Morning Session: Social Studies and Science Essential Standards

IRT Meeting

September 9, 2011

Morning Session: Social Studies and Science Essential Standards

Eschools

Current C&I Updates:

Make sure that either you or someone from your school attends IReady (formerly known as Prescriptive Instruction) training
Students need to do both Diagnostic test (1st) and complete the lessons

Big Universe
Used this summer in Title I summer school – online ebooks, about 3000 books, also has a writing feature where students can write and edit their stories, students can also post about books that they’ve read and this goes out to all students in the system, kind of like a “social network” for students, home and school use
$995/year right now
$1400/year as of January
PBWorks Wiki
New and improved IRT Wiki
Everyone received an email from Jean Monroe with the link
Let Jean Monroe and Sherri Miller know what we would like on the Wiki Space

FYI about Report Cards

If your teachers put an exclamation point in their report card comments, it WILL NOT SAVE the comments
Spell check is not working
Mr. Fisher is going to call to check about these

Overview of Essential Standards

Science and SS both come from National Standards
NC will probably not adopt the National Standards
Essential standards have been written using Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy
Change: no longer an arrow to show a hierarchy of cognitive processes
From teaching and learning topically to teaching and learning conceptually
Principles and generalizations, concepts, topic, facts
Concepts:
timeless, universal, transferable, abstract and broad, examples share common attributes, represented by 1-12 words
history, cultural geography, civics and economics
2011-2012 Roll Out Plan

Digging Deeper into Social Studies

K-12 Mapping View
Five Essential Standards: H: history, C&G: civics and government, G: geography and environmental literacy, E: economics and personal financial literacy, C: culture
Activity: Build a Map
History standard, K-12
Figure out the progression of the standards, K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12 using statements related to the standards
K-2 Resources
SS Support Documents posted on old and new Wiki (text comparison to New Essential Standards, NC SS Essential Standards, order form for kits) under “Curriculum Updates”
We will be given options for purchasing a kit
The Harcourt adoption leveled books do not have the text features that are included in the new standards, but the new kit books do
link where we can access essential standards, RttT, Support Tools, Professional Standards, unpacking the standards
In the search box, type “Common Core and Essential Standards PD” – this will give you the essential standard, crosswalks, unpacking documents, DPI Curriculum Units, etc.
Kelly Swartzel sent the standards links in a email to IRT’s

Digging Deeper into Science

Essential Standards will be implemented and assessed 2012-2013 school year
Within each standard are clarifying objectives
Revised Bloom’s language is used
Videos: elementary students vs. Harvard grads explaining how a maple seed becomes a tree
Want our students to start understanding science concepts at an early age to be able to explain these concepts as they move through school and into life – this makes us scientifically literate
It is essential that our students understand the big ideas and how they connect
Teachers need to be adept at the science kit components and science notebooking

K-12 Mapping
Activity: Build a Map to relate the statements to the standards – flow of matter and energy in ecosystems
1st draft of Crosswalk standards can be found on the science Wiki
Three Essential Standards: E: Earth Science, P: Physical Science, L: Life Science
Example: K.E.1.1: Kindergarten, Earth Science, 1st Essential Standard, 1st Clarifying Objective
Elementary Science Wiki
Can be accessed via CMAPP (resources, science, grade level, WCPSS Science Wiki)
Overview of science essentials can be found here
K-5 vertical alignment of science units
Teacher guide overview (voice thread)
Navigating CMAPP
Structure of inquiry- based science
Formative assessment probes
Science notebooks
K-2 Resources (all info found on Science Wiki - K-2 Recommendations to Transition to NC Essential Standards for Science
Kindergarten will only teach 3 kits with the new standards (animals, weather, investigating properties)
Comparing and Measuring unit is moving to 1st grade
Solids and Liquids moving from 1st to 2nd
Observing the moon and keeping a calendar objective from 1st grade will move to 2nd grade, Air and Weather unit
2nd and 3rd grade both have standards/objectives about change. This will be a big concept for 3rd grade and will eventually move to 3rd grade. Will discuss this more in detail in the spring.