Language and Literacy in Inquiry-Based Science Classrooms, Grades 3-8 [Paperback]

This hands-on resource offers a wealth of strategies aligned with national science education standards, including sample lessons for integrating reading instruction into inquiry-based science classrooms.This hands-on resource offers a wealth of strategies aligned with national science education standards, including sample lessons for integrating reading instruction into inquiry-based science classrooms. This is a much-needed addition to the science teachers library. Our students inability to comprehend the written word in science text is the single biggest hindrance to their continuing in their studies, and?thus the primary reason we often lose them after elementary school. This book addresses an issue that is like an elephant in the room. Everyone knows that reading is an issue in science, but?ultimately no one is teaching students to read science. Finally, a book that not only provides sound research, but also offers practical, ready-to-use reading and vocabulary strategies to connect reading and science! Reading and writing can no longer be optional extras in the science classroom. This work shows how the demands of reading scientific texts differ from those of reading literary texts, clarifies the features of scientific text that must be learned so that it's readable, and describes the tools teachers need to teach reading in science. This must-read book sets the standard for teaching reading comprehension with expository text!? I have?already?implemented some of the activities mentioned with great success. This book embeds literacy tasks into science inquiry to enhance the functionality of instruction, support the construction of understanding, and develop a fundamental sense of science literacy. This results in fuller participation in the public debate about issues of science, technology, society and environment, which in turn leads to infolS¯