Interesting technique!

This is a great approach to critiquing science in a meaningful way. The literature circles ensure that all students are involved and have a part to play, and it likely broadens their reading... See More

This is a great approach to critiquing science in a meaningful way. The literature circles ensure that all students are involved and have a part to play, and it likely broadens their reading genres as well. Scientific vocabulary is bound to be present, and will be meaningful to students because they will have a story to connect those concepts to. As an avid reader, I would love to try this in my classroom. The possibilities are endless, as there is literature to be found on any subject!

A Literature-Circles Approach to Understanding Science as a Human Endeavor

This is a great article! It had many different strategies to use inside the classroom to ensure your science instruction is effective. Literature circles are a great resource to use to encou... See More

This is a great article! It had many different strategies to use inside the classroom to ensure your science instruction is effective. Literature circles are a great resource to use to encourage students to have confidence and share their thoughts with their peers!

A Literature-Circles Approach to Understanding Science as a Human Endeavor

This is a great article! It had many different strategies to use inside the classroom to ensure your science instruction is effective. Literature circles are a great resource to use to encou... See More

This is a great article! It had many different strategies to use inside the classroom to ensure your science instruction is effective. Literature circles are a great resource to use to encourage students to have confidence and share their thoughts with their peers!

A Literature-Circles Approach to Understanding Science as a Human Endeavor

This is a great article! It had many different strategies to use inside the classroom to ensure your science instruction is effective. Literature circles are a great resource to use to encou... See More

This is a great article! It had many different strategies to use inside the classroom to ensure your science instruction is effective. Literature circles are a great resource to use to encourage students to have confidence and share their thoughts with their peers!

I love this resource!

I think this article is a great resource for both first year teachers and veteran teachers. This walks readers through exactly how a literature circle in science class would operate, giving ... See More

I think this article is a great resource for both first year teachers and veteran teachers. This walks readers through exactly how a literature circle in science class would operate, giving ideas for jobs that each student could hold in the circle to make sure that each student is remaining on task throughout the time spent in the group. I think this is an example of giving each student the chance to be the "genius" for a specific task. I always loved when I got to teach my friends something in school, and this gives each student in the group the chance to contribute something to the group that only they know. Very exciting!

Great Tips to Implement in the Classroom

This article walks educators through an effective way to implement the strategy of literature circles in effective science instruction. I especially enjoyed the idea of assigning jobs to eac... See More

This article walks educators through an effective way to implement the strategy of literature circles in effective science instruction. I especially enjoyed the idea of assigning jobs to each student in the group so they are held accountable for specializing in something specific to contribute to the whole-group learning.