Aldine ISD
Cleveland ISD
July 18, 2023
| 1 and 2 | Vocabulary Strategies in Social Studies | |
| 3 and 4 | Anchor Charts in Secondary Social Studies – A Make & Take Session | |
| 5 | Active Notes: Building Notes Around Social Studies Skills |
Active Notes
Active Notes for PM Session – presentation for you
Active Notes for CVISD – original if you want to make changes
Channelview ISD
February 20, 2023
AM session on Social Studies Strategies for Kathleen – your presentation
Social Studies Strategies for Success – original if you want to make changes.
These are the handouts I am sending to the sponsor for the AM session on Social Studies Strategies.
Tips for teaching vocabulary terms
American Revolution Color Coded Vocabulary Activity
Using Word Walls in Social Studies
Vocabulary Pyramid – please cut in half if possible prior to the workshop
fist list – please cut in half if possible
Image Analysis Guiding Questions
Literacy Strategies for Social Studies – we will need one for each partner or individual copies of this manual.
Vocabulary Strategies Manual with Google Slides – this is a manual you can choose to print or just give the teachers electronically.
PM Sessions
Active Notes
Active Notes for PM Session – presentation for you
Active Notes for CVISD – original if you want to make changes
I will be sending you all of the resources for this workshop.
Review Games for 8th Grade STAAR and EOC STAAR
STAAR Review Games for Kathleen – presentation
Review Games – original if you want to make changes
I will have the same presentation for both sessions, you will just need to switch out the games. I will send you most of the games, and the rest you can just talk about. This is what I am sending the sponsor:
Review Games Handout – need 50 copies for both STAAR review sessions
Here are electronic copies of the games we played to share with your teachers.
The Progressive Era Task Cards
Modern Era Hexagonical Thinking
Guess in Three Review Game on the Modern Era
Industrial Revolutions Task Cards
Guess in 3 Game over the Industrial Revolution
US History Era Review Activity
The US Goes to War Escape Room Activity – 8th grade
The US Goes to War Escape Room Activity – high school
Goose Creek ISD – June 21
Building Engagement in Social Studies
Building Engagement in Social Studies for Kathleen – original presentation in case you want to make changes
Building Engagement Presentation – presentation for building engagement
Supplies you need for the Engagement Session
Welcome and Introduction:
post-it notes
socks
Design Quality Signs – I printed these signs and had teachers put their post it note with their name on it next to their focus area
Doodle Notes for Engagement – I am sending you copies
Why Study History Model:
Number Signs 1-4
Why Study History Word Walls
Connection Cards for Word Walls
Question Dice
Pick a Card
Why Study History Predict This – you will need to print and cut in 1/2
Why Study History for Workshops – I am sending you copies
Latin America Model
Crop It Tools and questions – Crop it Tool and Questions PDF
Text Coding Cards
Latin America Resources – you should have these from previous sessions, but you will need to print the vocabulary activity again – place the Columbus image and the reading into the restaurant menus
dry erase markers and baby wipes
Games
Charades Plus play dough and sets
Task cards with army soldiers and Kaboom! sets
The Colonization of Latin America Task Cards – Sample Copy – you can print these task cards for the games at the end if you want to
Engagement Make-n-Take
I have sent these to the coordinator to make but here is a copy if you want to look:
Engagement Checklist for Each Station
Directions for Engagement Stations
Aldine ISD – June 22
Discussion Strategies in Social Studies
Session 1 – 8:30-11:30
Aldine ISD – June 23
Reading and Writing Strategies in Social Studies
Session 1 – 8:30-11:30
Reading and Writing Strategies Presentation PowerPoint – PowerPoint is too long – feel free to cut any part out you want
Reading Strategies – original if you want to make changes.
Killeen ISD
July 25: AM Session 9-12 (Teaching Social Studies for First and Second Year Teachers)
Presentation Social Studies Strategies for Novice Teachers
Novice Teachers – original if you want to modify
Why Study History Model:
Number Signs 1-4
Why Study History Word Walls
Connection Cards for Word Walls
Question Dice
Pick a Card
Why Study History Predict This – you will need to print and cut in 1/2
Why Study History for Workshops
Interactive Student Notebook
*Decide if you want to provide teachers notebooks – if so, use them to model.
You will need to bring some of your own student notebooks for samples
TCI Notebook Placards
July 25: PM Session 1-4 (Supporting ELL Students in Social Studies)
Presentation Supporting ELL Students in Social Studies
Top Ten Strategies Sort
Smaller ELL Strategy Cards To Print – 4 to a page – print enough sets on card stock so that you have one set for each partner group
Top 10 Strategies Cards to Print – if you want to make placards for any reason
Jamestown Model
ELL Sample Lesson Early English Colonies – word wall terms, vocabulary activity, reading, Doodle Notes and Act-It-Out
Vocabulary
Using Word Walls in Social Studies Handout
July 26: AM Session 9-12 (Supporting GT Students in Social Studies)
Supporting GT Students in Social Studies
GT Students – original PP
Introduction Activity – GT Sort
GT Students Sentence Sort – cut this page into strips and put into envelopes. You will need enough envelopes for partner groups
Supporting GT Students Checklist PDF – copy front to back
Great Depression in Texas
The Great Depression Activity – this will take a lot of prep. You will need folders for the images and popsicle sticks for the puppets. Run the puppets off on cardstock if possible.
Constitution Escape Room
Uncovering the Secrets of the Constitution Escape Room Activity with Keys – takes a ton of prep, you will need large envelopes
Extra Lesson for teachers to modify
July 26: PM Session 1-4 (Solid Instructional Strategies)
exact same session as Discussion Session in Aldine
School of Science and Technology
*** You will need to create a Zoom meeting for 12 – 3:30 pm Texas time (Central) and send me the link so I can share it with Valerie. Your contact is:
Valerie Flores
3-8 Social Studies District Curriculum Coordinator
School of Science and Technology
5300 Wurzbach Rd. #800 San Antonio, TX 78238
Phone: 210.957.1955 Ext. 115
vflores@ssttx.org
All of the resources for the teachers are located on this page: www.socialstudiessuccess.com/reading – make sure the links work and you have opened them all prior to the workshop. The jamboard links are tricky because you have to hit the back button to get back to the sss page.
*** you will need to type the questions from slide 6 and slide 74 into the Zoom Poll prior to the workshop
Earthquake Lesson Model
https://jamboard.google.com/d/1ZWbk5gqMZjavCokSj4nNBTmtid60BbWKozh7ongDOCU/edit?usp=sharing – Link to jamboard for Earthquake gallery walk – make sure it is editable and teachers can add sticky notes
https://jamboard.google.com/d/1ouT9Z2ba1aWk_o9pbW_ts6MyCCQv8xwqgK4DqNVXQLE/viewer?f=11 – link to jamboard for Earthquake Reading
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1hBuDALT9uDGUzi1PbgWQY_MdHhXi6Nu3HCxmLcd3k9I/copy – link to Google Doc for writing
