Social Studies CCRS for Grades 6-12

(Reading and Writing to Deepen Content)

Quarterly Meeting 1Turn Around Training

Agenda• Introductions• Dr. Bice’s 2020 Plan• Alabama Insight• GRIT• CCRS Quarterly Meeting #1 – Review

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Dr. Bice’s 2020 Plan

• 90% graduation Rate

• http://www.bizjournals.com/birmingham/morning_call/2014/09/dr-tommy-bice-talks-about-helping-students-with.html

Alabama’s 2020 LearnersObjectives1. All students perform at orabove proficiency and showcontinuous improvement(achievement/growth).2. All students succeed (gap closure).3. Every student graduates fromhigh school (grad rate).4. Every student graduates highschool prepared (college and careerreadiness).

Plan 2020 STRATEGIES for Learners• Develop and implement a unified PreK

through 12 College and Career Readiness Plan

• Develop and adopt college- and career ready aligned standards in all core subject areas

• Develop and disseminate a model curriculum framework

• Create and implement a balanced and meaningful assessment and accountability system

• Develop and implement a unified School Readiness Plan

Alabama Insight

• Teachers will need to create a personal workspace on ALEX.

www.alabamagrit.orgFacebook.com/AlabamaGRIT@AlabamaGRIT, #reallearning

Communication

(Graduate Ready. Impact Tomorrow.)

Social Studies CCRS for Grades 6-12

(Reading and Writing to Deepen Content)

Quarterly Meeting 1-REVIEW INFORMATION

PRESENTED AT MEETING

Session OutcomeParticipants will:Deepen their understanding of how to incorporate the Social Studies Standards and the Alabama College and Career Ready Literacy Standards for Reading and Writing in Grades 6-12 into lesson plans meeting the criteria listed on the EQuIP Quality Review Rubric.

Possesses the knowledge and skills needed to enroll and succeed in credit-bearing, first-year courses at a two- or four-year college, trade school, technical school, without the need for remediation.

Possesses the ability to apply core academic skills to real-world situations through collaboration with peers in problem solving, precision, and punctuality in delivery of a product, and has a desire to be a life-long learner.

Prepared Graduate Defined

Prepared GraduateHard Skills• Students know

something!• KNOW how to

do a job!

Soft Skills• Things needed to

DO or APPLY in order to keep a job

• They know what to do with it?

• Can they apply their knowledge?

• Apply it to various situations!

How Are the Literacy Standards Organized?

• What are Anchor Standards.

• Discuss with your group how these build and increase in rigor from band to band.

• http://alex.state.al.us/ccrs/sites/alex.state.al.us.ccrs/files/Literacy_Standards_0.pdf

How Are the Literacy Standards Related to the Content Standards?• The academic content standards for social

studies are located in our course of study. • The literacy standards are vehicles to help

our students access the content we are teaching.

• Literacy Standards are also located in the Social Studies Course of Study in the appendix section.

•Read across the grade bands starting with standard one.•What do you notice?

•Have some table discussion about these standards and how they fit into your current lessons.

Let’s examine the Literacy Standards for Reading & Writing

Video demonstrating how a teacher uses reading & writing standards to help students better understand the content.

https://

www.teachingchannel.org/videos/reading-like-a-historian-sourcinghttps://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/literacy-analysis-lesson

TidbitsTypes of Writing

ArgumentativeInformational/Explanatory Writing

Narrative Writing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jt_2jI010WU&feature=player_embedded

HELPFUL RESOURCES IN PLANNING

ANDCONTENT APPLICATION

How to get to the New Insight Tool on ALEX (Facilitators: You may wish to go to the New Insight Tool to show the participants.)

a) Go to ALEX at http://alex.state.al.us/ b) Click in Personal Workspacec) Click on Create a New Account if you don’t have one already. d) Click on the blue tab, Alabama Insight Tool.e) Click on Literacy in All Content Areas or Social Studies

The Headings Stand For:1. CCR Standard2. Standard’s ID3. Grade4. Evidence of Student Attainment 5. Teacher Vocabulary6. Knowledge 7. Skills 8. Understanding9. Custom Fields (4)

Social Studies Section of the Insight Tool

Let’s Look Again At The

EQuIP Quality Review Rubric

https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/peer-review-for-better-ela-lessons-equip

The Rubric Organizes Criteria That Describe Quality Lessons/Units

Criteria that define the rubric are organized to describe quality in four dimensions.

Slide taken from Tri-State Quality Review Rubric & Process (Achieve)

Home Work

Bring a Lesson.You can get one on ALEX or from

someone else.

LinksALEXhttp://alex.state.al.us/ccrs/node/312 Dr. Bice speaks to teachers at CCRS QM 1 Traininghttp://www.alsde.edu/sec/comm/Pages/pressroom.aspx Dr. Bice speaks to Birmingham Business Journalhttp://www.bizjournals.com/birmingham/morning_call/2014/09/dr-tommy-bice-talks-about-helping-students-with.html GRIThttp://alex.state.al.us/ccrs/sites/alex.state.al.us.ccrs/files/FINAL_GRIT_Brochure_Oct13.pdf Insight Teacher Work Spacehttp://alex.state.al.us/ccrs/sites/alex.state.al.us.ccrs/files/Alabama_Insight_Flyer.pdf Literacy Standards for grades 6-12http://alex.state.al.us/ccrs/sites/alex.state.al.us.ccrs/files/Literacy_Standards_0.pdf Videos demonstrating how a teacher uses reading & writing standardshttps://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/reading-like-a-historian-sourcinghttps://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/literacy-analysis-lesson Types of writing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jt_2jI010WU&feature=player_embedded EQuIP Quality Review Rubrichttp://alex.state.al.us/ccrs/sites/alex.state.al.us.ccrs/files/EQuIP%20Rubric%20Review%20Process%20Forms.pdf

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