Printer-friendly versionActivities address the following standards using McREL 4th Edition and the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.
A Healthy Way to Show Feelings
Grades PreK to 3
McREL
Behavioral Studies
Standard 1. Understands that group and cultural influences contribute to human development, identity, and behavior
Standard 2. Understands various meanings of social group, general implications of group membership, and different ways that groups function
Self-Regulation (Life Skills)
Standard 1. Restrains Impulsivity
Working with Others (Life Skills)
Standard 1. Contributes to the overall effort of a group
Standard 4. Displays effective interpersonal communication skills
Common Core
Speaking and Listening
Comprehension and Collaboration
1. Prepare for and participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations with diverse partners, building on other’s ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.
Trading Cards That Honor True Greatness
Grades 1 to 5
McREL
History
Standard 4. Understands how democratic values came to be, and how they have been exemplified by people, events, and symbols
Art Connections
Standard 1. Understands connections among the various art forms and other disciplines
Civics
Standard 1. Understands ideas about civic life, politics, and government
Standard 11. Understands the role of diversity in American life and the importance of shared values, political beliefs, and civic beliefs in an increasingly diverse American society
Common Core
Reading
Key Ideas ad Details
1. Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.
What Makes a Family?
Grades 3 to 5
McREL
Behavioral Studies
Standard 1. Understands that group and cultural influences contribute to human development, identity, and behavior
History
Standard 1. Understands family life now and in the past, and family life in various places long ago
Common Core
Speaking and Listening
Comprehension and Collaboration
1. Prepare for and participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations with diverse partners, building on other’s ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.
Reading
Key Ideas ad Details
1. Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.
Bullying and LGBT Students
Grades 6 to 8, 9 to 12
Language Arts
1. Plays a variety of roles in group discussions (e.g., critical listener, discussion leader, facilitator)
2. Asks questions to seek elaboration and clarification of ideas
Behavioral Studies
Standard 4. Understands conflict, cooperation, and interdependence among individuals, groups, and institutions
Civics
Standard 11. Understands the role of diversity in American life and the importance of shared values, political beliefs, and civic beliefs in an increasingly diverse American society
Common Core
Speaking and Listening
Comprehension and Collaboration
1. Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher led) with diverse partners on grade 6 topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.
Debating Corporal Punishment
Grades 8 to 12
McREL
Language Arts
Standard 1. Uses the general skills and strategies of the writing process
Standard 7. Uses skills and strategies to read a variety of informational texts
Civics
Standard 25. Understands issues regarding personal, political, and economic rights
Common Core
Reading Informational Text
Craft and Structure
6. Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how the author acknowledges and responds to conflicting evidence or viewpoints.
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
8. Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence is relevant and sufficient; recognize when irrelevant evidence is introduced.
Writing
Text Types and Purposes
1. Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
Research to Build and Present Knowledge
9. Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
Speaking and Listening
Comprehension and Collaboration
1. Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions with diverse partners on grade 8 topics, texts and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.
Los Héroes y las Heroinas
Grades 6 to 8, 9 to 12
McREL
Foreign Language
Standard 1. Uses the target language to engage in conversations, express feelings and emotions and exchange opinions and information.
Standard 2. Understands and interprets written and spoken language on diverse topics from diverse media.
Standard 3. Presents information, concepts and ideas to an audience of listeners or readers on a variety of topics.
Standard 4. Understands traditional ideas and perspectives, institutions, professions, literary and artistic expressions and other components of the target culture.
Standard 5. Understands that different languages use different patterns to communicate and applies
