Creating a Team: Let 'em Read and Let 'em Experience

Martin Institute presented by

Anna Clifford, Ed.D. Melessia Mathis, M.Ed.

Union UniversityFebruary 4, 2011

Let's explore a variety of standard- based Social Studies activities and integrate them into Reading.

TN

TN Curriculum Standards

Reading

TN Curriculum Standards

Social Studies

National Council of

Social Studieshttp://www.ncss.orgPublications:

Social Education Middle Level LearningSocial Studies & the You

ng LearnerThe Social Studies Profe

ssional

TN Curriculum Standards

SRoceialaStdudiinesg

Reading in the Classroom

Basal Reader• Basal readers are textbooks

used to teach reading and associated skills to schoolchildren.

• Commonly called "reading books" or "readers" they are usually published as anthologies that combine previously published short stories, excerpts of longer narratives, and original works

Leveled Books(multiple trade books)

Read-A-LoudRead~Aloud

Handbook by Jim

Trelease

Reader’s Theatre

Unite or Die by Jacqueline Jules

Preamble School House Rock /

The Preamble

Hand Motions

GlobeBalloons

The RainstickA song to the spirits The legend: Somewhere in Africa, before the birth of Christ,

rainsticks were played to remind spirits that rain was welcome. The rainstick serenades the gods of Diaguitas, a native Chilean people. From windswept hillsides and Barrancas beneath the Andes, artisans with burros collect dead and dried cactus which might otherwise be used for firewood. (Absolutely no live cactus is cut.) The thorns are then pressed into hollow shafts. Pebbles cascading over the thorns create the water sound of this ancient instrument which is still head in the music of the Andes.

Play it - pray for rain OR pray for tranquility and peaceThe rainstick is magic.

The Talking Stick - Nation Unknown Talking Stick

used in many Native American Traditions when a council is called. passed from person to person as they speak and only the person holding the stick is allowed to talk

during that time period. member of the meeting must listen closely to the words being spoken, so when their turn comes, they do

not repeat unneeded information or ask impertinent questions. I Indian children are taught to listen from age three forward; they are also taught to respect another's

viewpoint. materials used in the Talking Stick speaks of the personal Medicine of the stick owner, each Talking Stick

will be different.

Answering Feather Answering Feather is also held by the person speaking unless the speaker address a question to another

council member. At that time, the Answering Feather is passed to the person asked to answer the query. type of feathers and hide used on a Talking Stick are very important as well. usually an Eagle Feather, which represents high ideals, truth as viewed from the expansive eye of the

eagle, and the freedom that comes from speaking total truth to the best of one's ability. can also be the feather of a Turkey, the Peace Eagle of the south, which brings peaceful attitudes as well

as the give and take necessary in successful completion of disputes. the Owl feather may also be used to stop deception from entering the Sacred Space of the Council.

http://www.firstpeople.us/FP-Html-Legends/TraditionalTalkingStick-Unknown.html

TN History for Kidshttp://

www.tnhistoryforkids.org/

http://www.tennesseeanytime.org/about/history.html

Building an IglooBuilding a Sugar Cube Igloo

Sugar Cubes to Pyramid

Creating GamesLand and Water Forms

peninsula — an area of land surrounded on three sides by water

bay— a area of water surrounded by land on three sides by land

lake— a body of fresh water that is relatively stillisland— an area of land smaller than a continent that

is surrounded by water on all sidesisthmus — a narrow piece of land between two larger

bodies of water strait— a narrow body of water connecting two larger

bodies of water

Integrating Reading with Virtual Fieldtripshttp://voicethread.com

YellowstoneLewis and ClarkMedieval EnglandIraqiCommunities

Glogster http://glogster.com

Moose

Everyday a child should take home:

LOVE in his HEARTKNOWLEDGE in his

HEADbut not necessarily

something in his Hand.

Questions?