I'd be lying if I said I never sat in front of my sixth graders reading about Mesopotamia from the social studies textbook (though it makes me cringe thinking about it now). In fact, when the shift in standards began three years ago, I felt so overwhelmed trying to plan and comprehend reading, writing, and math lessons that social studies pretty much fell to the back-burner. Of course I still covered the content that was required. How I covered it, though, falls closely in line with the following: reading, shhh … read quietly, buddy read, short writing prompt (look, we're writing in social studies!), and more reading, occasional project, chapter review, chapter test.
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