Integrating Enrichment with CA Content Standards Cheri Chord Sacramento START

Training Agenda Ice Breaker: Logic Madness Training Goals & Overview Standards At A Glance Balance Programming Games That Build Learning Skills Academic Support: Homework Asst. Q & A

Training Goals Learn to link enrichment activities to academic standards Practice integrating activities to themes to create balanced programming Explore ways to integrate academics with enrichment

Overview The CA curriculum frameworks and the CA academics content standards describe the core curriculum for each subject or content area for K – 12 th grades and provide direction for effectively transmitting the necessary skills, knowledge and understanding to students. Subject areas for CA students include: Foreign LanguagePhysical Education HealthReading/Language Arts History/Social ScienceScience MathematicsVisual & Performing Arts

Overview Many school-age after school programs include an academic enrichment component as part of their daily program. While these programs do not extend the regular school day, they do enhance the school day by providing activities and opportunities for intentional (disguised) learning. Students learn the concepts and skills of the content standards through fun and interactive activities. Knowledge of the content in the curriculum frameworks and the academic content standards being used by your school/school district assists staff in planning appropriately to provide related academic opportunities and support. Such opportunities help the students to be more successful!

Standards-At-A-Glance Language Arts Standards Mathematics Standards

Creating A Balance In Programming It is important to strike a balance with the types of activities made available to students. The after school program setting allows an opportunity for students to explore a variety of interests including building on information, skills and concepts introduced during the school day and to explore new activities that are independent of the regular school day. Identify; 1)Curriculum areas 2)Long & short term activities that might appropriate for after school

Theme Web Activity Break into small groups Materials: a piece of flip chart paper and markers one Theme Web diagram per group resource books for each group Activity: Draw the Theme Web on your flip chart paper Choose a “theme” and write it above the Theme Web Review resource books Write activity names within the web Review & discuss with the large group

Activities in a Balanced Program

Cognitive Activities These activities stimulate children’s thinking and intellectual abilities. Games & activities that reinforce academic skills & concepts Scientific experiments & projects Projects that require critical- thinking & decision-making skills

Language Development Activities These activities reinforce children’s skills in using words effectively in their primary or secondary language. Storytelling Activities that require reading or giving directions Word-based games, such as Scrabble or Password

Social-Emotional Activities These activities provide opportunities for children to interact & learn more about each other & themselves. Games & activities that require teamwork & cooperation & build positive relationships Activities that focus in a positive way on similarities & differences among people & cultural values Activities that increase children’s self- awareness & self-esteem

Ethical Activities These activities help children critically examine their values & those of other people & groups. Role-playing of social or interpersonal problems that develop among the children Discussions to clarify or examine conflicting values or ethical beliefs among the children or between groups

Physical Activities Theses activities provide children with opportunities to learn & strengthen small-and- large motor skills & coordination. Games or activities that encourage running, throwing, & other active play Projects that require fine-motor skills, such as cutting or lacing Activities that build strength & endurance, such as aerobics or physical fitness

Creative Activities These activities encourage children to express themselves in non-programmed, imaginative ways by drawing inspiration from within themselves rather than from external models or directions. Art media, such as drawing, painting, or sculpting Music Drama Puppetry Creative writing Dance Integration of arts through a play, performance, or backyard circus

Planning Sheet Complete the Planning Sheet for one of the activities on your Theme Web Share with the large group

Games that Build Learning Skills Games Grid Music Making Masks Folk Dancing Rhapsody in Color

Academic Support KidzLit KidzMath

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