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? What is the sun made of? Curious George and the Rocket. 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. During the summer I have dedicated Wednesdays to our SUMMER STEM LAB where we explore different themes and test out different STEM toys and kits. This post contains affiliate links. This week we are focusing on STEM books – I wanted to share our experience with littleBits super cool robot kits but I am off to Washington DC to speak at the Scholastic Reading Summit and I can’t upload a video on the plane wifi… I think there is a lesson in here somewhere about leaving things to the last minute.
Rosie Revere Engineer by Andrea Beaty is more than just a book about an engineer who happens to be a young girl; it is about not being afraid to be different, especially when being different is amazing. Awesome Dawson. 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: The students came into PE class and during their warm up listened a sound recording of The Mitten. First we introduced the mole, the students made a "sniffing" noise like a mole and then crawled through the tunnel obstacle. To wrap it up we showed the students one of the mittens they looked at in the beginning of class paired with the over-sized mitten sewn out of felt. Attached File(s): Variations: Links: [2] 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 Before the formal definition has been introduced, students should be asked to make connections between their prior knowledge and the term.After the term has been defined, students need activities to more deeply process the term.
Summarizing Comparing Like this: Like Loading... Related How to Use Web 2.0 to Teach Literacy Strategies to Struggling Readers March 3, 2011 In "How To" November 9, 2009. 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 | Magic Tree House (R) | Magic Tree House | Penguin Random House. 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. This encounter with some of the "big cheese" on Capitol Hill, used alongside the activities included in this free classroom activity guide, introduces the legislative branch of governments, the differences between representatives and senators, and the law-making process. As an ADDED BONUS these activities also provide opportunities to practice core curriculum skills such as reading comprehension, creative writing, research, and oral presentation.
House Mouse, Senate Mouse Cover Sheet Legislative Replay How a Bill Becomes a Law Keys to the House and Senate Congressional Word Search Capitol Tour Guide Campaign Poster and RECEIVE A SPECIAL TpT DISCOUNT plus. 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. But this year, I wanted to do something different and with the availability of the chrome books in our school, I decided that we could use the Google Suite to make the research a bit easier for all.
(however, ALL of this project can be done without computers. 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. (affiliate link) to write the graffiti facts around the 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.
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The Doorbell Rang -- 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.
But kids don't. :) So...we are trying to be more 'forgiving' of older books, and consider the storyline a little more strongly. And this is a book that stands the test of time. 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. Math Curse by Jon Scieszka. Sir Cumference and the Dragon of Pi by Cindy Neuschwander. Informational Text 3: Text Sets - World War I | Free Reading Passages and Literacy Resources. Subject Knowledge Resource 1 and Support For Teacher.