17 Nov You are an elementary teacher, and your school has decided to conduct two days of virtual learning each week

This week’s topic of discussion for week 6 is B uilding Real-World Connections. You will identify strategies and tools that encourage learners to creatively identify, question, and analyze ideas from diverse perspectives. You will design learning experiences that engage learners in collaborative and self-directed learning in virtual and in-person environments. You will also create real-world connections that motivate students, promote cross-curricular skills and inquiry, and extend learning locally and globally. You will participate in the discussion forum for week 6.

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Assessment Description

Throughout this program, you have had the opportunity to research various methods of integrating different content areas. As an elementary educator, one of the most significant challenges will be incorporating each of these content areas into your planning. The ability to use each content area to support the others will lessen this challenge in planning throughout the year. Furthermore, utilizing content-specific areas to support other content areas enables students to make real-world connections to the curriculum and instruction.

Part 1: Cross-Curricular Plan

You are an elementary teacher, and your school has decided to conduct two days of virtual learning each week. Therefore, your planning must be a hybrid of in-person and virtual learning where you consider how to differentiate and engage students in each environment.

For this benchmark, plan how to integrate social studies into your weekly planning. For example, think about how social studies content can support math computation, or how social studies can support learning to read critically. Use the “Cross-Curricular Social Studies Weekly Plan” template to plan how you will utilize social studies to help other content area standards. Within the plan, include the following:

· A minimum of two social studies standards.

· At least one arts standard that can be used to enhance student learning throughout the week.

· At least one science and/or math standard that can be supported during the week.

· At least one English/ELA standard that can be supported during the week.

· In the Instructional Strategies section of the planning template, include strategies and tools that encourage students to creatively identify, question, and analyze ideas from diverse perspectives.

· In the Activities and Engagement Strategies section of the planning template, include experiences that engage students in collaborative and self-directed learning in both virtual and in-person environments.

· At least one opportunity for students to create real-world connections and extend their learning locally and globally.

Part 2: Reflection

In 250-500 words, justify how you created real-world connections that motivate students, promote cross-curricular skills and inquiry, and extend learning locally and globally. Describe your struggles and strengths in creating a cross-curricular plan for a hybrid environment.

Support the plan with three to five scholarly resources.

While APA Style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric before beginning the assignment to familiarize yourself with the expectations for successful completion.

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Benchmark Information

MEd Elementary Education (ITL/NITL)

This benchmark assignment assesses the following programmatic competencies and professional standards:

1.5: Create real-world connections that motivate students, promote cross-curricular skills and inquiry, and extend learning locally and globally. [InTASC 3(i), 4(c), 4(j), 5(a), 5(h), 5(i), 5(s), 7(h); ISTE-E 4c; TPE 1.3, 1.5; AAQEP 2d; MC2, MC5; COE 1.5]

2.1: Identify strategies and tools that encourage learners to creatively identify, question, and analyze ideas from diverse perspectives. [InTASC 4(b), 4(g), 5(f), 5(g), 5(o), 5(p); MC2, MC3; COE 2.1]

3.7: Design learning experiences that engage learners in collaborative and self-directed learning in virtual and in-person environments. [InTASC 2(n), 3(b), 3(e), 3(h), 3(i), 3(j), 3(o), 3(p), 3(q), 8(n); ISTE-E 5c, 6a; TPE 2.2; MC1; COE 3.7]