new science literacy : using language skills to help students learn science / Marlene Thier with Bennett Daviss ; foreword by Harold Pratt
Contributors: Daviss, Bennett
Publisher: Heinemann
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Portsmouth, NH
Language: eng
Number of pages: 194
Subjects: Science -- Study and teaching (Elementary) -- United States; Science -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- United States; Language arts (Elementary) -- United States; Language arts (Secondary) -- United States; Language arts -- Correlation with content subjects -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 180-182) and index
Table of contents: title: Merging science and language; title: Activities that merge language and science; title: Tools for the new science literacy, performance expectations; title: Reading, paths to better comprehension; title: Writing, paths to clear expression; title: Speaking and listening, paths to clear understanding; title: Media literacy, paths to awareness; title: If you teach from a textbook; title: Fusing science and literacy, practical steps to implementation; title: Making parents a vital part of the new science literacy; title: Building bridges to literacy in your science program