Social Studies Curriculum and Instruction Learner support
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Social Studies Curriculum and Instruction
Learner support
Ramona Savage
Elementary Coordinator
~ Growing Global CitizensWho Critical Think ~
Agenda Welcome – Life in Pictures MISD Social Studies Mission WHAT?
• Curriculum Updates• Year at a Glance• Report Card Competencies• TEKS - Definitions & Big Questions• Building Blocks Essential
HOW?• Materials• Resources• Professional Development• Creating CONNECTIONS - Notebooks
Creating Critical Thinkers!
Life Happens in Pictures
WHO WE ARE… Choose a picture that most tells about
your summer? After each have chosen a picture, tell
why this picture had a personal connection to you
Introduce yourself to the group
Social Studies Mission The mission of MISD Social Studies is to develop opportunities for learning through a rigorous and relevant curriculum that engages students in a 21st century way through creativity, collaboration, communication, and critical thinking so as to prepare them to do the following as citizens:
Develop the ability to make informed and reasoned decisions for the public good
Become responsible citizens of a culturally diverse and democratic society
Positively interact in an interdependent, global world.
WHAT’s it All About?
What curriculum is given by MISD?
What standards are given by state?
What will be the focus on for each grade level?
K-3 Curriculum Update
Located in Elementary Curriculum Planner
What’s New?• Incorporated historical figures
included in social studies TEKS• Lesson sequence/content has
minimal changes• Assessments aligned
4-5 Curriculum Update
Located in SchoolNet
What’s New?• Incorporated historical figures
included in social studies TEKS• Lesson format update• Assessment aligned• ELAR connections
Curriculum Documents
Pacing GuideYear at a Glance
Assessment Documents Report card competencies reflect
TEKS Some competencies will remain
open for each quarter based on developmental growth. i.e. create simple timelines
Report Card CompetenciesAssessment Calendar
The BIG FOCUS
Where to put your FOCUS FOCUS on grade level standards FOCUS on building solid foundation to next
year FOCUS on vertical alignment FOCUS on making connections
Site to TEA elementary social studies TEKS: http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/rules/tac/chap
ter113/ch113a.html#113.11
Points to Remember…
“Including” statements • mandated by state to include
“Such as” statements • local will determine which to include
Additional points to read:• Introduction to each strand• Role of U.S. free enterprise system • Definition of constitutional republic • Celebrate Freedom Week and Constitution Day • Statement regarding actions and the ideals in the
founding documents
Assessment in Mind
World History 2011-2012
(6)(A) The student is expected to:summarizecompare the major political, economic, social, and cultural developments of the Maya, Inca, and Aztec civilization
Previously: World History (6)(B) summarize the major political, economic, and cultural developments of civilizations in Mesoamerica and Andean South America
Building Blocks PK-12
Pre-K – people and world
around you
K - home, family,
classroom, community
1st - classroom,
school, community
2nd – local, community,
state & nation
3rd - local communities
and world diversity
4th - Texas
5th – U.S. History - since
1565
6th - World Cultures
7th - Texas History
8th - U.S. History - 1877
9th - World Geography
10th - World History
11th – U.S. History - since
1877
12th - Government
and Economics
Pre-K: 4 strands – people, past/present, economics, geography, citizenshipK-12: 8 strands – history; geography; economics; government; citizenship; culture; science, technology, and society; and social studies skills
Vertical Alignment Document
Seeing the details in the BIG picture 5th grade Priorities resource New TEKS foldable for K-5
FOCUSING ON THEWHAT: CurriculumHOW: Instruction
LET’S MOVE TO…HOW?
How we will deliver instruction to students?
How we will facilitate the learning in our classrooms using the curriculum?
Materials Non-Consumables are campus materials. These materials are not
grade specific materials.
• Stacking Cups/Globes (K-2) Were ordered for K-1, but can be facilitated for SS concepts in other grades.
K TEKS ~ K4.C 1st TEKS ~ 1.5B
Located in Science Lab
• Mind Missions (4-5) Each Campus should have 2 kits for both 4th/5th grades Each campus is responsible for consumables – WISH TREE Located in Professional Library
• Hands-on History Bags (3-5) Each campus has three Located in Professional Library
Embedded Resources
Grades K-3:• Texas Treasures correlations added• Within lessons on Elementary Planner in OI overview
Teacher Resources
Grades K-2 & 3-5 Differentiating Instruction with Menus:
Social Studies
Biography Resources
Elementary Social Studies Common Folder on Shared Drive Biographies Bio Cards
Professional Development
Extravaganza Sessions• Centers/Stations, Vocabulary and Notebooks
(Grades K-3)• OI Training for OI1 (Grades K-3)• Getting to the Source Using Primary Sources
(Grades 4-5)
Throughout YEAR Sessions• Social Studies Notebooks (K-5)• Mind Missions (Grades 4-5)• Primary Sources (Grades 4-5)
How We Facilitate Learning
How We Engage Students Resources/Materials:
• State Adopted Textbooks (ALL): online grades 1-5• Authentic Literature: Nonfiction/Fiction• History Hands-On Bags: Soldier, Slave, or Native American• Mind Missions: Grades 4-6• Play-Dough Economics: Texas Economic Council• Maps 101 • Safari Montage• Technology tools – IPADs, IPODs
Additional Opportunities:• Collin McKinney Digital Storytelling Festival – partnership with
MPAC• Chestnut Square Outreach: Grades 4-5
How We Make Connections Skills:
• Sequencing• Categorizing• Cause and effect• Compare/contrast• Main idea• Summarizing• Predicting• Inferencing• Point of View
Using: Primary and secondary sources, maps, graphs, and charts
STAAR Grades K-5:
• The key to success on the 8th Grade Social Studies STAAR and the 9th Grade Geography EOC is to place our FOCUS on building deep content knowledge of social studies concepts in ALL grade levels.
• What’s the news? View Video of Social Studies STAAR Assessment http://www5.esc13.net/tv/core/#link641964327001 Items cognitively more challenging Readiness & Supporting Standards Process Skills will be dual coded with Content
Standards
Set the Stage for Success
Knowing the WHAT – curriculum Customizing the HOW – teaching
We will shine on the STAAR – not for state’s expectation but for the expectation of the child that will grow and use their learning throughout their life!
Let’s Try…
Read a little Think a little Write/draw a little Talk a little
When all combined, the result is… CRITICAL THINKING!
Connection is Key
“Focusing on the present as a vital link to the past provides
that ongoing teaching moment that makes history come alive.”
~ The Social Studies TexanSummer 2011
MISD SOCIAL STUDIES…Growing global citizens who will be creative,
critical thinkers, who can communicate and collaborate in an
interdependent world.