PA Common Core: 1.2.3.C 1.3.2.A 1.2.2.H 1.3.2.G PA Common Core: 1.4.2.A 1.4.2.B 1.4.2.C 1.4.2.

Academic Standards READING

Curriculum Materials: Various non-fiction and fiction read alouds Independent reading book baskets Reading response packets, one per student Social Studies Alive! lesson guide JFKs inaugural address video clip Various graphic organizers (for all three content areas)

Knowledge of Students and Context: Classroom community is extremely diverse racially/culturally, but relatively homogeneous socioeconomically Neighborhood/community values social consciousness Neighborhood/community values rigorous, quality education Students are kind and respectful most of the time; however, this sense of community and camaraderie breaks down when students become academically and socially competitive with one another; they can be exclusive, and even mean Students have been afforded certain privileges by going to PAS, and may benefit from learning about their civic duties so that they understand the responsibilities that come with privilege

WRITING

SOCIAL STUDIES PDE Civics and Government Elementary Standards): 5.1.2.A 5.2.2.A 5.2.2.D 5.1.3.D PDE History Elementary Standards:

What

8.3.1.A 8.3.2.B

Lesson How

Why
Theories of Teaching and Learning: Intelligence is not fixed/uniform; there are multiple forms of intelligence that reflect different ways of interacting with the world Educational Philosophy (Gardner) and Beliefs Funds of Knowledge (Moll) The purpose of schoolStudents learn bestdevelop a are is to help children when they social consciousness and effectivezone of proximal put in their self-direction (Dewey) development (Vygotsky) Democratic citizens are not born, but have to beand Every student is different made; schools should learns differently; teachers may provide the necessary skills, values, and social sensibilities upon which democracy therefore need to differentiate the depends, and should foster in children a sense of content, process, product, or community (Osborne) learning environment in any given Democratic equalityschools should prepare lesson to meet a students students to take on the resp. of citizenship (Labaree) individual needs (Tomlinson) School should teach children to think critically and The teacher plays an important challenge injustice by role in creatingchange with advocating for a classroom coherent, thoughtful arguments values and encourages culture that discourse (Hiebert)

Teaching Methods: Whole-class and individual brainstorms Whole-class read-alouds Whole-class shared reading Skits/Role-play for problem-solving Use of JFKs inaugural address video clip Model use of graphic organizers Whole-class and small-group shared writing Turn-and-Talk Questioning Jigsaw reading