Feb.+24,+2010+Agenda

Feb. 24, 2010 Pence Elementary

I. Review the pink social studies curriculum document. This documents aligns current social studies benchmarks with the essential concepts and skills of the Iowa Core Curriculum (ICC). If you notice, there are highlighted essential concepts and skills, where we have not grade level benchmark alignment. Please understand that this is a preliminary alignment draft, completed by ICC leadership team members. As we did with math, it will be the grade level experts' responsibility to review the documents and address the gaps in the most appropriate fashion. II. Today, however, we are not going to address gaps, but rather begin contemplating how and when we actually address the essential concepts and skills of the ICC. III. Use the corresponding Wiki page to archieve your team's discussions regarding content and pacing of the new social studies materials. If you conversations take you beyond the social studies materials, that is perfectly acceptable, as long as you are having and recording discussions about grade level instruction in relation to the ICC.