Putting Iowa AEA Online Resources to Work with the Iowa Core

1. Putting Iowa AEA Online Resources to Work with the Iowa Core Karen Appleton Iowa AEA Online Facilitator

2. “While the Standards focus on what is most essential, they do not describe all that can or should be taught… the aim of the standards is to articulate the fundamentals…”Iowa Core English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science and Technology. September 7, 2011. p. 6

3. English Language Arts & Literacy College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards http://www.iowaaeaonline.org

4. To build a foundation for college readiness… • Through extensive reading of stories, dramas, poems, and myths and exposure to visual media from diverse cultures and different time periods, students gain literary and cultural knowledge as well as familiarity with various text structures and elements. BookFlix, TrueFlix, CultureGrams, Learn360

5. To build a foundation for college readiness… • Students develop the capacity to build knowledge on a subject through research projects and to respond analytically to literary and informational sources. • Gale eResources, Britannica Online, Teen Health and Wellness, AP Multimedia

6. To build a foundation for college readiness… • Digital texts confront students with the potential for continually updated content and dynamically changing combinations of words, graphics, images, hyperlinks, and embedded video and audio. • AP Multimedia, iClipArt, Gale eResources, Teen Health and Wellness

7. To build a foundation for college readiness… • Students need to be able to use technology strategically when creating, refining, and collaborating on writing. They have to become adept at gathering information, evaluating sources, and citing material accurately, reporting findings from their research and analysis of sources in a clear and cogent manner.

8. Mathematically proficient students… • Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them • Younger students might rely on using concrete objects or pictures to help conceptualize and solve a problem • Construct visible arguments and critique the reasoning of others • Elementary students can construct arguments using concrete referents such as objects, drawings, diagrams, and actions. Such arguments can make sense and be correct, even though they are not generalized or made formal until later grades. Later, students learn to determine domains to which an argument applies. Students at all grades can listen or read the arguments of others, decide whether they make sense, and ask useful questions to clarify or improve the arguments.

9. Mathematically proficient students… • Model with mathematics. • They are able to identify important quantities in a practical situation and map their relationships using such tools as diagrams, two-way tables, graphs, flowcharts and formulas. They can analyze those relationships mathematically to draw conclusions

10. Mathematically proficient students… • Use appropriate tools strategically. • When making mathematical models, they know that technology can enable them to visualize the results of varying assumptions, explore consequences, and compare predictions with data. Mathematically proficient students at various grade levels are able to identify relevant external mathematical resources, such as digital content located on a website, and use them to pose or solve problems. They are able to use technological tools to explore and deepen their understanding of concepts.

11. http://www.iowaaeaonline.org Karen Appleton Iowa AEA Online Facilitator kappleton@aea8.k12.ia.us