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According to the K-12 Framework for Science Education, “any education in science and engineering needs to develop students’ ability to read and produce domain-specific text. As such, every science or engineering lesson is in part a language lesson, particularly reading and producing the genres of texts that are intrinsic to science and engineering.” (NRC Framework, 2012, p. 76) This aspect is central to SEP #8 which is Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information. Included within this practice is the need for students to:
Although language arts and reading are part of every lesson, it should not be HOW students obtain their information, but rather used to support student sense making. Students still need to be provided opportunities to use these materials along with investigations or phenomenon in the sense-making process. Teachers can incorporate different types of reading materials within classroom experiences and student engagement opportunities.
In this web seminar, Christine Royce, author of the Teaching Through Trade Books column in Science and Children and co-author of Teaching Science Through Trade Books, will discuss how children’s literature can be utilized within science lessons, and share different NSTA Press resources that can be used to help develop SEP #8 Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information. Take aways will include:
All individuals receive a certificate of participation and 100 NSTA activity points for attending the live seminar and completing the end-of-program survey. A certificate of participation is not awarded for watching the recorded version of the program.
We invite you to register for upcoming web seminars at NSTA.
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A certificate of attendance was deposited into participants' account page for completing the evaluation form at the end of the program.
For more information contact: [email protected]
Christine Royce
Early Childhood Elementary Middle School
General Science Pre-K
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