Teacher's Toolkit: Opening the Door to Science Instruction for All Through Literature

by: Colleen Sheehy and Karina Clemmons

This column provides how-to strategies and practical advice for the science teacher. This month’s issue discusses using literature to engage students in science learning and build literacy.

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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 3/1/2012Stock # ss12_035_07_80Volume 035Issue 07

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Using Literature in Science

This article supports using a lot of literature in the science classroom. It suggests a scaffolding of books from picture books to YA books in middle school. This short article relies exce... See More

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