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Tools for Teachers: Connecting Social Studies and the CCSS Disciplinary Literacy

Tools for Teachers: Connecting Social Studies and the CCSS Disciplinary Literacy. Session Objectives. As a result of this session, participants will… EXPLORE student engagement in Social Studies ENGAGE in identifying characteristics of disciplinary literacy

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Tools for Teachers: Connecting Social Studies and the CCSS Disciplinary Literacy

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  1. Tools for Teachers: Connecting Social Studies and the CCSS Disciplinary Literacy

  2. Session Objectives As a result of this session, participants will… • EXPLOREstudent engagement in Social Studies • ENGAGE in identifying characteristics of disciplinary literacy • CONNECTliteracy shifts to classroom practice • REFLECT on how literacy shifts impacts teaching and learning

  3. EXPLORE: How do we engage students using discipline specific skills in current practice? • Watch the following video and answer the questions that follow: • What is “building knowledge” in the Social Studies discipline? • What does it look like in the classroom? • What strategies could I use to build success with informational texts? • What challenges will I face as I build student confidence with informational text? Engage NY video - CLICK HERE Use the Characteristics worksheet. Identify and Circle 3 characteristics for this learning session – on your agenda.

  4. ENGAGE • Characteristics of Disciplinary Literacy • Use the “6/3 Shifts” Chart, Reflect on HOW you will incorporate the ideas viewed into your practice.

  5. CONNECT • Literacy Shifts to Classroom Practice • Connecting ideas, readarticles: • READ: Teaching Disciplinary Literacy to Adolescents: Rethinking Content-Area Literacy • READ: Why Integrate Literacy and Social Studies? • VIEW: Literacy in Other Disciplines, The Hunt Institute Use your Reflection sheet to answer the questions about Shiftingliteracy skills to Social Studies

  6. CONNECT • What does this LOOK like? • SAMPLE Literacy lessons at the grade bands: • ELEMENTARY: Thinking Like an Historian Lesson Plan - pdf • MIDDLE SCHOOL: Learn to Think Like an Archaeologist, ScienceNetLinks • HIGH SCHOOL: The Economic Way of Thinking, Foundation for Teaching Economics Smithsonian Magazine, Jamestown Archaeological Dig, Photos by Linda Richardson, 2005See more Complete the Chart – on Reflect: Describe one new way you could incorporate this lesson-type into your practice.

  7. Time to Reflect Using the Tools learned in this Module – Identify how Disciplinary Literacy is relevant to your teaching. Where will you begin to incorporate lessons learned? What support do you need to get started?

  8. Additional Resources • History Scene Investigation—www.hsionline.org • Disciplinary literacy prezi – http://bit.ly/SocStDL • Disciplinary literacy in social studies website – http://bit.ly/DL-SS • Reading like an Historian - • https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/reading-like-a-historian-curriculum • http://go.hrw.com/supervenus/images/social/historian/worldandusinserts.pdf • http://sheg.stanford.edu/home_page • Writing Like an Historianhttp://writing2.richmond.edu/writing/wweb/history/principles.html

  9. CREDITS We would like to thank the following partners & contributors: MAISA – Michigan Association of Intermediate School Administrators, General Education Leadership Network (GELN) Project REMC Association of Michigan – Regional Educational Media Center for the funding of this project The Aspen Institute – PowerPoint graphics Teaching with Midwest Region – for the content references

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