Help students access content in ways that foster understanding and critical thinking in science!
Science literacy enables students to learn, reflect, and communicate about science throughout their lives. This book provides an approach for building secondary students' disciplinary literacy and guiding students as they read science texts and produce their own writing. Written by a science educator and a literacy expert, this resource shows how to:
Build students' background knowledge and vocabulary Develop students' science reading skills while they access content Use writing frames, graphic organizers, writing-to-learn, and a writing protocol Improve instruction and target specific needs through formative assessment
Language
English
Pages
120
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Corwin Publishers
Release
October 21, 2009
ISBN
1412956145
ISBN 13
9781412956147
Reading and Writing in Science: Tools to Develop Disciplinary Literacy
Help students access content in ways that foster understanding and critical thinking in science!
Science literacy enables students to learn, reflect, and communicate about science throughout their lives. This book provides an approach for building secondary students' disciplinary literacy and guiding students as they read science texts and produce their own writing. Written by a science educator and a literacy expert, this resource shows how to:
Build students' background knowledge and vocabulary Develop students' science reading skills while they access content Use writing frames, graphic organizers, writing-to-learn, and a writing protocol Improve instruction and target specific needs through formative assessment