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** WELCOME!! **  ** This is an educational wiki that was created as a tool for teaching Literacy in ** **my** **content area of Social Studies. Teaching becomes informed when you combine instructional technology with teaching,learning, and assessments and this is the goal of this wiki. Each page is about literacy tools, resources or practices, or integrating literacy in the content of Social Studies. There are links to several websites, activities and evaluations for the activities, materials, and literature within the discipline of Social Studies. ** **This wiki is aligned with the Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE) Standards and Curriculum Framework. It incorporates the Report of the Early Reading Success Panelcalled //Beyond the Blueprint for Reading Achievement//. This wiki also uses //Beyond the Blueprint: Literacy in Grades 4-12// //and Across the Content Areas//. Both reports were conducted by CSDE. **

 [|****Connecticut State Department of Education****]  ****CSDE Curriculum Framework****  **Beyond the Blueprint for Reading Achievement** **Beyond the Blueprint: Literacy in Grades 4-12 and Across the Content Areas**   
 * The subjects within the discipline of Social Studies are: History, Geography, Civics,Economics, and the Social Sciences. Social Studies is a perfect content area for integrating literacy, implementing balanced literacy techniques and instruction. Social Studies often takes a back seat in schools in favor of the core subjects, however with the implementation of balanced literacy techniques and instruction, it is ideal for expanding students' reading, writing,thinking and comprehension skills. **

** About Me: My name is Tracey and I am an Elementary Education major at Western Connecticut State University, and my content area is Social Studies. When I was an elementary school student, I enjoyed all of the subjects, but Social Studies was by far my favorite subject. I created this wiki in one of my classes, as a resource for teaching balanced literacy in Social Studies. **