Mon, Jul 09, 2012 3:46 AM in Writing in Science
It seems that there are as many ways to use science notebooks as there are teachers to teach science. I have been using them for around 5 years and every year I find that I change my ideas. I began by using small notebooks...paper stapled together with a cover for each unit (when I taught first grade). In second grade I used the composition books which were really handy. I begin the year with ...
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Mon, Jul 09, 2012 3:14 AM in What Does Inquiry Science Look like in Elementary Classrooms
This has been an awesome topic. I wonder if there is a way to respond directly under a person or a different view that can be chosen. It gets complicated sometimes when I have to scroll back up to see what someone was discussing. I teach second and agree that there are various levels of inquiry. I also have practiced "speed science". For me it doesn't work well because I find that the younger...
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Mon, Jul 09, 2012 2:42 AM in Anchor charts in Science
These were beautiful charts that probably were not created in the midst of a lesson but either after or before. I agree that they look commercial in nature, but they do give good ideas about things that could be on anchor charts, especially the second link. Anchor charts are those charts that you will leave up for the year or at the very least for the whole unit for students to refer to. Havin...
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