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Teaching Themes Through the Year (Grades K-8)

Do you love using themes to teach content in your classroom? If so, you will love this class. This online course provides teachers with new theme ideas. Teachers will receive excellent activities and projects for the kids to do. You will also get new ideas to breathe life into the themes you have been teaching for years. Suggestions for integrating technology and literature into themes will also be offered. "The information was very good. It helped me a lot to learn how to set up themes and get a lot of resources from the Internet." - Diane Lauck      Tuition $185  Tell a Friend About PDI Online Courses

Topical Outline/Three Units      Click here to request a copy of the syllabus

Unit One Introduction to the Online Course Introduction to Thematic Teaching Standards in the Classroom Assignment #1: Write an autobiography Unit Two Skill-Based Thematic Units Planning a Thematic Unit Assignment #2: Choose a theme, standards, focus question, and lesson topics Unit Three Finding Thematic Resources on the Internet Thematic Scavenger Hunts and WebQuests Assignment #3: Find theme resources on the Internet

Unit Four Literature and Thematic Teaching Integrating Writing into the Thematic Unit Home-School Connection Assignment #4: Find literature books to use in the thematic unit Unit Five Rubrics for Assessment Portfolio Assessment Assignment #5: Develop a rubric Unit Six Write the lesson plans Implementing the Theme Study Assignment #6: Write three lesson plans for the thematic unit

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