The first part of the Read.Inquire.Write. process is where we orient the students to the content. That is, we help them connect the content to the knowledge and experiences that they already have.
Read through the task and then explore the items listed below.
Slides -- slides 1-7
Teacher Guide -- pages 13-15
Student Guide -- page 1
Social Studies Practices -- pages 100-101 (Grade 8 Practices)
Create a document in your personal folder and title it Section 3: Orient to Content - [your last name, your district].
(Example: Section 3: Orient to Content - Cornue, MO BOCES)
In the document you created, reflect on the following:
Why orient the students to the content? What do you like about the structure RIW uses? What would you change, if anything?
What follow-up prompts and follow-up questions in the teacher guide did you like and why? Are there others that you would add? What potential issues might arise from these questions and how might you address them?
Remember: Answer some of the questions or all of them. Add thoughts of your own.
Think of these tasks as a running professional journal.