Integration of literacy skills is critical for student success in post-secondary education and to prepare students, teachers must regularly engage students with: Regular practice with complex text and vocabulary. Reading, writing, and speaking grounded in evidence from Using literacy skills to gain knowledge and demonstrate competence in rigorous activities and tasks. Effective Social Studies instruction should model and teach students to effectively manage and analyze information using literacy skills and strategies. This requires consistent demonstration and practice of how to use literacy skills with Social Studies content. Questions (DBQs) and Text Dependent Questions (TDQs) are included in the suggested activities throughout this document. Practice” requires student to regularly engage with challenging texts and requires students to substantiate their answers using “Best evidence taken from the text/passage. implementation of Common Core State Standards is a full-school endeavor, not just a project for math and ELA teachers. The “The Common Core State Standards, in addition to the English Language Arts (ELA) Standards, includes Literacy (reading and writing) standards for the disciplines” of history, social studies, science, and technical subjects for grades 6-12. Teachers of all “specialized grades and subjects can integrate math and literacy skills and activities into their disciplines in order to harness the power of the Common Core to improve student learning across the board.” Source: TN Core To support literacy and language learning across the content areas and support deeper knowledge building in the content area, throughout this curriculum map, you will see high-quality texts from both the textbook(s) and external/supplemental texts to ensure students are reading appropriately complex, worthwhile material. These texts have been evaluated by district staff to ensure that they meet criteria for text complexity--Quantitative, Qualitative, and Reader & Task Factors. Lexile Levels are listed on the Curriculum Maps, and additional information is cited, where available.
Integration of literacy skills is critical for student success in post-secondary education and to prepare students, teachers must regularly engage students with: Regular practice with complex text and vocabulary. Reading, writing, and speaking grounded in evidence from Using literacy skills to gain knowledge and demonstrate competence in rigorous activities and tasks. Effective Social Studies instruction should model and teach students to effectively manage and analyze information using literacy skills and strategies. This requires consistent demonstration and practice of how to use literacy skills with Social Studies content. Questions (DBQs) and Text Dependent Questions (TDQs) are included in the suggested activities throughout this document. “Best Practice” requires student to regularly engage with challenging texts and requires students to substantiate their answers using evidence taken from the text/passage. “The implementation of Common Core State Standards is a full-school endeavor, not just a project for math and ELA teachers. The Common Core State Standards, in addition to the English Language Arts (ELA) Standards, includes Literacy (reading and writing) standards for the “specialized disciplines” of history, social studies, science, and technical subjects for grades 6-12. Teachers of all grades and subjects can integrate math and literacy skills and activities into their disciplines in order to harness the power of the Common Core to improve student learning across the board.” Source: TN Core To support literacy and language learning across the content areas and support deeper knowledge building in the content area, throughout this curriculum map, you will see high-quality texts from both the textbook(s) and external/supplemental texts to ensure students are reading appropriately complex, worthwhile material. These texts have been evaluated by district staff to ensure that they meet criteria for text complexity--Quantitative, Qualitative, and Reader & Task Factors. Lexile Levels are listed on the Curriculum Maps, and additional information is cited, where available.
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