Social Studies Curriculum and Instruction

Learner support

Ramona Savage

Elementary Coordinator

rsavage@mckinneyisd.net

~ 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.