Lab reports and science books
By: Lucy Calkins, Lauren Kolbeck, and Monique Knight ; photography by Peter Cunningham
Contributors: Kolbeck, Lauren, author; Knight, Monique, author
Publisher: Firsthand, an imprint of Heinemann; Firsthand
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Portsmouth, NH
Language: eng
Number of pages: 136
ISBN-13: 9780325047294
Subjects: Technical writing; Science; Correlation with content subjects; Language arts; Study and teaching (Primary)
Notes: "Grade 2, Unit 2, information" --Cover.
Table of contents: title: Learning to write about science; title: Studying a mentor text : procedural writing; title: New wonderings, new experiments; title: Authors share scientific ideas/conclusions; title: Scientists learn from other sources as well as from experiments; title: Student self-assessment and plans; title: Remember all you know about science and about scientific writing for new experiments; title: Studying a mentor text : the "results" page; title: Comparing results and reading more expert materials to consider new questions; title: Designing and writing a new experiment; title: Editing : domain-specific language; title: Drawing on all we know to rehearse and plan information books; title: Tapping our informational know-how for drafting; title: Studying mentor texts : integrating scientific information; title: Using comparisons to teach readers; title: Showing hidden worlds with science writing; title: Introductions and conclusions : addressing an audience; title: Editing : aligning expectations to the common core; title: Celebration : writing and science exhibition.