Using Science Notebooks in Elementary Classrooms

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NSTA Press, 2008 - Education - 126 pages
Classroom teachers who want to begin using or who are currently including science notebooks as part of their instruction will find that Using Science Notebooks in Elementary Classrooms is a "must-have" resource for the development of scientific inquiry, literacy, and reasoning skills. This book makes the case for using science notebooks strategicallypromoting hands-on observing, recording, and reflectingand demonstrates how best to do so.

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Contents

1 What Do We Know About Writing and Science?
1
2 What Is a Science Notebook?
7
3 What Are the Essential Components of a Science Notebook?
14
4 Getting Started
15
5 Question Problem Purpose
21
6 Prediction
31
7 Planning
37
8 Observations Data Charts Graphs Drawings and Illustrations
47
11 Reflections
73
12 English Language Development and the Science Literacy Connection
81
13 Additional Strategies for Increasing the Use of Academic Content Language in the Writing of English Language Learners
89
14 Assessing Student Progress
97
15 Power of Feedback
107
16 Implications and Concluding Remarks
111
References
113
About the Author
116

9 Claims and Evidence
59
10 Drawing Conclusions
65
Index
117

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Bibliographic information

TitleUsing Science Notebooks in Elementary Classrooms
AuthorMichael P. Klentschy
Editionillustrated
PublisherNSTA Press, 2008
ISBN1933531037, 9781933531038
Length126 pages
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