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Literacy & Science

Literacy & Science. Using Science Notebook Writing to Develop Communication Skills. Video. Achieving Literacy Through Hands-On Inquiry Science Developed by SLIP: Science and Literacy Integration Project; Rhode Island. The Notebook’s Structure. Structures reflect intentions of the teacher

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Literacy & Science

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  1. Literacy & Science Using Science Notebook Writing to Develop Communication Skills

  2. Video • Achieving Literacy Through Hands-On Inquiry Science • Developed by SLIP: Science and Literacy Integration Project; Rhode Island

  3. The Notebook’s Structure • Structures reflect intentions of the teacher • Capture just the science learning? • Capture the science learning while also developing communication skills? • Which communication skills?

  4. Lots of Support • Lots of reading (maybe) • Little writing • Little drawing • How often do you use this type of notebook entry?

  5. Some Support • Less reading • Drawing and labeling • Writing • How often do you use this type of notebook entry?

  6. Little Support • Little or no reading • Drawing • Little writing • How often do you use this type of notebook entry?

  7. No Support (blank or lined sheet) • Little or no reading • Opportunity for varied amount of writing and/or drawing • How often do you use this type of notebook entry?

  8. Which type of notebook page? • Notebook writing can prepare for Open Response questions on MCAS. • MCAS OR questions significant reading (usually) with a blank sheet of paper. • El Centro’s research (and other) recommends: • any science notebook style is better than none • less structure is better than more.

  9. LASW: 4th Grade ELA MCAS • Using the rubric, score the three samples of student work. • Why ELA? • They haven’t done a scaled score in Science for the past two years and release about 1/2 the test • Most of us are more familiar with ELA than with Science

  10. What the DOE Decided • http://www.doe.mass.edu/mcas/student/2002/

  11. LASW

  12. LASW

  13. LASW

  14. Other Resources? • Active Assessment for Active Science, George Hein & Sabra Price • Doing What Scientists Do,Ellen Doris • El Centro’s Power Point print outs • Student Notebooks (the strong and the weak)

  15. My Current Thinking on NB Structure • Blank individual sheets in K • Stapled notebooks (with drawing box and lines) for Gr. 1 & 2 and Blue exam books for Gr. 3-5 • Page number all sheets (except K) • In the Blue Books: • leave room for table of contents in front • make a glossary in the back • EVERYBODY dates and titles each page

  16. Science Expo • Takes the Science Investigation process home. • Designed to leave the control with the child (not the parents). • Useful to students and families when the classroom teacher knows the basic expectations and is a ‘cheer leader’.

  17. Basics • 4 step process: • the question • ‘this is what I did’ • ‘this is what happened’ • the answer • This is also the format for the poster report • NO BIGGER than an open folder. • Must be an activity, not a ‘book reading’.

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