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- School.eb.com & Quest.eb.com Username: illinois (case
sensitive) Password: preview Good through March 31, 2015 Doreen
Wolfgram Curriculum Specialist Doreen@eb.com (513) 834-5692 Brenna
Castagna Education Territory Manager bcastagna@eb.com (800)
621-3900 x 7159 Using Britannica with Literacy Strategies
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- Literacy and the Common Core State Standards Literacy
strategies & modifications How does Britannica Digital Learning
support literacy across the content areas? Using Britannica with
Literacy Strategies White Papers Go To: Info.eb.com 21 st Century
Learning White Papers Teaching Argumentation and Reading for
Evidence with Online Resources Using Online Resources to Build
Critical Thinking Skills
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- Britannica School Features Three levels of online resources for
students and educators (plus The Learning Zone for PK 2 students)
Articles, illustrations, primary source documents, e-books, maps,
and more Accessible on any device, at any time, wherever you are
with responsive design Safe, reliable, up-to-date Access to
high-quality technical help, professional development, and online
training
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- Common Core and State Standards for College and Career
Readiness What will students need to know and be able to do?
Compare and analyze informational text and media Read informational
texts in all content areas Analyze & evaluate information
presented in various forms of media Make use of a variety of media
to express meaning and enhance understanding Gather information,
assess credibility and accuracy of multiple digital and print
sources Build academic and subject-specific vocabulary
http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy
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- Strategy: Ask & Answer: Text-Based Questions Goals /
Objectives: The student will CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.1 Determine
what the text says explicitly & make logical inferences from
it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to
support conclusions drawn from the text. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.W.1
Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive
topics or texts using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient
evidence. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.SL.1 Prepare for and participate
effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations with
diverse partners, building on others' ideas and expressing their
own clearly and persuasively. Additional Standards:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.5; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.10;
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.W.5; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.2 Using
Britannica with Literacy Strategies
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- Strategy: Ask & Answer: Text-Based Questions
Product/Assessment: Rubric, teacher observation Digital Resource:
Britannica School Materials: Elementary: 6 note cards who, what,
where, when, how, why MS or HS: 10 note cards who, what, where,
when, how, why, vocabulary, image, math, scaffold Student
Arrangement: Small groups of 3 5 students Using Britannica with
Literacy Strategies
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- WHOWHATWHEREWHEN HOWWHYVOCAB.IMAGE MATHSCAFFOLD Using
Britannica with Literacy Strategies Elementary: Orange Cards Middle
and High School: Orange and Blue Cards
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- Directions: 1.Read predetermined text section individually or
as a small group 2.One student in the small group picks a QUESTION
WORD CARD 3.All students in small group write a text-based question
using the question word 4.Students share their written text-based
question with the small group 5.Group chooses best question and
edit/revise if necessary 6.Teacher collects ONE QUESTION from EACH
SMALL GROUP 7.Teacher gives ONE QUESTION to EACH SMALL GROUP to
answer individually or as a small group Rubric: 1 point - Answer is
a complete sentence 1 point - Answer restates the prompt 1 point -
Answer uses reasons or evidence from the text as support for their
statement 1 3 points possible for each answer Using Britannica with
Literacy Strategies
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- WHO Strategy: Ask & Answer: Text-Based Questions Question
Examples: Who is one of the presidents carved into Mount Rushmore?
IMAGE How could this picture help someone estimate the size of
Lincolns sculpted face? MATH How many years did it take to complete
the memorial?
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- Strategy: Ask & Answer: Text-Based Questions Lesson Plans:
Elementary: http://eb.com/13620http://eb.com/13620 Middle School:
http://eb.com/13653http://eb.com/13653 High School:
http://eb.com/13638http://eb.com/13638 Try it out! Go to
school.eb.com Search Mount Rushmore Pick a question card Create a
text-based question Share with your neighbor! 10 minutes
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- R.CCRA.7 & SL.CCRA.2 Integrate and evaluate content
presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and
quantitatively, as well as in words. Strategy: Reader Response
Journal Summarize main ideas, record personal reactions to text,
photos, and illustrations. (Creating relevance) Variations:
Twitter-style writing: 140 characters or less Free-writing: 5 10
minutes of written response without concern for writing conventions
Drawing/sketching personal response Record key words/phrases Using
Britannica with Literacy Strategies
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- R.CCRA.7 & SL.CCRA.2 Integrate and evaluate content
presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and
quantitatively, as well as in words. Using Britannica with Literacy
Strategies
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- Britannica Image Quest Nearly 3 Million rights-cleared images
from over 50 of the best collections in the world High-quality,
age-appropriate images to save, print, or email Use for student
research, presentations, posters, comparison with texts, and more
Flexible searching by subject, collection, or key word Safe
searching
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- SRATEGY: Visual dictionary for content-specific vocabulary
Variations: ELL Support: Poster with images of common items with
descriptions in English and other languages Brochures, tri-fold
board displays Illustrations for student writing: fictional
stories, reports, poetry, etc. Standard SL.CCR.5 Make strategic use
of digital media and visual displays to express information and
enhance understanding of presentations.
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- SRATEGY: Introduce a topic, novel, or historical era with a
slide show of images Teaching Literacy Through Social Studies and
Science with Britannica
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- facebook.com/Britannica @BritannicaLearn BritannicaLearn Thanks
for joining us today! Brenna Castagna Education Territory Manager
bcastagna@eb.com (800) 621-3900 x 7159 Doreen Wolfgram Curriculum
Specialist Doreen@eb.com (513) 834-5692 School.eb.com Quest.eb.com
Username: illinois (case sensitive) Password: preview Good through
March 31, 2015