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How
to Write to Learn Science, 2nd Edition
Grades 5–12
Make science an exhilarating process of discovery! Through a wealth of creative write-to-learn strategies, this book offers inspiring techniques to coax out the reluctant scientists in your classroom. Newly updated and expanded, this NSTA best seller is a storehouse of practical ideas and examples for use with students at all ability levels.
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Picture
Perfect Science Lessons
Grades K–8
This delightful book for new and experienced elementary teachers presents 15 ready-to-teach lessons—complete with student pages and assessments—that use picture books to guide science inquiry explicitly tied to the National Science Education Standards.
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Science
Notebooks: Writing About Inquiry
Grades K–8
Discover how science notebooks actually work in an elementary classroom. The first three chapters focus on methods for implementing science notebooks; the remaining three describe the rationale for using them. Best of all, student samples and teacher vignettes throughout let you see the authors’ own strategies for guiding students into recording data, explaining their science conclusions, and reflecting on their activities.
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Crossing
Borders in Literacy and Science Instruction
Grades K–12
Where do literacy and science learning overlap? How does knowledge in one area affect learning in the other? How can you plan your lessons to make the most of the literacy-science connection? Crossing Borders will challenge you to consider questions about the latest interdisciplinary-teaching methods—and to move beyond the easy answers.
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