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Connecting Social Studies and the CCSS Informational Text Session Objectives As a result of this session participants will EXPLORE informational text ENGAGE in ID: 578103

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Slide1

Tools for Teachers:

Connecting Social Studies and the CCSS

Informational Text

Slide2

Session Objectives

As a result of this session, participants will…

EXPLORE

informational text

ENGAGE

in

identifying characteristics

of informational text

CONNECT

informational text

to classroom practice

REFLECT

on how informational text

impacts teaching and learningSlide3

EXPLORE

:

How do we engage students using informational text in our current practice?

Use the Characteristics worksheet you printed in the last lesson – add 3 to 4 characteristics on the worksheet.

Read the

article

and answer the question that follows:

ARTICLE:

The Power

of Non-fiction: Using Informational Text to Support Literacy in Special Populations

After reviewing the article,

how does this clarify or enhance your definition of “informational text?”

View the lesson and

answer the

question

that

follows:

Historical Detective Work

, Teaching Channel Video

What types of informational text is the teacher

using?Slide4

Watch the following video and answer the questions that follow:

What

does

balancing informational text” mean?

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?

EXPLORE

:

How do we engage students using informational text in our current practice?

Engage NY video - CLICK HERE

Use the Characteristics worksheet. Identify and Circle 3 characteristics for this learning session – on your agenda. Slide5

ENGAGE

Characteristics of Informational Text

Use the “

6/3 Shifts

” chart

,

Video

Inquiry Group

Discussing

Non-Fiction

1

Text-Based

2

Build Knowledge

3

Write

frm Sources4Complex

Reflect on HOW you will incorporate the ideas viewed into your

practice.Slide6

SAMPLE Literacy lessons at the grade

bands

:

ELEMENTARY

SCHOOL

Read, Write, Think

– keyword search,

Christopher Columbus

MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL:

New York Times, The Learning Network –

Current Events

– click on “Lesson Plan” icon

C-E-R Article Analysis Template

– to use with Mandela article

Complete the Chart on your Agenda: Describe one new way you could incorporate this lesson-type into your practice.

CONNECT

Informational

Text to Classroom PracticeNew York Times, The Learning Network – Current EventsSlide7

Connecting ideas, read

articles:

READ:

Visual Literacy, Ch. 3,

Media Literacy in the K-12 Classroom

REVIEW:

Visual

Literacy

VIEW:

Visual Literacy Across the Curriculum

What ideas are connected in the

graphic

to the left?

How would this information benefit how you use visuals during classroom

instrution

?

CONNECT

Another way to connect with Informational Text…What does this LOOK like?Popular Graphic Arts, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs, LC-USZC2-2373Slide8

Using the Tools learned in this Module –

Identify ways

instruction around Informational text is relevant

to

your teaching.

Where

will you begin to incorporate lessons learned?What support do you need to get started?

Time to ReflectSlide9

Stanford

Read Like a Historian

Economics

Council for Economic Education – Resources

Informational Text Strategies

- K-5 Teaching & Learning Strategies2009 National Council for Social Studies Ways to teach about informational literacy Harvard Graduate School of Education

Artful ThinkingMacomb ISD Reading Strategies and Writing Stragegies

ReadWriteThink K-12 LessonsKeyword Search Social Studies

Additional ResourcesSlide10

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 graphicsTeaching with Midwest Region – for the content references

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