Reading and Writing Strategies for the Secondary Science Classroom in a PLC at Work® (Literacy-based strategies, tools, and techniques for grades 6-12 ... (Every Teacher Is a Literacy Teacher)

by: Daniel M. Argentar (Author),Katherine A. N. Gillies(Author),Maureen M. Rubenstein(Author),Brian R. Wise(Author)

Publisher: Solution Tree

Edition: 1st

Publication Date: 2019/11/14

Language: English

Print Length: 200 pages

ISBN-10: 1949539016

ISBN-13: 9781949539011

Book Description

Equip your students with the literacy support they need to think like scientists. Written by a team of experienced educators, this book provides practical literacy-based strategies designed for science teachers of grades 6-12. It can be read cover-to-cover or used as a quick reference for specific strategies. Lea how to connect science content with literacy skill development, differentiated instruction, designing meaningful assessments, effective feedback, and more.Benefits:Understand the role that professional leaing communities (PLCs) and science teachers play in literacy development and student-centered leaing.Foster student engagement by utilizing adaptable strategies and literacy resources for developing pre-reading, during-reading, and post-reading skills.Lea why collaboration among different disciplines can enhance literacy instruction in secondary science education.Obtain tools and techniques for designing meaningful assessments that align literacy and science standards and improve student leaing outcomes.Gain reflective knowledge to strengthen science and literacy instructional practices, encouraging leaers to think like scientists.Contents:PrefaceIntroduction:Every Teacher Is a Literacy TeacherChapter 1:Collaboration, Leaing, and ResultsChapter 2:Foundational Literacy TriageChapter 3:PrereadingChapter 4:During ReadingChapter 5:PostreadingChapter 6:WritingChapter 7:Assessment

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Equip your students with the literacy support they need to think like scientists. Written by a team of experienced educators, this book provides practical literacy-based strategies designed for science teachers of grades 6-12. It can be read cover-to-cover or used as a quick reference for specific strategies. Lea how to connect science content with literacy skill development, differentiated instruction, designing meaningful assessments, effective feedback, and more.Benefits:Understand the role that professional leaing communities (PLCs) and science teachers play in literacy development and student-centered leaing.Foster student engagement by utilizing adaptable strategies and literacy resources for developing pre-reading, during-reading, and post-reading skills.Lea why collaboration among different disciplines can enhance literacy instruction in secondary science education.Obtain tools and techniques for designing meaningful assessments that align literacy and science standards and improve student leaing outcomes.Gain reflective knowledge to strengthen science and literacy instructional practices, encouraging leaers to think like scientists.Contents:PrefaceIntroduction:Every Teacher Is a Literacy TeacherChapter 1:Collaboration, Leaing, and ResultsChapter 2:Foundational Literacy TriageChapter 3:PrereadingChapter 4:During ReadingChapter 5:PostreadingChapter 6:WritingChapter 7:Assessment