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Literacy Strategies in Social Studies

Literacy Strategies in Social Studies. Cam Downing South Iredell High School. There’s a bear in a plain brown wrapper doing flip flops around 78 handing out green stamps. The difficulty of your set could be increased if you do a jam followed by a peach. What does this mean?.

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Literacy Strategies in Social Studies

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  1. Literacy Strategies in Social Studies Cam Downing South Iredell High School

  2. There’s a bear in a plain brown wrapper doing flip flops around 78 handing out green stamps. • The difficulty of your set could be increased if you do a jam followed by a peach. What does this mean?

  3. Do I ever say anything in class that’s important enough for students to take notes on? • Do I ever assign something to read such as a chapter in the text or a primary source? • Do I think writing is an important enough skill that I require my students to engage in it from time to time? • Do I teach my students HOW to take notes on the things I say? • Do I teach my students HOW to read the things I assign? • Do I teach my students HOW to write in Social Studies? Ask yourself these questions…

  4. Activation of prior/background knowledge Active engagement in the content Metacognition Keys to Comprehension

  5. A Story

  6. Research says: Research ALSO says: What ever is in your mind at the moment you encounter something new… Will be a key determinate of whether you “get” the new idea or not • The more Prior Knowledge that exists = more successful learning of new content Key to Comprehension 1: Prior/Background Knowledge

  7. Keep in mind… Prior knowledge is simply knowledge that exists prior to instruction Duh – right??? It’s not what we WISH they know prior to instruction BUT… what they DO know!

  8. So, how can we make the connection from our content to something familiar to our students?

  9. Which is the more important word in terms of our content? • How could we activate “familiar” prior knowledge that our students may have to help them? “Civil” “War”

  10. What are students doing while they are encountering content? • Passive vs. Active Learning Key to Comprehension 2: Active Engagement

  11. Thinking about Thinking • Did I get it? • How do I know if I got it? • What do I do if I didn’t get it? • Hmmmmm…. Sounds familiar, right???? Key to Comprehension #3: Metacognition

  12. Be aware of three things when utilizing strategies: • 1. What is the strategy meant to do? • 2. How does it work? (processes/procedures?) • 3. When or why would I use this strategy? • If I want my students to ________ • Then I should use ___________ to accomplish that HOW ABOUT SOME STRATEGIES???

  13. Clock buddies • ABC Brainstorm • Carousel Brainstorming/Graffiti • K-N-L Chart • Pattern Puzzles/Guides Before Reading

  14. Compare-Contrast Diagram • History Frames • Event/story pyramid • Inquiry Charts • Opinion-Proof • Power Thinking • Problem/Solution • Foldables: 8.5 x 22 paper During Reading

  15. Found Poems Poems for Two Voices RAFT papers Sum-it-up/Framed Paragraph Concentric Circle Discussion/Kagan’s Inside-Outside Circle After Reading

  16. http://www.readingquest.org/home.html • http://www.readwritethink.org/ • http://michigan.gov/documents/mde/SSWAC_225020_7.pdf • http://literacy.purduecal.edu/STUDENT/ammessme/index.html Links to Resources

  17. References • Fisher, Douglas. 50 Instructional Routines to Develop Content Literacy. Boston: Pearson, 2011. Print. • Instructional Strategies: Cooperative Learning, Summarizing. Digital image. Www.ncresa.org. Marzano Research, n.d. Web. <http://www.ncresa.org/docs/PLC_Secondary/Cooperative_Activity.pdf>. • Jones, Raymond C. ReadingQuest | Reading Strategies for Social Studies. N.p., 26 Aug. 2012. Web. 08 Dec. 2013. <http://www.readingquest.org/home.html>. • "Writing Across the Curriculum Social Studies." Michigan.gov. N.p., n.d. Web. <http://michigan.gov/documents/mde/SSWAC_225020_7.pdf>. References

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