Reading Science: Practical Strategies for Integrating Instruction

by Jennifer Altieri

How can we prepare our students to think, read, and write like scientists? In Reading Science , Jennifer Altieri reminds us that literacy skills aren't add-ons to the science class-they are critical parts of instruction. She addresses the need for both literacy and science skills in our classrooms to prepare our students for the future challenges they will meet. Strategies you can use right away Filled with practical strategies customized for science classrooms based on Jennifer's decades of experience connecting content areas with literacy, this book Science requires specialized literacy demands Our students should be prepared for not only the science class as we know it today but for future science classes and the world beyond. To create classrooms that support this kind of learning, we must use literacy as a tool to help students access science content, communicate their ideas precisely, and apply their discoveries in new contexts.

144 pages, Paperback

First published February 11, 2016

Reviews

[Lindsey · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book certainly has specific strategies for developing students as readers in a science classroom as well as helping them to be better scientists as they obtain and evaluate scientific information through texts.
I would recommend this book mostly to science teachers who do not have a background teaching reading. If you have taught reading before, this book may have little to offer you.

[Rikki · Rating 5 out of 5]

Well written; lots of ideas that I can try in 6th grade