1. Curriculum Power Session
Summer 2015

2. Proposed SS Standards
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Timeline:
In review until December
Slated to start August state board approval*
Not tested until 2017*
*Both candidates for governor are running on a platform to repeal common core

3. New Standards New Proposed Standards By grade level
15 Comprehensive Anchor Statements (Built around 4 strands: Civic Mindedness, Geographic Reasoning, Economic Decision-Making, Historical Thinking)
Each grade level has 15 standards built from the common 15 Comprehensive Anchor Statements)
Include Practices in the Inquiry Cycle (Questioning, Evaluating Sources, Communicating, Engaging in Disciplinary Thinking)
Storyline for each grade level: K-Why, 1- How, 2nd – Explore and Discover My Role, 3rd – Working Together, 4th –Relationships, 5th – Change and Impact, 6th – Making Meaning, 7th- Cause and Effect, 8th –Participating in Change, HS- Stewards of Democracy
Content (Context) defined locally*

4. Science
Slated for Assessment 2017*

5. Implications for Your Classroom
Social Studies and Science must still be taught in EVERY grade level with respect to the time it takes to do it correctly
Science and SS is an extension of your literacy plan…Informational Reading and Writing, Speaking, Listening and Research are to be focused on in context during this time.
Every grade level must be teaching their Science standards NOW or there will be serious gaps in 2017 the way the standards are currently written. They do not repeat year to year like KCAS Primary Standards.
K-3 is 4/5ths of the assessed standards, they must not be short changed at the primary level.
5th and 6th Science is two thirds of the middle school science curriculum. It MUST not be short changed at the elementary level.
SS- will be learning how to use the Inquiry Cycle and begin preparing for the shift. Content will not change at this point for any grade level with the exception of possibly 6th for the school year.
Master schedules MUST show adequate time for social studies and science at the elementary level in EVERY grade level. Daily classroom schedules should reflect this.

6. Standards Resources: ELA/Math
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7. Reading Strategies for SS and Science
Explicit Instruction of Strategies during SS and Science
Developing Vocabulary
Using and Building Prior Knowledge
Using Prediction and Inference
Using Think-Alouds and Monitoring Comprehension
Questioning
Summarizing
Using Visual Representations and Mental Imagery
Using Text Structures and Text Features
Using Multiple Reading Comprehension Strategies Instruction

8. Developing Vocabulary
Word Wall
Knowledge Rating Scale
Rating Vocabulary
Root Word Tree
Root Word Map
Roots/Prefixes/Suffixes Chart
Concept of Definition Map
Frayer Model
Semantic Word Map
Vocabulary Diagram

9. Using and Building Prior Knowledge
KWL Chart
Concept Map
Frame
List Group Label
Think Sheet
Using Prediction and Inference Overview
Picture Prediction
Ext and Subtext
Anticipation Guide
Wordsplash
Preview

10. Using Think-Alouds and Monitoring Comprehension Overview
Preparing for the Topic Think-Aloud
Look for Important Information Think- Aloud
Activate Prior Knowledge Think-Aloud
Determine the Meanings Think-Aloud
Predict Think-Aloud
Ask Questions Think-Aloud

11. Questioning Previewing the Text Through Questioning
Scaffolding Readers Questions
Coding the Text
ReQuest
Question Journal
Beat the Teacher
Questioning the Author

12. Summarizing Overview Read. Cover, Remember, Retell
Rank-Ordering Retell
GIST
Key Words
Very Important Points
Guided Reading and Summarizing Procedure

13. Using Visual Representations and Mental Imagery Overview
Guided Imagery
Talking Drawings
Imagine, Elaborate, Predict and Confirm
Sketching through Text
Visual Presentation
Examining Visuals

14. Using Text and Features
Textbook Scavenger Hunt
Table of Contents Predictions
Creating Captions
Flag Words
Graphic Organizers
Constructing Informational Text

15. Using Multiple Reading Comprehension Strategies Instruction Overview
Reciprocal Teaching
Concept-Oriented Reading Instruction
Student Achieving Independent Learning
Collaborative Strategic Reading
Question-Answer Relationship