A five-week study taught students how to write a field guide that identified the plants in a small wooded area they passed through on their way to their school playground. By creating this authentic genre of science writing, students came to understand and care for the natural world in their immediate environment. They also developed important science, reading, and writing skills through purposeful work.
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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 4/1/2007Stock # sc07_044_08_26Volume 044Issue 08