Sample Lesson
Integrated K-2 ELA and social studies
Are you wondering how we fit it all into one 70-minute block? This annotated sample lesson shows you just how deeply we integrate ELA and social studies.
Inkwell’s approach to integration supports students’ knowledge building, language comprehension, and purposeful writing. From the standards, to texts and sources, to assessment, ELA and social studies make each other better across the entire literacy block.
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What's inside
This sample lesson offers a look at how integration works in the classroom. You will see how ELA and social studies come together in a single lesson to build literacy skills through meaningful social studies content.
- An integrated ELA and social studies lesson focused on durable knowledge building
- Reading, discussion, and writing that support and strengthen each other
- Grade-level literary and informational texts, including primary and secondary sources
- Explicit writing instruction connected to what students read and discuss
- Learning that helps students make sense of people, places, and change
About Inkwell
K-2 core ELA and social studies in one, 70-minute instructional block.
Inkwell is an inquiry-based HQIM for both ELA and social studies, designed so each subject strengthens the other. Students develop their literacy by reading, writing, and discussing within sustained social studies investigations.
- Supports mastery of ELA and social studies standards in one block
- Grounded in the Science of Reading
- Embeds explicit writing instruction in daily lessons
- Builds knowledge through content-rich social studies investigations
- Connects and deepens learning through inquiry
Save time
Inkwell’s 70-minute block replaces two separate ELA and social studies blocks. Teachers no longer have to choose between ELA and social studies, and the time they get back goes to foundational skills, math, and intervention.
Deepen comprehension
Inkwell’s integrated design develops the background knowledge and academic vocabulary comprehension depends on. And, each unit students apply that knowledge to a new text, task or idea to deepen comprehension and extend their learning.
Give writing purpose
Inkwell writing starts with explicit daily instruction and asks students to use writing to make meaning of texts. Then, it asks students to go one step further and use the knowledge they’ve built as evidence for a broader disciplinary idea.
