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 October 16, 2024
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Elementary Webinar Series: What do the Kentucky Academics Standards (KAS) for Social Studies look like in practice?
The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) has partnered with several organizations to showcase what a social studies learning experience aligned to the KAS for Social Studies looks like in practice. This webinar series is designed to deepen participants’ social studies content knowledge and pedagogy.
In these presentations, representatives from the KDE will support teachers in breaking down a disciplinary standard. Then, a partner educational organization will engage participants in a sample learning experience using resources from their organization. These learning experiences are designed for participants’ use in their own classrooms with their students.
The following are the scheduled webinars for this fall:
TODAY, October 16: Grade 5 History Focus with the Bill of Rights Institute
October 23: Grade 2 Economics Focus with the St. Louis Federal Reserve
October 30: Kindergarten Kentucky Geography with Kentucky Agriculture and Environment in the Classroom (Teach KY Ag)
Want to know what this learning experience is like prior to attending this fall? Visit our Social Studies Elementary Webinar Series webpage to view past webinars, including the recordings, slides and lesson plans.
HQIR Educator Bright Spot
Amanda Grimes, 3rd-grade teacher at River Ridge Elementary in Kenton County, shares how the knowledge she gained by participating in the Kentucky Reading Academies LETRS Professional Learning impacted her experience when Kenton County adopted and implemented a new high-quality instructional resource (HQIR) for reading and writing.
“My knowledge from LETRS greatly impacted my experience implementing our district’s HQIR, Core Knowledge Language Arts (CKLA). I was able to use my learning from LETRS and apply it directly to my instruction through CKLA lessons. The overall structure of the CKLA program is aligned around the science of reading—from its tiered vocabulary instruction to the query-based instruction during read-alouds and many other concepts that I was familiar with because they were taught in LETRS.”
Not only was Amanda’s instruction impacted by the implementation of CKLA, but her students’ classroom experiences were as well.
“The units in CKLA were very engaging for my students and they were always looking for more information about the topic they were learning; whether it be finding books outside of the classroom or in our school library. Students were able to make connections to their prior knowledge and apply what they had learned in the units to new learning across content areas.”
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