SynopsisEquip 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, With Reading and Writing Strategies for the Secondary Science Classroom in a PLC at Work®, grades 6-12 teachers will equip their students with the literacy support they need to think, read, and write like scientists. Part of the Every Teacher Is a Literacy Teacher series, this book emphasizes the importance that the Professional Learning Community (PLC) at Work process has in supporting learners who struggle with literacy and in enriching learning for those who demonstrate mastery. Series editors Mark Onuscheck and Jeanne Spiller and authors Daniel M. Argentar, Katherine A. N. Gillies, Maureen M. Rubenstein, and Brian R. Wise provide practical literacy-based strategies specifically designed for secondary science instruction. By connecting science content to literacy skill development, differentiated instruction, meaningful common assessments, and more, teachers will prepare all students for lab work and their future beyond school. Readers will: Learn how interdisciplinary collaboration enhances literacy instruction in secondary science education, Discover how to work in collaborative teams to best support students' literacy needs, Foster student engagement by utilizing adaptable strategies and literacy resources for developing prereading, during-reading, and postreading skills, Enhance students' writing abilities with strategies designed to teach learners how to think like scientists and support their claims with evidence, Obtain tools and techniques for designing meaningful assessments that align literacy and science standards and improve learning outcomes Book jacket.
LC Classification NumberQ183.3.A1A74 2019