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Welcome to GaDOE Fine Arts! We're glad you've joined us. This group was created with you in mind as we seek to provide the best content-specific professional development as possible--specifically for Georgia's Fine Arts Teachers! 

This is the main Fine Arts group. In this group, you'll find subgroups of the five most common Fine Arts content areas that are taught in our schools in Georgia: Dance, Music, Theatre, and Visual/Media Arts. You can join these Subgroups by clicking on the Subgroups tab on the Navigation Menu. 

In our Fine Arts Subgroups, you'll find even more content-specific groups for each of the main Fine Arts content areas. Tou can join those subgroups for highly content-specific professional development webinars and discussions on topics that are specific to what YOU are teaching! 

We hope that these discussions, webinars, and instructional supports aid you in providing ALL students in Georgia an excellent Fine Arts education.

Fine Arts Newsletter // Summer 2024

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Welcome to the Georgia Department of Education Science Community. Here we will discuss topics related to science education.

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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Newsletter Update and GaDOE Community </h2>



<p><strong>Welcome to the new GaDOE Science Newsletter! </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-align-left">We are excited to offer a newsletter experience that can be archived and shared on various platforms. As we move to this new newsletter experience, we hope that you will join our GaDOE Community group, where they will be shared and archived. Another outstanding feature of this new newsletter platform is that you can subscribe to be notified when a new edition is posted. </p>



<p>If you are not already a member, please join us on the <a href="http://login.community.gadoe.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><strong>GaDOE Community</strong></a> platform to learn from our fantastic virtual specialists about how they teach science in their classrooms, share resources, and propose strategies you may find helpful in your teaching practice. GaDOE Science Communities include: </p>



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<li>K-2 Science </li>



<li>3-5 Science </li>



<li>6th Grade Science </li>



<li>7th Grade Science </li>



<li>8th Grade Science </li>



<li>High School Biological Sciences </li>



<li>High School Physical Sciences</li>
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<p>If you are interested in joining GaDOE Community groups but are not currently a member, check out this <a href="https://lor2.gadoe.org/gadoe/file/f0ce7e0b-354b-44ce-9bca-3e511b33b7e1/1/GaDOE-Community-Invite-to-Join-flyer.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">informational flyer</a>. </p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">GaDOE Science Resources </h2>



<p>The primary location that houses GaDOE science resources is GaDOE Inspire.  </p>


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<p>Access GaDOE Inspire through the <a href="https://gaconnects.gadoe.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">SLDS/GaConnects</a> platform. Check out the course resources section of Inspire to find course-wide resources such as teacher notes, standards-based lessons in the unit buckets, and so much more. The newest resources are the grade 6 phenomenon tasks and the grade 4 science frameworks. </p>



<p>Then check out the addition of the science resource repository.  </p>


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<p>In the repository, you will find: </p>



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<li>Science in Action Video Series (K-5) </li>



<li>Science Standards-Based Classroom Instructional Framework </li>



<li>Graphic Organizers for the SEPs and CCCs </li>



<li>Science Instructional Materials- Quality Assurance Rubric </li>



<li>and Much More </li>
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<p>Additional resources can be found at the locations in the list below:</p>



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<li><strong>GaDOE Community </strong>
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<li><em>Teacher-created</em> assessment items in the following communities: 
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<li>Grades 3-5 Science</li>



<li>8th Grade Science </li>



<li>High School Physical Sciences </li>



<li>High School Biological Sciences </li>
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<li><strong>SuitCASE</strong>
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<li>Georgia Science Standards of Excellence </li>



<li>In SuitCASE, you can:
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<li>Copy the standards</li>



<li>Pin the standards for later use</li>



<li>Create commenting groups</li>
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<li><strong>GaDOE Professional Learning Events Catalog</strong>
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<li>Recorded On-Demand PL videos </li>



<li>Information about upcoming virtual and in-person events with the GaDOE Science team</li>
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Teacher Feature: 5E + CER = Sensemaking! by Karen Gorzynski </h2>



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<p>Science educators across the state agree that the 5E instructional framework is a simple and effective way to lead students from curiosity-sparking phenomena to deep content mastery. But where does the CER strategy fit in?</p>



<p>The CER (Claim – Evidence – Reason) strategy provides structure to support students in developing scientific claims based on experiential evidence with sound reasoning, and it can be implemented in several places during the 5E cycle.</p>



<p>During the Engage phase, a CER allows students to create hypotheses based on prior knowledge and new observations of the introduced phenomena. Sharing their CERs with peers encourages scientific discourse while pooling the varied background knowledge among your students.</p>



<p>In the Explain phase, a CER allows students to consolidate their new learning based on their experiences in the Engage and Explore phases. In addition, students can evaluate their initial CER about the phenomena and make updates based on new understanding.</p>



<p>Finally, in the Extend phase, a CER encourages students to connect the standards to real-world scenarios and develop solutions to problems they care about. One last tip: If the CER strategy is challenging for your students to grasp, especially in elementary grades, you can use a “sciencey” version of the <a href="https://lor2.gadoe.org/gadoe/items/8a76ebb2-b322-4ce2-808f-268c2ef64def/1/?.vi=file&attachment.uuid=024375fa-27cd-4fe4-9624-824f0136c632" data-type="link" data-id="https://lor2.gadoe.org/gadoe/items/8a76ebb2-b322-4ce2-808f-268c2ef64def/1/?.vi=file&attachment.uuid=024375fa-27cd-4fe4-9624-824f0136c632" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RACE strategy</a> instead!</p>
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<p><em>Karen Gorzynski is a fifth-grade science teacher in the Douglas County School System.</em></p>


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