In order to build civic competence, students must be proficient in reading the texts that are prevalent in various disciplines of the social studies, and students must know how to apply a variety of literacy strategies for reading and
writing social studies texts.
Not exact matches
One of only two
social -
studies series approved by the California state school board last fall, Houghton Mifflin Company's new K - 8
social -
studies texts have been praised by educators for the engaging style in which they are
written and for including discussion of world religions and non-Western cultures.
Reading a primary
text in
social studies requires students to ask questions such as, who
wrote this?
Melody (first author) developed the new literacies course to accomplish three main objectives: (a) to provide teachers with a scholarly foundation in literacy
studies that recognizes how advances in technology influence literacy practices; (b) to support teachers in building their pedagogical knowledge of digital
texts and tools as well as
social practices influencing composing practices; and (c) to provide teachers with a setting for direct application of the theories and practices discussed in class as they worked with children in a
writing camp.
English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Creative
Writing,
Writing - Expository, Reading, Grammar, Spelling, Vocabulary, Specialty, Math, Applied Math, Arithmetic, Basic Operations, Fractions, Geometry, Graphing, Measurement, Numbers, Order of Operations, Science, Earth Sciences, Environment,
Social Studies - History, Ancient History, World Language, Spanish, Arts & Music, Graphic Arts, Special Education, EFL - ESL - ELD, Health, Other (Specialty), ELA Test Prep, Math Test Prep, Geography, Other (
Social Studies - History), Other (ELA), Life Skills, Religion, Gifted and Talented, Critical Thinking, For All Subject Areas, Literature, Classroom Management, Professional Development, Business, School Counseling, Character Education, Word Problems, Cooking, Short Stories,
Writing, Oral Communication, Child Care, Reading Strategies,
Writing - Essays, Holidays / Seasonal, Back to School, Thanksgiving, Christmas / Chanukah / Kwanzaa, Poetry, Autumn, Mental Math, Halloween, Winter, The New Year, Valentine's Day, Presidents» Day, Decimals, St. Patrick's Day, Easter, Spring, Place Value, Tools for Common Core, For All Subjects, Summer, Informational
Text, End of Year, Phonics, Close Reading, Classroom Community
He'd also like to explore the use of the program in
social studies and math as a resource for
writing with informational
text,
writing arguments, and using primary source documents.
Social Studies texts were
written by humans and therefore are biased.
Preparing students for success in
social studies courses and for civic competence beyond high school means preparing students to read and
write these
texts.
Practice
writing across the curriculum with informational
texts from a variety of subject areas, including many reading passages focused in the areas of English Language Arts, Science and
Social Studies
Strategies for Reading Information and Vocabulary Effectively (STRIVE) is a set of Tier I instructional practices designed to meet the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills requirements for vocabulary, reading comprehension, and
writing while using
social studies expository
text.
Some specific genres of
texts are read and
written more frequently in
social studies than in other domains.
Prerequisite skills and capabilities include, but are not limited to, proficiency in reading a range and type of material, with an emphasis on informational
texts; fluent
writing in several modes, most notably expository, descriptive and argumentative; quantitative literacy through algebra and including geometry, combined with the ability to understand and interpret data; a understanding of the scientific method and some insight into the organization of knowledge in the sciences; an awareness of how
social systems operate and how they are
studied; basic proficiency in a second language and awareness that languages reflect cultures; and experiences in and appreciation of creative and expressive arts.
Participants were 11th and 12th grade students identified with learning disabilities in reading and
writing from two intact, self - contained
social studies classes.During the three weeks of the
study, students in the experimental group received content regarding the Industrial Revolution via a conceptually framed, computer - adapted
text, while students in the control group were taught the same content using the district adopted textbook.
English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Reading, Spelling, Specialty, Math, Basic Operations, Science, Earth Sciences,
Social Studies - History, Arts & Music, Special Education, Drama, Geography, Other (ELA), Critical Thinking, For All Subject Areas, Literature, Classroom Management, School Counseling, Character Education, Short Stories,
Writing, Reading Strategies, Holidays / Seasonal, Back to School, Thanksgiving, Christmas / Chanukah / Kwanzaa, Poetry, Autumn, Mental Math, Winter, Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, Easter, Spring, Place Value, Informational
Text, Phonics, Classroom Community