1. Social Studies CCRS for Grades 6-12 (Reading and Writing to Deepen Content) Quarterly Meeting 1 Turn Around Training

2. Agenda Introductions Dr. Bice’s 2020 Plan Alabama Insight GRIT CCRS Quarterly Meeting #1 – Review

3. Dr. Bice’s 2020 Plan 90% graduation Rate http://www.bizjournals.com/birmingham/morning_call/2014/09/dr-tommy-bice-talks-about- helping-students-with.html http://www.bizjournals.com/birmingham/morning_call/2014/09/dr-tommy-bice-talks-about- helping-students-with.html

4. Alabama’s 2020 Learners Objectives 1. All students perform at or above proficiency and show continuous improvement (achievement/growth). 2. All students succeed (gap closure). 3. Every student graduates from high school (grad rate). 4. Every student graduates high school prepared (college and career readiness).

5. Plan 2020 STRATEGIES for Learners Develop and implement a unified PreK through 12 College and Career Readiness Plan Develop and adopt college- and career ready aligned standards in all core subject areas Develop and disseminate a model curriculum framework Create and implement a balanced and meaningful assessment and accountability system Develop and implement a unified School Readiness Plan

6. Alabama Insight Teachers will need to create a personal workspace on ALEX.

7. www.alabamagrit.org Facebook.com/AlabamaGRIT @AlabamaGRIT, #reallearning Communication (Graduate Ready. Impact Tomorrow.)

9. Social Studies CCRS for Grades 6-12 (Reading and Writing to Deepen Content) Quarterly Meeting 1- REVIEW INFORMATION PRESENTED AT MEETING

10. Session Outcome Participants will: Social Studies Standards Alabama College and Career Ready Literacy Standards for Reading and Writing in Grades 6-12 Deepen their understanding of how to incorporate the Social Studies Standards and the Alabama College and Career Ready Literacy Standards for Reading and Writing in Grades 6-12 into lesson plans meeting the criteria listed on the EQuIP Quality Review Rubric.

11. Possesses the knowledge and skills needed to enroll and succeed in credit- bearing, first-year courses at a two- or four-year college, trade school, technical school, without the need for remediation. Possesses the ability to apply core academic skills to real-world situations through collaboration with peers in problem solving, precision, and punctuality in delivery of a product, and has a desire to be a life- long learner. Prepared Graduate Defined

12. Prepared Graduate Hard Skills Students know something! KNOW how to do a job! Soft Skills Things needed to DO or APPLY in order to keep a job They know what to do with it? Can they apply their knowledge? Apply it to various situations!

13. How Are the Literacy Standards Organized? What are Anchor Standards. Discuss with your group how these build and increase in rigor from band to band. http://alex.state.al.us/ccrs/sites/alex.state.al.us.ccr s/files/Literacy_Standards_0.pdf http://alex.state.al.us/ccrs/sites/alex.state.al.us.ccr s/files/Literacy_Standards_0.pdf

14. How Are the Literacy Standards Related to the Content Standards? academiccontent standards The academic content standards for social studies are located in our course of study. literacy standards The literacy standards are vehicles to help our students access the content we are teaching. Literacy Standards are also located in the Social Studies Course of Study in the appendix section.

15. Read across the grade bands starting with standard one. What do you notice? Have some table discussion about these standards and how they fit into your current lessons. Let’s examine the Literacy Standards for Reading & Writing

16. Video demonstrating how a teacher uses reading & writing standards to help students better understand the content Video demonstrating how a teacher uses reading & writing standards to help students better understand the content. https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/reading-like-a- historian-sourcing https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/literacy-analysis- lesson

17. Tidbits Types of Writing Argumentative Informational/Explanatory Writing Narrative Writing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jt_2jI010WU&fea ture=player_embedded

18. HELPFUL RESOURCES IN PLANNING AND CONTENT APPLICATION

19. How to get to the New Insight Tool on ALEX (Facilitators: You may wish to go to the New Insight Tool to show the participants.) a)Go to ALEX at http://alex.state.al.us/http://alex.state.al.us/ b)Click in Personal Workspace c)Click on Create a New Account if you don’t have one already. d)Click on the blue tab, Alabama Insight Tool. e)Click on Literacy in All Content Areas or Social Studies The Headings Stand For: 1.CCR Standard 2.Standard’s ID 3.Grade 4.Evidence of Student Attainment 5.Teacher Vocabulary 6.Knowledge 7.Skills 8.Understanding 9.Custom Fields (4)

23. Let’s Look Again At The EQuIP Quality Review Rubric https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/peer-review-for- better-ela-lessons-equip

25. The Rubric Organizes Criteria That Describe Quality Lessons/Units Criteria that define the rubric are organized to describe quality in four dimensions. Slide taken from Tri-State Quality Review Rubric & Process (Achieve)

27. Home Work Bring a Lesson. You can get one on ALEX or from someone else.

28. Links ALEX http://alex.state.al.us/ccrs/node/312 Dr. Bice speaks to teachers at CCRS QM 1 Training http://www.alsde.edu/sec/comm/Pages/pressroom.aspx Dr. Bice speaks to Birmingham Business Journal http://www.bizjournals.com/birmingham/morning_call/2014/09/dr-tommy-bice-talks-about-helping-students-with.html GRIT http://alex.state.al.us/ccrs/sites/alex.state.al.us.ccrs/files/FINAL_GRIT_Brochure_Oct13.pdf Insight Teacher Work Space http://alex.state.al.us/ccrs/sites/alex.state.al.us.ccrs/files/Alabama_Insight_Flyer.pdf Literacy Standards for grades 6-12 http://alex.state.al.us/ccrs/sites/alex.state.al.us.ccrs/files/Literacy_Standards_0.pdf Videos demonstrating how a teacher uses reading & writing standards https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/reading-like-a-historian-sourcing https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/literacy-analysis-lesson Types of writing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jt_2jI010WU&feature=player_embedded EQuIP Quality Review Rubric http://alex.state.al.us/ccrs/sites/alex.state.al.us.ccrs/files/EQuIP%20Rubric%20Review%20Process%20Forms.pdf

29. End of this Session Before You Leave Today!