A look at how to successfully integrate Social Studies and ELAR with actionable examples.

1. January 2014
HEB ISD

2. * This Is Who I Am …
Aubrey & Caroline’s
Mommy

3. 01
TODAY’S GOAL...
From Frustration To
Enlightenment

4. 02
EXPECTATIONS
FOR TODAY
Please place
phones on
silence or
vibrate
Enjoy this
time to focus
on learning
Everyone
participates
Take care of
yourself as
necessary

5. 03
* 3-2-1 Bridge
WITH A PARTNER ON A NOTECARD…….
Three Words
Write down three
words that come to
mind when you
think of Social
Studies and ELAR
integration.
Two Question
Write down two
questions that
quickly come to
mind about the
integration of Social
Studies and ELAR.
One Metaphor
Write down one
metaphor or simile
that comes to mind
when you think of
integrating Social
Studies and ELAR.

6. 04
* Why is it so important that we
integrate?
40%
36%
37%
UNDERSTANDING & ANALYZING INFORMATIONAL TEXT

7. 05
* this is also
why it is
important

8. 06
* How have expectations shifted?
“
Duke, Nell K. Starting Out: Practices to Use in K-3
, Educational Leadership 2013

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* What does TEA say about this?
* A greater depth of understanding of complex
content material can be attained when integrated
social studies content from the various disciplines
and critical-thinking skills are taught together.

10. 08
* Let’s complete a turn and talk
01.
Person A: How has the
expectations for young
children changed?
02.
Person B: How has this
change affected your
teaching?

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Let’s Get This Out Of The
*
Way…
* This is what
we do…
VIDEO

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* Today…
01.
02.
Making Thinking Visible Strategies Project Zero Harvard
Literacy Station Ideas

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* When integrating…
Make sure it:
Focuses on the TEKS (ELAR and SS)
Utilizes engaging strategies
Naturally lends itself to continuous improvement

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* Focus on the TEKS
Figure 19
Discuss the purpose for reading and
listening to various texts
Ask and respond to questions about
text
Monitor and adjust comprehension
Make inferences
Retell, act out, or summarize
important events in stories
Make connections to own
experiences and to the larger
community
Social Studies Process Skills
Obtain information about a topic
using a variety of resources
Express ideas orally based on
knowledge and experiences
Create and interpret visual and
written material
Use a problem solving process
Use a decision-making process
Use standard grammar, spelling,
sentence structure, and punctuation
Identify main idea, fact and opinion,
cause and effect, and categorize
information

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* Let’s Start With The TEKS
“
“
1.11A - Explain the purpose for rules and laws
in the home, school, and community.
1.11B - Identify rules and laws that establish
order, provide security, and manage conflict.

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* Using Think-Puzzle-Explore to introduce
a topic
1.
2.
3.
What do you
think you know
about rules and
laws?
What puzzles
you about rules
and laws?
How would you
explore and learn
more about rules
and laws?

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* What is this text mostly about?
ELAR– 1.14A - Restate the main idea heard or read
ELAR – Figure 19C – Monitor and adjust
comprehension
Social Studies Process Skill – 1.18B – Create and
interpret visual and written material.
Social Studies Process Skill – 1.17B – Obtain
information about a topic using valid visual
sources

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CHALK TALK
This routine asks students to
think about ideas, questions,
or problems by silently
responding in writing both to
the prompt and to the
thoughts of others.
All students can participate in
the open-ended and
exploratory nature of the
routine.

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* Main Idea Literacy Station
?
What are these pages
mostly about?
?
What are these pages
mostly about?

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Let’s Look At
Benjamin Franklin
1.13B – Citizenship - Identify
historical figures such as
Benjamin Franklin, Francis Scott
Key, and Eleanor Roosevelt who
have exemplified good
citizenship
3.1B identify
individuals, including PierreCharles L'Enfant, Benjamin
Banneker, and Benjamin
Franklin, who have helped to
shape communities;

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* Resources To Help You
http://www.texasbar.com/iwasthefirst/index.html

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* Historical Figure
Station Idea

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* Primary
Historical Figure
Station Idea

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* Vocabulary – Station
?
Questions to talk about when you are
completing read alouds:




Does the author explain what the word means?
Does the rest of the page help?
Do the graphics provide clues?
Is there a glossary?

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• Read the word
and words
around it
• Look at the
pictures
• Is there a
glossary?
• Draw a picture or
write a sentence.

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Pick a word that you
don’t already know
the definition of.

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* Let’s talk about graphics in text
 Recent research indicates that 60 percent of graphics in
informational texts for 2nd and 3rd graders convey
information not available in the written text (Fingeret, 2012).
Comprehension of graphical devices is a stronger predictor of
overall comprehension of informational text than several
other known predictors, including words read correctly per
minute, listening comprehension, cognitive flexibility, attitude
toward reading, and individual word reading skill, and is
second only to vocabulary knowledge (Roberts &
Norman, 2012).

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* Let’s study graphics
1
Begin by giving students time to examine a graphic.
2
Ask, "What do you see in this graphic?"
3
"What do you see that makes you say that?“
4
"What else do you see?"

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* See – Think - Wonder
What do you see?
What do you think about that?
What does it make you wonder?

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* Take a look
at a picture

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* Step Inside
?
What is this person doing?
?
What do you think this person is thinking?
?
What would this person say?

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* Writing in Social Studies
Keys to remember:
Build on their prior knowledge through language
before they write
Talk before we write
I heard – encourages first time listeners
Top 5 List

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* Ways to check for understanding
Let’s have a Snowball fight!
Who was the first Hispanic member of the Texas Supreme Court?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Raul Gonzalez
Cesar Chavez
Willie Amos
Jose Antonio Navarro

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* How do you play Snowball Fight with Kinder and 1st
Graders?
Which of these is a picture of a globe?
A
B

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I Used To Think…
Now I Think…
With a partner on a notecard…
Write down I used to
think and answer what
you used to think about
Social Studies and ELAR
integration
Write down Now I think
and answer what you now
think about Social
Studies and ELAR
integration

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* Let’s talk
April Chiarelli
aprilchiarelli@hotmail.com

37. Thanks for your time.
*
Have a great day!