searching for priceless artifacts

Unique value provided by Interact lessons in the Library

Literacy in:Math ScienceLanguage ArtsHistoryGeographyCharacterCommunities

Skills development in:ReadingWritingCritical thinkingCommunicatingCollaboration

Interact Library lessons simultaneously build:

Value provided by the Interact lessons in the Library

Interact units reinforce academic language arts and math skills and knowledgeState standardized test vocabulary sections contain subject specific verbs (archeology, pyramids, etc.) found in each lesson

What is the Interact Library?

A comprehensive collection of 74 engaging units for every subject in elementary school

The Interact Library can help meet your school’s needs

High quality alternative materials to reach diverse student populations with challenging and engaging new strategiesEqual access to research based, standards aligned lessons for every teacher, which the library site license provides

Interact is supported by research

The brain retains information insafechallengingcollaborative settings

Interact is supported by research

Ongoing neuroscience research has strongly supported constructivist teaching—Interact students actively interpret new knowledge creatively.

Interact is supported by research

Decades of research yielded nine essential teaching strategies that result in measurable percentile gains.Cooperative learning is the format of every lesson.

Active Learning Projects engage Gardner’s multiple intelligences

Students quickly access content in areas of strength while developing other talents.

interpersonal

intrapersonalspatialkinesthetic

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Interact gives English Language Learners access to content and skill development

Activities using multiple intelligences help to overcome linguistic barriers to contentCollaborative peer support to make learning safeScaffolded language arts components help comprehension and vocabulary development

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!

Sample lesson highlights

Sailor of the Stars students:Apply to be an astronaut with resumes and interviewsLearn about nutrition, science, government funding constraintsPlan missions as a teamProblem solve unplanned emergencies

This lesson is approved by an astronaut!

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Sailor of the Stars

Teachers use the detailed unit time chart to plan the perfect lesson and unit.

Easy to differentiate

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Sailor of the Stars

Each 3–5 week unit contains stand-alone lessons for 1–3 periods and frequent extension options.

Easy to differentiate

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Sailor of the Stars

Pretests prepare students and teachers for successful instruction.

Assessment

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Sailor of the Stars

Student teams face periodic authentic problems they must creatively address.

Problemsolving

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Sailor of the Stars

Students write a 5 paragraph brief (essay!) on meteor damage and possible solutions.

LanguageArts

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Sailor of the Stars

Timeline of space exploration through the ages charts scientific developments over time.

SocialStudies

Interact Library offers training and support for teachers

Library purchase includes free training, which can address classroom management.Each lesson has many classroom management and student discipline tips. Interact online professional community has Interact authors, editors and experienced teachers providing answers to questions and sharing successful strategies they have used.Interact customer service is available during business hours to answer questions.

Interact Library’s site license offers great value

The site license ensures that every teacher has access to every lesson in perpetuity; for a 500 student school over only 2 years, the cost is $3 per student! The 74 units provide hundreds of effective, engaging lessons with thoroughly detailed instructions to match every teacher’s style.

The unique value provided by the Interact Library

Most importantly:

These are the projects that students will remember

years later…

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http://We.TeachInteract.com