30 Great Science Picture Books. I love using picture books with my kids to make concepts stick.
Science is one of those subjects that is perfect for doing just that! Today, I’m going to share with you a great list of science picture books on a variety of topics. Enjoy! Be sure to scroll down to link up your favorite reading-related posts in our What to Read Wednesday link-up! Astronomy Me and My Place in Space With earth as a starting point, a young astronaut leads readers on a tour past each planet and on to the stars, answering simple questions about our solar system.
There’s No Place Like Space Beginning readers and budding astronomers are launched on a wild trip to visit the eight planets in our solar system, along with the Cat in the Hat, Thing One, Thing Two, Dick, and Sally. National Geographic Kids First Big Book of Space The book will explain basic concepts of space, beginning with what is most familiar to kids and expanding out into universe. What’s Out There? 11 STEM Picture Books. STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math and it is a popular topic around our house.
My kids are lucky enough to have a STEM lab in their elementary school and get time each week to create and learn more about STEM from a designated teacher. Content Area Literacy Graphic. Integrating Emergent Literacy into Adaptive PE for Students with Visual Impairments and Multiple Disabilities. The speech-language pathology and adaptive physical education teams collaborated to adapt and retell The Mitten by Jan Brett.
We set up an obstacle course to simulate the events of the story. For each of the animals in the story, we researched or used descriptions from the story to describe animal sounds and movements, and then we set up an obstacle for each animal to practice the movements and sounds. At the end of the obstacle course, all the students crawled inside our "mitten" (a parachute) before it was sneezed off! Materials: Procedure: Disciplinary Literacykeynotewegmann. 18 CCSS Literacy Strategies for Struggling Readers – Defining, Summarizing and Comparing – Copy / Paste by Peter Pappas. I’ve been working with teachers to develop learning strategies to support the Common Core literacy and comprehension skills that students commonly use across the content areas.
This pdf includes 18 lessons organized in two ways: by comprehension strategy – defining, summarizing and comparing and by target reader – non-reader, word caller and turned-off reader. The lessons are designed as templates which teachers can modify to use in their specific subject areas. Strategies for Struggling Readers 3MB pdf There are two key elements that teachers should keep in mind when working in each skill area. Defining. Professional Learning. 4 Ways to Integrate Science and Literacy — The Science Penguin. Using Literacy Strategies to Teach Math. 7 Easy Ways to Support Student Writing in Any Content Area. Tonight on the Titanic. Number the Stars by Lois Lowry.
I Survived. 16 Resources on Disciplinary Literacy Strategies. In today’s schools, literacy instruction isn’t just for English language arts classes.
Every subject involves discipline-specific text and all students need to develop the critical literacy skills to use and understand them. Learn how to incorporate disciplinary literacy strategies in your classroom with this curated list of resources just released on ASCD myTeachSource®. For more resources on disciplinary literacy, go to ASCD myTeachSource and sign up for a free two-week trial. Free Resources Disciplinary Literacy: A Shift That Makes Sense from ASCD Express Reading, writing, and thinking looks different, depending on the subject matter.
The Case for Multiple Texts from Educational Leadership Students grasp more information, think more critically, and learn to synthesize when they read many texts on one topic. Teaching Science Literacy from Educational Leadership Four actions help teachers foster citizens who are critical thinkers about science-related issues.
Southern Regional Education Board. House Mouse, Senate Mouse Classroom Activity Guide by Cheryl and Peter Barnes. America's mice have a government too With presidents, senators, and congressmice, who Are elected, debate, vote the popular will-- It's a Rodent Republic on Capitol Hill!
Introducing the Squeaker of the House and the Senate Mouse-jority leader. They are busy deliberating a bill designating a National Cheese. US regions postcard activity as a cumulative project by From The Hive. Colonial Research and a Graffiti Wall (with some GAFE thrown in) - Teaching in Room 6. How is that for a title?
If you have been following my blog the past few months, you know that I am quickly turning into a Google teacher. I find myself thinking of the standards I want to teach and integrating them with technology tools to enhance the learning experience in an authentic way. Such was the case as we entered our 13 colonies unit. In the past, I had the students make these fabulous colony "balloons".
They enjoyed working together to research and create the project. First, I created one document in Google Sheets for each colony. Once that was completed, I went home and used the "Save as Doc" add-on and created a word doc from their research. Our ultimate goal was to then create a "graffiti wall" with all of the information they researched written around a drawn shape of their colony. Reason for the Seasons Earth's Tilt by The Brisky Girls. The Reasons for the Seasons Reading Passage and Comprehension Check- In-depth reading passage covering the earth's motions (orbiting and rotating), its axis, and tilt.
Colorful diagrams illustrate the reason why we have seasons. WAIT!! Scientific Explanation CER (Claim, Evidence, Reasoning) Blank with rubric. CER - Claim Evidence Reasoning Introduction Humpty Dumpty Mystery. Cornell Notes, Leveling/Pairing Texts , Contextual Vocabulary. 16 Resources on Disciplinary Literacy Strategies. A cute kids book for teaching division. The Doorbell Rang tells the simple story of Sam and Victoria, who were just about to sit down and enjoy fresh cookies when two friends arrive and the four children divide up the cookies four ways.
Soon, the doorbell rings again, and then again, and each time the number of cookies per person dwindles. The illustrations in this book are admittedly super dated looking! However, we've finally come to acknowledge that it's not the kids who are turned off by dated illustrations. It's us -- the grown-ups! It's the grown-ups who deem a book 'too dated' simply because we were around back then, so we can recognize the illustrations of our youth. The division lesson in this book is SOLID.
Reading Levels: Interest Level: K-Gr. 3 / Grade Level Equivalent: 2.1 / DRA Level: 16 / Guided Reading: J / Lexile Measure: 340L Sample Pages: Below are sample spreads from inside The Doorbell Rang. Math Curse by Jon Scieszka. Sir Cumference and the Dragon of Pi by Cindy Neuschwander. Free Reading Passages and Literacy Resources. Subject Knowledge Resource 1 and Support For Teacher.