Category: Range of Reading (9-10)

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.

Common Core Standards

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By , May 1, 2012 11:32 pm

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

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