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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Tools for Teachers:
Connecting Social Studies and the CCSS
Informational Text
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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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