Designing for Depth: Integration Across the Early Grades
As states and districts explore integrated curriculum to support deeper knowledge-building, stronger coherence, and effective use of instructional time, this professional learning series offers a research-informed look at integration in early childhood and the early grades. The series includes a featured conversation with Dr. Nell K. Duke and examines what high-quality integration looks like in practice and why it matters for teaching and learning.
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Meet Inkwell, K–5 core ELA and core social studies in one, cohesive instructional block. Inkwell is an integrated inquiry-based learning experience where reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills are applied with depth, context, and purpose.
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Accelerating Early Literacy, Math, and More: Great First Eight Pre-K/TK
What does a Pre-K/TK program look like when it is built to accelerate literacy, math, and overall development and ensure every child enters kindergarten ready to thrive?
As expectations for kindergarten readiness increase, districts are asking harder questions about how Pre-K/TK curriculum design supports early literacy and math learning without sacrificing joy, play, and other areas of development essential to early childhood education.Join Dr. Nell K. Duke to explore Great First Eight Pre-K/TK, a full-day curriculum developed by a nationally recognized team of early childhood scholars and intentionally designed to strengthen early literacy, math, and other areas of development through a playful and responsive approach.In this webinar, we’ll explore:
- How Great First Eight intentionally builds literacy, math, and other areas of development across centers, small-group, and whole-group instruction
- What project-based, research-aligned learning looks like in early childhood classrooms
- The structures and supports that help teachers implement with clarity and confidence
Learn why Great First Eight has earned the highest ratings to date from a review by the Massachusetts Department of Early Education & Care and the American Institutes for Research, including top scores overall and in literacy, math, and social-emotional learning.
What's covered:
Dr. Nell K. Duke
Better Together: How Inkwell Integrates K–2 ELA & Social Studies
See how Inkwell, inquirED’s K–2 integrated ELA and social studies curriculum, brings literacy and content together within a single instructional block. This webinar uses Inkwell as a concrete example to show how intentional integration supports knowledge-building, coherence, and instructional purpose, without sacrificing depth in either subject.
Through a guided walkthrough of materials and focused discussion, participants will build clearer criteria for identifying strong integration and distinguishing it from surface-level alignment.
What's covered:
Shanti Elangovan
Nora Graham
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How does social studies move from vision to classroom practice across different contexts? Join NCSS and inquirED to examine the real work of social studies instruction: from state-level decisions to classroom realities. Across three conversations, we’ll explore how instructional materials, inclusive inquiry, and elementary priorities intersect, and what it takes to turn big ideas into meaningful learning experiences for students.
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