Interdisciplinary Instruction for All Learners K-8: A Practical Guide

Every K-8 teacher should have a copy of Interdisciplinary Instruction for All Learners K-8 on their desk. This brief practical guide provides classroom teachers with a step-by-step guide to planning, designing, creating, and implementing interdisciplinary instruction for all learners. Now following the backward design process, the text also provides teachers with outlines for planning interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary units. The author uses lesson plans that are familiar to elementary and middle school teachers and all of the lesson plans follow five specific planning protocols. Each protocol is then explained in a step-by-step manner and teachers are given numerous opportunities to practice creating their own lesson plans. By the end of the book, teachers will have experienced the entire process involved in planning for and implementing the interdisciplinary method in the classro

About the Author

Karlyn Wood received his Ed.D. from Hofstra University and is Professor of Humanities in the School of Education at the State University of New York/College at Old Westbury on Long Island, where he teaches courses in interdisciplinary methodology and child development. He supervises and conducts seminars for student teachers and is currently the Chair of the Childhood Education and Literacy Department. Karlyn has taught at the elementary level, served as a district reading consultant, administrator, and coordinator for an experimental elementary program. His publications include articles in Language Arts, Childhood Education, The Journal of Child Development, and The Journal of Teacher Education. His papers have been included in Sociological Abstracts and ERIC documents. He belongs to the American Educational Research Association, Association Montessori Internationale, the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, and he is a member of the Kappa Delta Pi honor society.