Fail-Safe Strategies for Science and Literacy

Effective teaching can be found where science and literacy overlap. This book helps teachers streamline busy schedules by focusing on cognitive skills shared by science and language arts. Designed to help build teacher confidence, it offers the background and insights teachers need to support students as they make sense of science content through language arts study. This unique approach pairs thinking routines from literacyObserve and Wonder; Predict and Infer; Sort and Categorize; Analyze and Interpret; and Conclude and Applywith hands-on science activities. The engaging strategies offer a fail-safe way for students to build knowledge and skills across the curriculum.