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June 2013- Ag Literacy Workshop K-12 Teachers ==

Questions Addressed from the Workshop Participants: ==

= Per Question for book selections matched up to CCSS- = Interactive Read a-louds that connect with the Common Core State Standards http://ayearofmanyfirsts.blogspot.com/2013/02/lets-cut-to-common-core.html

Common Core Appendix B- Book lists http://www.corestandards.org/assets/Appendix_B.pdf

Read alouds (chapter books) http://www.elementarymatters.com/2012/09/exemplar-read-aloud-texts-for-common.html

Grade level lists http://schools.cms.k12.nc.us/windingspringsES/Pages/CommonCoreSuggestedReadingList.aspx

Workshop Content:
= Ag Literacy and Common Core State Standards-Making the Connection =

= Introduction Activity =

== Activity #1: Primary Sources and CCSS- Calendar Photos ==

Thinking Triangle Activity: http://primarysourcenexus.org/2012/04/connecting-common-core-primary-source-thinking-triangle-activity/

Questions: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">http://primarysourcenexus.org/2011/09/engaging-learning-purposeful-questions-close-observation/

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Library of Congress-Primary Sources at the Heart of CCSS <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">http://www.loc.gov/teachers/tps/journal/common_core/pdf/common_core.pdf

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Primary Source lesson activities <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">http://primarysourcenexus.org/2012/03/analyzing-primary-source-images-common-core-state-standards-alignment/

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">QAR <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">http://primarysourcenexus.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Image_Questions_Responses_Chart.pdf

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Reading Anchor Standards-College & Career Readiness <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/CCRA/R

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">Activity #2: Model Close Reading- excerpt form //The Beef Princess of Practical County//


<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Primer on Close Reading <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">http://www.aspendrl.org/portal/browse/DocumentDetail?documentId=1396&download <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Five Close Reading Strategies <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">http://iteachicoachiblog.blogspot.com/2012/06/five-simple-close-reading-strategies.html

Close Reading Question Template

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">[[file:reading standards for informational texts DeKalb Ag class.docx]]
= <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 22px;">Writing = <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Writing resource: Writing Next- EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE WRITING OF ADOLESCENTS IN MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">http://www.all4ed.org/files/WritingNext.pdf

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Writing prompt ideas- <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Unwritten rules of farming <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">I witnessed on a farm... <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">What made that- using just Ag equipment or tools <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Explain a photo (using farm photos) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Compare 3 items- 3 Ag related items or 3 farming related areas (beef, pork, crops) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Six things you should know about farming (or any other Ag related topic)

= <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 22px;">Common Core Resources =

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Reading Informational Text
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">ISBE Resource for Teaching and Instruction Resources

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">http://www.isbe.net/common_core/pdf/ela-teach-strat-read-text-k-5.pdf

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Nebraska- Student friendly language-ELA CCSS (I Can Statements)

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">http://www.education.ne.gov/read/StudentFriendlyStandards/

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The Common Core and Close Reading- An Outcome Not a Reading Strategy

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">http://dconrad3.wordpress.com/2013/04/06/common-core-close-reading-an-outcome-not-a-reading-strategy/