Experiment, take risks, and enjoy the process! Take some time to talk to your colleagues - share your ideas and collaborate with teachers. Be intentional in developing literacy skills found in the Common Core State Standards. Reading, writing, speaking and listening and language skills are critically important to meet the goal of the social studies to prepare students for civic engagement. Utilize the deep content knowledge and concepts found in social studies as a context for developing important literacy skills. The two subject areas are optimized when they work hand-in-hand. Explore ways to help English Learners meet the instructional goals of your lesson while at the same time develop English language competencies. Conclusion Share your work with the social studies community and the general public. Make presentations at staff meetings, local, state, or national conferences. Submit articles in journals and periodicals. Your hard work and dedication will urge educators, policymakers, the business community, and the public at large, to promote social studies education as a vital element of every child’s education. This collective action will help us realize the civic mission of our schools - to prepare all students for college, career, and citizenship in the 21st century. C3 Framework INDICATORS: Grades K-2 Connections to the C3 Indicators Sample Items Application Common Core State Standards Construction Compelling Compelling questions focus on enduring issues and concerns. They deal with Questions curiosities about how things work; interpretations and applications of Individually and with others, disciplinary concepts; and unresolved issues students construct compelling that require students to construct arguments questions and… in response. By the end of Grade 2: Example: D1.1.K-2. Explain why the compelling Why do we need rules? question is important to the student. D1.2.K-2. Identify disciplinary ideas associated with a compelling question. Constructing Supporting In contrast, supporting questions focus on descriptions, definitions, and processes on Questions which there is general agreement within the social studies disciplines, and require Individually and with others, students to construct explanations that students construct supporting advance claims of understanding in questions and… response. By the end of Grade 2: Example: D1.3.K-2. Identify facts and concepts What are some rules that families follow? associated with a supporting question.
Experiment, take risks, and enjoy the process! Take some time to talk to your colleagues - share your ideas and collaborate with teachers. Be intentional in developing literacy skills found in the Common Core State Standards. Reading, writing, speaking and listening and language skills are critically important to meet the goal of the social studies to prepare students for civic engagement. Utilize the deep content knowledge and concepts found in social studies as a context for developing important literacy skills. The two subject areas are optimized when they work hand-in-hand. Explore ways to help English Learners meet the instructional goals of your lesson while at the same time develop English language competencies. Conclusion Share your work with the social studies community and the general public. Make presentations at staff meetings, local, state, or national conferences. Submit articles in journals and periodicals. Your hard work and dedication will urge educators, policymakers, the business community, and the public at large, to promote social studies education as a vital element of every child’s education. This collective action will help us realize the civic mission of our schools - to prepare all students for college, career, and citizenship in the 21st century. C3 Framework INDICATORS: Grades K-2 C3 Indicators Sample Items Application Connections to the Common Core State Standards Construction Compelling Questions Individually and with others, students construct compelling questions and… By the end of Grade 2: D1.1.K-2. Explain why the compelling question is important to the student. D1.2.K-2. Identify disciplinary ideas associated with a compelling question. Compelling questions focus on enduring issues and concerns. They deal with curiosities about how things work; interpretations and applications of disciplinary concepts; and unresolved issues that require students to construct arguments in response. Example: Why do we need rules? Constructing Supporting Questions Individually and with others, students construct supporting questions and… By the end of Grade 2: D1.3.K-2. Identify facts and concepts associated with a supporting question. In contrast, supporting questions focus on descriptions, definitions, and processes on which there is general agreement within the social studies disciplines, and require students to construct explanations that advance claims of understanding in response. Example: What are some rules that families follow?
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