Special Student Services

Citing Textual Evidence

Some of the Common Core ELA standards require students to "cite strong textual evidence". Just a reminder that graphics/pictures that have text connected can be used to "cite textual evidence". So a student can "cite textual evidence" by selecting a picture (be sure there is "text" with the picture). Here is a possible activity from 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea that may allow students to cite textual evidence and address portions of the following standards:

ELACC.11-12.RL.1  Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text, including determining where the text leaves matters uncertain.

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After the student reads the adapted version of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, they can complete activties such as this one to "cite evidence from the text"

Supports/ideas for The Very Hungry Caterpillar

If you are a Georgia teacher you can request a CD from the DOE with an adapted book and support materials for The Very Hungry Caterpillar which is appropriate for grades K-2.  There are a lot of fun activities that support this book.  HEre are a few that were shared by teachers:

**we are using "dot letters" (i found them here http://totschool.shannons.org/?p=2112 ) and doing their names, then turning each letter into a caterpillar.

**Since many of our students can't make handprints, we used paint on their toes - the big toe was red and the rest green to make a caterpillar.

If you are not familiar with Pinterest, you might want to check it out for educational ideas.  Type Hungry Caterpillar in the search box and you'll find hundreds of fun ideas for art, food, writing, etc. to support this book.   www.pinterest.com

Top Ten Mistakes in Planning for GAA

The GAA (Georgia Alternate Assessment) materials for Cobb County Schools have been moved to the Blackboard environment. However, we will continue to post materials that are appropriate for teachers in other systems on this blog.  The attached powerpoint has a collection of the Top 10 Mistakes teachers make in doing GAA.  If you are new to GAA or struggling with your plans, this may be a good place to start the planning process.   

 

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