Putting Iowa AEA Online Resources to Work with the Iowa Core

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““While the While the Standards focus on Standards focus on what is most what is most essential, they do essential, they do not describe all that not describe all that can or should be can or should be taught… the aim of taught… the aim of the standards is to the standards is to articulate the articulate the fundamentals…”fundamentals…”Iowa Core English Language Iowa Core English Language Arts & Literacy in Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, History/Social Studies, Science and Technology. Science and Technology. September 7, 2011. p. 6September 7, 2011. p. 6

English English Language Language

Arts & Arts & Literacy Literacy

College and Career College and Career Readiness Anchor Readiness Anchor

StandardsStandards

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To build a foundation for To build a foundation for college readiness…college readiness…

Through extensive reading of stories, Through extensive reading of stories, dramas, poems, and myths and exposure to dramas, poems, and myths and exposure to visual media from diverse cultures and visual media from diverse cultures and different time periods, students gain different time periods, students gain literary and cultural knowledge as well as literary and cultural knowledge as well as familiarity with various text structures and familiarity with various text structures and elements.elements.

BookFlix, TrueFlix, CultureGrams, Learn360


Students develop the capacity to build Students develop the capacity to build knowledge on a subject through research knowledge on a subject through research projects and to respond analytically to projects and to respond analytically to literary and informational sources.literary and informational sources.

Gale eResources, Britannica Online, Teen Health and Wellness, AP Multimedia


Digital texts confront students with the Digital texts confront students with the potential for continually updated content potential for continually updated content and dynamically changing combinations of and dynamically changing combinations of words, graphics, images, hyperlinks, and words, graphics, images, hyperlinks, and embedded video and audio.embedded video and audio.

AP Multimedia, iClipArt, Gale eResources, Teen Health and Wellness


Students need to be able to use technology Students need to be able to use technology strategically when creating, refining, and strategically when creating, refining, and collaborating on writing. They have to collaborating on writing. They have to become adept at gathering information, become adept at gathering information, evaluating sources, and citing material evaluating sources, and citing material accurately, reporting findings from their accurately, reporting findings from their research and analysis of sources in a clear research and analysis of sources in a clear and cogent manner.and cogent manner.

Mathematically proficient Mathematically proficient students…students…

Make sense of problems and persevere in solving themMake sense of problems and persevere in solving them Younger students might rely on using concrete objects or Younger students might rely on using concrete objects or

pictures to help conceptualize and solve a problempictures to help conceptualize and solve a problem

Construct visible arguments and critique the reasoning Construct visible arguments and critique the reasoning of othersof others Elementary students can construct arguments using Elementary students can construct arguments using

concrete referents such as objects, drawings, concrete referents such as objects, drawings, diagrams, and actions. Such arguments can make diagrams, and actions. Such arguments can make sense and be correct, even though they are not sense and be correct, even though they are not generalized or made formal until later grades. Later, generalized or made formal until later grades. Later, students learn to determine domains to which an students learn to determine domains to which an argument applies. Students at all grades can listen argument applies. Students at all grades can listen or read the arguments of others, decide whether or read the arguments of others, decide whether they make sense, and ask useful questions to clarify they make sense, and ask useful questions to clarify or improve the arguments.or improve the arguments.


Model with mathematics.Model with mathematics. They are able to identify important quantities They are able to identify important quantities

in a practical situation and map their in a practical situation and map their relationships using such tools as diagrams, relationships using such tools as diagrams, two-way tables, graphs, flowcharts and two-way tables, graphs, flowcharts and formulas. They can analyze those formulas. They can analyze those relationships mathematically to draw relationships mathematically to draw conclusionsconclusions


Use appropriate tools strategically.Use appropriate tools strategically. When making mathematical models, they When making mathematical models, they

know that technology can enable them to know that technology can enable them to visualize the results of varying assumptions, visualize the results of varying assumptions, explore consequences, and compare explore consequences, and compare predictions with data. Mathematically predictions with data. Mathematically proficient students at various grade levels are proficient students at various grade levels are able to identify relevant external able to identify relevant external mathematical resources, such as digital mathematical resources, such as digital content located on a website, and use them to content located on a website, and use them to pose or solve problems. They are able to use pose or solve problems. They are able to use technological tools to explore and deepen technological tools to explore and deepen their understanding of concepts.their understanding of concepts.

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