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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

ing

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