With the evermounting pressures on data collection and student performances, more and
more attention is focused on specific content expectations and what teachers can do to
change teaching practices so students retain information and meet the standards set forth
by the Michigan Department of Education. One option for change in teaching is using an
integrated curriculum model to incorporate the Grade level Content Expectations
(GLCEs). “Through this integration, teachers expect students to understand the
connections between the disciplines and their relationship to the real world. The program
reports a positive impact on achievement for students who participate (Drake & Burns,
2004, p. 9). In additon to increasing student achievement, teachers who use “integrated
units usually create inviting classrooms that engage students in meaningful learning.”
They “…actually enhance learning” (Drake & Burns, 2004, p. 30).
Being in an elementary self-contained classroom setting, I chose to integrate this
curriculum by using the common theme of honeybees and pulling the identified GLCEs
and applying them to this unit. By using the KNOW/DO/BE framework (Drake & Burns,
2004) as my main model, the major goals of this unit are listed below.
KNOW: “Bees are a life lesson. We have much to learn about and from them” (Caron,
1999, p. I.9). Students should broaden their knowledge of honey bees. They will move
from basic facts up through larger conc
With the evermounting pressures on data collection and student performances, more andmore attention is focused on specific content expectations and what teachers can do tochange teaching practices so students retain information and meet the standards set forthby the Michigan Department of Education. One option for change in teaching is using anintegrated curriculum model to incorporate the Grade level Content Expectations(GLCEs). “Through this integration, teachers expect students to understand theconnections between the disciplines and their relationship to the real world. The programreports a positive impact on achievement for students who participate (Drake & Burns,2004, p. 9). In additon to increasing student achievement, teachers who use “integratedunits usually create inviting classrooms that engage students in meaningful learning.”They “…actually enhance learning” (Drake & Burns, 2004, p. 30).Being in an elementary self-contained classroom setting, I chose to integrate thiscurriculum by using the common theme of honeybees and pulling the identified GLCEsand applying them to this unit. By using the KNOW/DO/BE framework (Drake & Burns,2004) as my main model, the major goals of this unit are listed below.KNOW: “Bees are a life lesson. We have much to learn about and from them” (Caron,1999, p. I.9). Students should broaden their knowledge of honey bees. They will movefrom basic facts up through larger conc
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