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I am doing 7th grade social studies literacy and 1st grade reading standards.

My first teacher, who teaches 7th grade Social Studies, views that “the Iowa Core provides

consistency while also allowing freedom to teachers on how they might deliver content/big ideas.

Especially in the realm of social studies there is an expectation to teach inquiry skills in addition

to content expectations which should be central to what good teachers do in class. In the ‘age of

google’ kids have access to technology to search and seek answers that traditionally were

expected learnings. Instruction, now, has shifted to higher order thinking and the ‘what’ and

‘how’ do you use the information and make it relevant once you have content.”

My second teacher, who teaches 1st grade, views that “the Iowa Core is a good framework with

the standards/goals and clear expectations in grades K-12 for students to get a strong education

to prepare them for the workforce.”

1st Grade Reading:

1. Ask and answer questions about key details in a text. (RL.1.1) (DOK 1,2) ​(THIS IS

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a. After reading a story, ask the students what happened during a specific scene and

have the students answer through pulling sticks.

i. What happened when Johnny’s mom found his room to still be a mess

when she got home from work?

b. Ask a partner one of the questions displayed on the board and listen to their

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i. What was Johnny supposed to do after school?

2. Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central

message or lesson. (RL.1.2) (DOK 1,2) ​(THIS IS COPIED FROM THE WEBSITE)

a. Ask the students to draw a picture of different types of scenes that happen within

a story

i. Draw a picture of Johnny’s messy room.

b. Summarize the story in their own words to a partner

i. What was the story about?

3. Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details. (RL.1.3)

(DOK 1) ​(THIS IS COPIED FROM THE WEBSITE)

a. Draw their version of the characters from a story

i. Draw Johnny and his mom.

b. Ask them to relate to an event or setting that happened in the story

i. Have you ever not done a chore and you got in trouble for it?

4. Identify who is telling the story at various points in a text. (RL.1.6) (DOK 2) ​(THIS IS

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a. Five Finger retell

i. Thumb - setting, pointer - characters, middle - problem, ring - events, and

pinkie - solution

b. Specify who is telling the story by the students raising their hands

i. Who said, “I am just going to play video games when I get home.”

5. Compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in stories. (RL.1.9)

(DOK 2) ​(THIS IS COPIED FROM THE WEBSITE)

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a. Read two different stories and have the students compare and contrast the stories

in a grid

i. Compare and contrast the story with Johnny and his mom to the story

about Linda and her sister

b. Compare and contrast their experiences and adventures to the story and share with

a partner or the whole class

i. Have you ever gotten in a fight with your siblings? What was it about?

Did you make up?

Compare and contrast​ - When looking at the older grades compared to 1st grade, 2nd graders

go more in depth with the stories. They look at the questions of who, what, where, why, and how

rather than answering general questions about the story. Second graders also look at a lot more

poetry instead of just childrens books. When looking at the younger grades such as kindergarten,

those students have about the same standards except they have “with prompting and support” in

front of them. I have a little brother who is in kindergarten so I help him learn new words that he

wouldn’t know by just looking at them, by spelling it out which is another standard for

kindergarteners, asking about unknown words. When in elementary school, there aren’t huge

differences between the standards except for different aspects of the learning abilities and having

to do more on your own type of work.

7th Grade Literacy Standards for Social Studies:

1. Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources.

(RH.6-8.1) ​(THIS IS COPIED FROM THE WEBSITE)

a. Research a specific event in history and cite your sources

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b. Create a presentation about a country and cite the sources at the bottom of each

slide

2. Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an

accurate summary of the source distinct from prior knowledge or opinions. (RH.6-8.2)

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a. Do research on a subject and summarize in your own words what the source says

about it

b. Research two sides of one story and compare and contrast the two opinions

3. Identify key steps in a text’s description of a process related to history/social studies (e.g.,

how a bill becomes law, how interest rates are raised or lowered). (RH.6-8.3) ​(THIS IS

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a. When studying the constitution, determine how they decided which aspects they

wanted in the US that they deemed were the most important to include

b. Determine which aspects of a specific country you would want you have in your

own country

4. Integrate visual information (e.g., in charts, graphs, photographs, videos, or maps) with

other information in print and digital texts. (RH.6-8.7) ​(THIS IS COPIED FROM THE

WEBSITE)

a. Present on a country and include pictures that relate to their culture

b. Research the government's impact on stocks and how they have changed overtime

in a graph

5. Distinguish among fact, opinion, and reasoned judgment in a text. (RH.6-8.8) ​(THIS IS

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a. Go to different websites by news companies and distinguish what is fact and what

is more of an opinion and then write the differences between them in a table

b. Watch a news show from two different channels and compare and contrast who

said what to determine fact and opinion

Compare and Contrast - ​When looking at older grades compared to 6-8 grade social studies,

the biggest difference between older grades is that you analyze the information instead of

identifying the key aspects of certain articles or readings. You also look deeper into the text by

looking at the meaning of what the author is saying rather than just looking at the big picture of a

subject. When looking at younger grades, instead of identifying what goes into a good article, the

younger students, look at finding connections between things that they are reading to things they

have read in the past. The younger grades are also looking at the impact of certain aspects of the

government. You learn a lot throughout your social studies career you learn more and more each

year so knowing that each curriculum is different wasn’t a big surprise to me.