Cross-Curricular Adolescent Literacy: Mission Impossible?

1. Cross-Curricular Adolescent Literacy: Mission Impossible? Rachel Hamilton, ELA Sandy Lorick, Math Langston Charter Middle School, Greenville, SC

2. Goals • Recognize the benefits of cross-curricular literacy strategies in developing and supporting students’ learning. • Improve students’ achievement by improving content area teaching through real-world, culturally relevant approachesusing common core curriculum.

3. HOW do you teach Common Core? • How do you grab attention? • How do you ask questions? • How do you assess (formal/informal)? • How do you grade? • How do you give feedback (verbal/written)?

4. The Learning Cycle • Preactive • Draw from prior knowledge • Grab attention • Interactive • Learning “with” the concept • Questioning • Informal assessment • Reflective • Check for understanding /application of critical thinking • Formal assessment

5. Write one vocabulary term from your subject area.

6. Preactive • Anticipation Guide • Prediction Guide • Structured brainstorming • Gallery walk • Consensogram

7. Anticipation/Prediction Guides • Assess prior knowledge • Engage students using real-world relevance • Encourage class-wide discussion • Pre/post inventory for a reading selection.

8. ELA Anticipation GuideFlowers for Algernon • Flowers for Algernon

9. ELA Prediction GuideThree Skeleton Key

10. Math Anticipation Guide

11. An Anticipation Guide for the Order of Operations • Directions: We have already studied the four basic number operations. • Now, we are going to examine expressions that involve two or more operations. • Before reading section 2.3, “Order of Operations Agreement,” think about • the mathematical expressions and their simplified values listed below. • Based on the expression and its simplified value, predict a rule for the order • in which mathematical operations are computed. Be able to explain your decisions. • Expression Simplified Value Predict Rule • 4 + 8 / 2 8 • 18 / 2 + 7 16 • 4 x 3 + 4 x 4 28 • 10 – 3 x 5 -5

12. Statistics Prediction Guide Directions: In the column labeled Me, place a check next to any statement with which you agree. After reading the text, compare your opinions about those statements with information in the text. Me Text ___ ___ 1. There are several kinds of averages for a set of data. ___ ___ 2. The mode is the middle number in a set of data. ___ ___ 3. Outliers are always ignored.

13. Math Structured Brainstorming List – Group – Label • Have students generate a list for a particular word or concept • After creating list, have students categorize words

14. Measurement Student-Generated List meter width ruler distance area temperature mile cup pound Categorize Units of MeasureThings MeasuredTools for Measurement meter distance cup mile area ruler

15. ELA Structured Brainstorming • Post wall-sized “post-its”/chart paper around the room with one part of speech for each heading. • In pairs, students will write a set of 10 words from previous study (usually vocabulary). Write each word on a sticky note. • Pairs will post sticky notes under corresponding parts of speech for each word (categorize). • Keep charts posted to aid sentence construction, context clue activities, bell work lessons/activities.

16. ELA Gallery Walk The Diary of A Young GirlAnne Frank play • Post pictures from WWII concentration camps around the room. • Play music that sets mood. • Students will silently walk around the room observing the pictures. • In their writing notebooks, students will write ONE emotionally-charged word for each picture (no phrases/sentences). • Volunteers will share words with the class. • Come back to this activity after reading the story (reflective).

17. Consensogram • Accessing prior knowledge • Collaborative learning • Kinesthetic learning

19. Interactive • Paired Reading • Round the Room Questions • Hold Your Thinking • Think-Pair-Share • Frayer Model • Facebook Friday!

20. Paired Reading • Select a passage for reading. • Pair students – ask one to be the coach and one to be the reader. • Have the reader read part of the selection aloud to the coach. • Have the coach summarize the main idea. The coach can ask reader clarifying questions. • Have students reverse roles and continue with same format for the whole selection. • MATH: Classifying numbers, common core vocabulary • ELA: Summarize, paraphrase, main idea, inference • SS: Time periods in a nutshell, matching leaders with countries/conflicts • SCIENCE: Classifying species, diseases • FOREIGN LANGUAGE: Passage translation

21. Round the Room Questions • Type and print sets of questions • Story • Grammar • Literary concepts • Historical event • Cut questions into strips and tape each in various places around the room • In pairs, students will answer each question (orally or on paper). • Move students clockwise and give a one or two minute time limit for each question. • Adaptable to any subject!

22. Round the Room QuestionsMATH • Write math problems on large poster paper • Place problems in various places around the room • Place students into groups of three or four • Give each group a specific colored sharpie • Have each group solve the problem on the poster paper • Move students clockwise and give a time limit for each question • When a group gets to a problem already solved, they place a check next to the solution if they agree or they rework the problem • When all problems have been solved, the class reviews as a whole

23. Hold Your Thinking • Pass out sticky notes to each student. • As students read a passage, they will use the sticky notes to write any questions or comments that come to mind as they’re reading. • When they’re finished reading, students will re-visit these questions/comments. • Spurs class/group discussion

24. Frayer Model • Vocabulary strategy – supports learning vocabulary terms • Definition in own words • Essential characteristics • Non-essential characteristics • Examples • Non-examples

25. Math Frayer Model TERM

26. Math Frayer Model PRIME

27. Math Frayer Model FACTOR

28. ELA Frayer Model CHARACTER

29. ELA Frayer Model PRONOUN

30. FACEBOOK FRIDAY!ELA • Use social media, signs, menus, newspapers, magazines, TV, internet etc. to find grammar errors. • Integrated learning • Immersion in concepts • Real-world relevance • School-wide initiative to enhance literacy • Adaptable across curriculum • Find errors/good examples in print/non-print/social media

37. Reflective • Vocabulary Four Square • Gallery Walk • RAFT • Ticket Out the Door (TODD) • Biopoem • Cinquain • Tracking Changes • Peer rubrics • Peer assessment

38. Four Square • Vocabulary strategy – supports learning vocabulary terms • Definition in own terms • Drawings • Synonyms/Antonyms • Connections • Examples • Essential characteristics • Symbols

39. Four Square

40. Four Square Strategy - Fraction Word Form 3/5 Three - Fifths Three pieces of a pizza that is cut into five pieces.

41. 4-Square Strategy—Functions Function A

42. Vocabulary Four Square ELA c Word with your own definition, part of speech 2 synonyms/antonyms Drawing of word meaning Sentence using word correctly in context

43. Menacing Creepy Coating himself in Kryptonite, Lex Luther proved to be Superman’s most sinister opponent. Sinister adj. threatening some kind of trouble

44. Gallery Walk Interactive: • Work a problem with the students using a four square. • Divide students into pairs and assign problems. Allow them to create four square and put on large post-it paper. Reflective: • Have a gallery walk and allow students to see each others work. • Have students specifically look for their pattern done by the other class. • Students note any differences seen between their work and be ready to offer an explanation of the differences.

46. ELA RAFT • Role • Imaginary snake from Roald Dahl’s Poison • Audience • Harry, the main character who thinks there’s a snake in his bed • Format • Letter • Topic • Harry’s overreaction to a snake being in his bed when the snake apparently didn’t even exist

47. Dear shivering, sweating over-reactor, Dude, what the heck is your problem?! Yeah…you think I’m here, but I’m really not. So I don’t know why you’re freaking out like this. I’ve been long gone, BELIEVE me. I wasn’t really enjoying being in your stupid, psycho dream anyway. Oh, and you can’t just put people of other races down, especially when they’re trying to help you. Indian doctors are the BEST! You’re so dumb for treating Dr. G the way you did. You lose it like a crazy person and imagine things that aren’t really there! Great way to win friends… For real man, I think you might need a psych evaluation and some meds for your whacko hallucinations. If I ever come back, I’m gunna bite you, even though I’m just a phantom. So, be ready next time! HAAAAAA…! Sincerely, Your Slithery Delusion 8th grade boy

48. MATH RAFT • Role • Denominator • Audience • Fractions • Format • Letter • Topic • Importance of the denominator

49. To all my fellow fraction friends, I am here to help you understand the importance of my job. Being the denominator, I support all of you. Without me, you are nothing. The numerators sit all high and mighty on top of the fraction bar looking down on us denominators while we are hard at work. We are the whole while the numerators are only a part! Don’t forget where your support comes from. Sincerely, Denominator 6th grade boy

50. Math Ticket Out the Door • Explain to a friend who was sick today how to divide decimals. Use words and numbers in your explanation. Assume your friend already knows how to divide whole numbers.