Connecting Classroom Activities to the New Literacy Standards

1. Connecting Classroom Activities to the New Literacy Standards Presented by Andrea Mosenson Queens College, CUNY

2. What does it mean to be literate in today’s world?

3. Reading Writing Foundational Literacy Skills Speaking Language Listening

4. Information Literacy • Access • Search • Select • Collect • Evaluate • Analyze • Synthesize • Manage • Summarize • Organize

5. Media Literacy • Evaluate media to address a topic • Decode media to understand its direct and indirect meanings • Produce a media product that clearly conveys a message

6. Digital & Technology Literacy • Select & use tools productively • Use and manipulate technology responsibly and ethically • Use as a tool to research, organize, communicate, and evaluate information

7. Why Integrate Literacy in FACS? • Being literate in today’s high-tech global world is crucial for success. 2. Recognize and assess the literacy skills taught within the FACS area.

8. Why Integrate Literacy in FACS? 3. Common Core State Standards (www.corestandards.org ) • Standards focus on: • Foundational literacy skills • 21st century literacy is embedded

9. Common Core State Standards in ELA • Section written for “Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects” in Grades 6-12 • Master standards in reading, writing, speaking, listening , and language • Goal: College & Career ready by end of high school

10. 21st Century Literacy Skills Model Lifelong Literacy Skills Information Literacy Digital & Technology Literacy Media Literacy Foundational Literacy

11. 21st Century Literacy SkillsAssessment Framework • Aligned with Common Core Standards into a more user friendly framework. • List of student outcomes in four literacy areas: • Used to assess student performance in literacy over a period of time.

12. Today’s Focus: Foundational Literacy • Instructional literacy strategies in content area. • Research-based to improve students’ literacy. • Taught through explicit instruction: Teach-Model-Practice-Routine • Used before, during or after a learning activity.

13. Shades of Meaning The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug. ~Mark Twain

14. Shades of Meaning GOOD Commendable Excellent Fair Grand Nice Splendid

15. Shades of Meaning GOOD Fair Subtle Commendable Splendid Grand Strong Excellent

16. Shades of Meaning Activity Subtle Strong

17. C Vitamin C A itamin D itamin Word Art • Builds vocabulary by creating visual definitions

18. Word Art bOIL Broil Grill SIMMER

19. Word Sorts • Provide a list of 15-25 words to sort. • Arrange words in related categories. • Think about the relationship between and among a set of words.

20. Word Sort • Labels • Culture • Shopping • Family • Nutrition • Teamwork • Recipes • Society • Friendships • Community • Wellness • Peers

21. Word Sort • Labels • Recipes • Shopping • Nutrition • Wellness • Family • Society • Friendships • Community • Culture • Teamwork • Peers

22. Word Sort Activity

23. Shades of Meaning Activity Subtle Strong

24. Shades of Meaning Activity Small Mince Dice Julienne Large Chop

25. Pattern Guides • Used before or after a learning activity. • Helps students see relationships between concepts or ideas.

26. Pattern Guides Helps body resist infections Vitamin C Builds strong bones & teeth Vitamin D

27. K-W-L Charts • Best used to introduce a new topic or unit. • Mirrors the thinking processes used in scientific inquiry. • Used before learning to activate prior knowledge. • Used after learning to assess what students learned.

28. K-W-L Charts

29. Graphic Organizers • Provide students with two avenues to learn: • Verbal – text • Visual – placement of information • Chose one that reflects information being taught. • Plan activities where students use information: • Discussion, presentation, project…

30. Graphic Organizers

31. Tossed Terms • Use to review terms or content before a quiz/test. • Can easily differentiate cubes to meet a variety of learning needs.

32. Tossed Terms Describe Identify Explain Justify Compare Contrast

33. Read-Alouds • Use to deliver important content • Pique students’ interest in a topic

34. Read-Alouds • Pique student interest. • Read with enthusiasm. • Maintain students’ engagement. • Help students figure out confusing concepts and terminology. • Hold a discussion after reading book to get students to think beyond the story/text.

35. Read-Aloud Activity

36. Student Questions for Purposeful Learning • Designed to gain students’ interest. • Ask questions about material. • Motivated to pay attention.

37. Student Questions for Purposeful Learning Fast food and its consequences have become inescapable. ~Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser

38. Cooperative Learning Strategies • Students learn better when working together toward a common goal. • Think-Pair-Share • Think-Pair-Square • Jigsaw • Cooperative group

39. Color Wheel Activity

40. Carousel Brainstorming • Activate prior knowledge or use as review. • Post questions around the room. • Students work in groups to write answers.