Category: Common Core Standards

Planning Instruction for ELL/ESL Students

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By , March 13, 2014 2:04 pm

Photosynthesis 

Lesson 1 

Context: This is the first of many lessons regarding photosynthesis. The students will be completing a lab report detailing the results of their experimentation as the culminating activity for this unit (Summative Assessment). This first lesson introduces the basics of the process of photosynthesis by beginning to identify key vocabulary. In addition, this lesson introduces writing a lab report through a jigsaw activity to create a collective classroom procedure for producing this report. Continue reading 'Planning Instruction for ELL/ESL Students'»

Bibliography of Books for Teaching Science!

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By , March 12, 2014 6:46 pm

Books Included

  1. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
  2. Invisible Frontiers: The race to synthesize a human gene
  3. A Wrinkle In Time
  4. The Tales of A Shaman’s Apprentice
  5. Survival of the Sickest
  6. The Making of the Fittest
  7. Physics of the Impossible
  8. Dr. Franklins Island
  9. Obsessive Genius: The Inner World of Marie Curie
  10. Uglies
  11. Gathering Blue
  12. Ender’s Game
  13. Divergent
  14. Feed
  15. The House of The Scorpion
  16. Galapagos
  17. The Freedom Maze
  18. The City of Ember
  19. Eva
  20. The Hunger Games

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Teaching with A Novel: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

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By , March 12, 2014 6:40 pm

Novel Resource Guide

Our task in ED 420 this semester was to create a plan to teach a unit using a novel. Because my content area is science, I was hesitant to use a science fiction novel so I used the historical science book of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot. By accessing the link, the viewer has access to all of the information necessary to teach a unit using the book, from discussion questions to in class activities, and assessments.

Teaching Science with A Novel: The Hunger Games

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By , March 12, 2014 5:51 pm

Hunger Games Unit Plan 

Teacher: Shelbi Burnett

Grade: 8th

Subject: Middle School Science

Stage One : Desired Results 
Established Goals: Students will be able to draw from prior experience to identify how they have studied the world around them and gained factual knowledge (informally practice science). Students will learn to value the informal practice of science through observation and inference to inform their lives. Students will understand how the formal study of science is important to the advancement of society. Students will be able to explain how knowledge of science and technologies can be/have been used to oppress groups. Continue reading 'Teaching Science with A Novel: The Hunger Games'»

Critical Literacy Invitation

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By , May 1, 2012 11:51 pm

 

As a summation to ED 398 in the spring of 2012 we completed an Invitation for students to engage in critical literacy in our classroom.  Continue reading 'Critical Literacy Invitation'»

Common Core Standards

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By , May 1, 2012 11:32 pm

Anchor Standards Literacy In Science Continue reading 'Common Core Standards'»

Lesson Plan 2: Cells & Vocabulary Continued

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By , May 1, 2012 6:02 pm

This is a a second model lesson,to be used after the first for teaching vocabulary in science. It references activities from 50 Instructional Routines to Develop Content Literacy (2nd Ed) published by Pearson. Continue reading 'Lesson Plan 2: Cells & Vocabulary Continued'»

Lesson Plan 1: Cells & Vocabulary

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By , May 1, 2012 5:52 pm

This is a model lesson, the first I have created, for teaching vocabulary in science. It references activities from 50 Instructional Routines to Develop Content Literacy (2nd Ed) published by Pearson. Continue reading 'Lesson Plan 1: Cells & Vocabulary'»

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