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+ NCEA Common Core Catholic Identity Initiative Conference Nashville, Tennessee June 30 th – July 2 nd
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NCEA Common Core Catholic Identity Initiative Conference. Nashville, Tennessee June 30 th – July 2 nd. The Conference. Purpose : To learn how to infuse the Catholic Identity in the Common Core Framework - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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NCEA Common Core Catholic Identity Initiative Conference
Nashville, TennesseeJune 30th – July 2nd
+The Conference
Purpose: To learn how to infuse the Catholic Identity in the Common Core Framework
Collaborated with Catholic school teachers and administrators from all over the country
Worked in groups to develop complete unit plans using the CCCII template
+Child-Focused
Religion
Mathematics Social Studies
ReadingWrit
ing
Scie
nce
Social Skills
EssentialQuestions
Standards-based
Higher Order Thinking
Generalizing
Cross-Curricular Connections
Fiction and Nonfiction Literature
Vocabulary Building
+Our Unit
Title/Theme: Growing IS Changing Grade: Kindergarten (could easily be
applied to grades K-5) Length: 3-4 weeks Description: Students identify how
things grow and change Overview: Things grow and change!
Students will read fiction and informational texts about the growth of plants, humans, and animals. Students will be able to connect these themes to the faith formation and growth that is not visible.
+What is the focus?
ESSENTIAL QUESTION HOW DO LIVING THINGS
GROW AND CHANGE? Week 1: What is living and non-
living? How do living things in the world grow?
Week 2: How do I grow? Week 3: How do I help others
grow? Week 4: How did I grow and
change?
+Questions?
+The Hook: Living and Nonliving Sort
+Week 1: The “Something” Seed
Cross-Curricular Connections
ELA: Prediction and Comprehension Skills
Science: concept of how plants grow and skills of observation and hypothesizing
Religion: Concept of Faith
+I am special and YOU are special
A Bad Case of the Stripes “What I am,” Will.i.am
+Memory Book
How did I change?
Things I learned. My height.
Friends I made. Hopes and Dreams I achieved.
+Child-Focused
Religion
Mathematics Social Studies
ReadingWrit
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Scie
nce
Social Skills
EssentialQuestions
Standards-based
Higher Order Thinking
Generalizing
Cross-Curricular Connections
Fiction and Nonfiction Literature
Vocabulary Building
+The Parables
The Parable of the Sower
The Parable of the Mustard Seed
