Reading and Writing Strategies for the Secondary Science Classroom in a PLC at Work®

ebook (Literacy-based strategies, tools, and techniques for grades 6–12 science teachers)

By Daniel M. Argentar

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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. Learn how to connect science content with literacy skill development, differentiated instruction, designing meaningful assessments, effective feedback, and more.

Benefits:

  • Understand the role that professional learning communities (PLCs) and science teachers play in literacy development and student-centered learning.
  • Foster student engagement by utilizing adaptable strategies and literacy resources for developing pre-reading, during-reading, and post-reading skills.
  • Learn 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 learning outcomes.
  • Gain reflective knowledge to strengthen science and literacy instructional practices, encouraging learners to think like scientists.
  • Contents:
    Preface
    Introduction: Every Teacher Is a Literacy Teacher
    Chapter 1: Collaboration, Learning, and Results
    Chapter 2: Foundational Literacy Triage
    Chapter 3: Prereading
    Chapter 4: During Reading
    Chapter 5: Postreading
    Chapter 6: Writing
    Chapter 7: Assessment

    Reading and Writing Strategies for the Secondary Science Classroom in a PLC at Work®