Literacy in Science
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Speaking Up for Science and Social Studies Nell K. Duke, UM 
Developed at the request of the CCSSO Social Studies Collaborative, this video makes the case, from the perspective of a literacy researcher, for devoting more time to science and social studies education in the elementary grades.
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WIDA Focus On STEM Discourse: Strengthening Reasoning, Strengthening Language
including WIDA Teacher and Student Discourse Moves 

Is it Time to Drop 'Finding the Main Idea' and Teach Reading in a New Way?
Some schools are changing the way they teach reading—based on research that shows background knowledge is more critical to comprehension than general skills like ‘finding the main idea.’  Holley Korbey, July 2020 Edutopia

Supporting Early Literacy Development and Science Instruction,  MDE Jan 2016 

Disciplinary Literacy Through the Lens of the Next Generation Science Standards
A. Houseal, V. Gillis, M. Helmsing, L. Hutchison, ILA, JAAL 59(4) January/February 2016 
Describing NGSS Practices and CCC in terms of Science, Literacy, Math, and Social Studies 

Literacy for Science in the CCSS and NGSS -- A National Academy of Sciences Workshop December 9-10, 2013 Washington, DC
Agenda
Meeting Materials
Summary Report of Meeting  Literacy for Science: Exploring the Intersection of the Next Generation Science Standards and Common Core for ELA Standards: A Workshop Summary 

Unlocking Learning: Science as a Lever for English Learner Equity
The Education Trust -- West, January 2017


SsWIDA Focus On STEM Discourse: Strengthening Reasoning, Strengthening Language 
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​Reading and Writing in Science Tools to Develop Disciplinary Literacy -
Maria Grant and Douglas Fisher
"Science Literacy > Strategies"
Fisher, D., Grant, M., & Frey, N. (2009). Science literacy is > strategies. The Clearing House, 82, 183-186.

Access a personal copy of Fisher, Frey "Collaborative Learning for Equity"

Teaching Students to Think Like Scientists - Marcia Grant, Douglas Fisher, Diane Lapp

NGSS Science and Engineering Practices in NGSS 'I Can' Statements -- poster

Science Literacy Cycle Lesson Plan Template -- Sacramento Area Science Project
Arthur Beauchamp

Examining Text Complexity in Science Texts
Wisconsin Dept of Public Instruction

Resources developed to support Literacy in Science -- Boston Public Schools
Science and Literacy 
Close and Analytical Reading and Text-Dependent Questions
Argumentation and Explanation: Claims, Evidence and Reasoning
Science Notebook Supports: Taking and Making Notes in Science

Robert Marzano - Vocabulary for NGSS Vocabulary for the New Science Standards 
Reproducibles Additional Suggested Resources
Goals for Productive Discussions and Nine Talk Moves - Checklist - TERC Inquiry Project

5 Practices for Orchestrating Productive Task-Based Discussions in Science By Jennifer L. Cartier, Margaret S. Smith, Mary Kay Stein, and Danielle K. Ross (NSTA/NCTM co-pub)
Robust and effective classroom discussions are essential for providing students with opportunities to simultaneously engage in science practices while learning key science content. This volume outlines the five practices teachers need for facilitating effective inquiry-oriented classrooms:
• Anticipate what students will do—what strategies they will use—in solving a problem
• Monitor their work as they approach the problem in class
• Select students whose strategies are worth discussing in class
• Sequence those students’ presentations to maximize their potential to increase students’ learning
• Connect the strategies and ideas in a way that helps students understand the science learned
Cooperative Laboratory -- Cooperative Group Work ---> "5 Practices Discussion"
Students -- complete high cognitive demand tasks, produce artifacts, share and discuss thinking and using artifacts
Teachers -- anticipate, monitor, select, sequence, and connect

Why Read Picture Books in Science Class By Karen Ansberry and Emily Morgan
Chapters 1-5 as introduction to Picture-Perfect Science Resources available at NSTA.org

PBS Middle School Literacy --- Science and Health Resources
Teachers' Domain

Finding Overlap in the Common Mathematics, Literacy, and Science Standards
Stanford Science and Literacy Resources
VennDiagram_practices_v11 8-30-13 pastel.pdf
VennDiagram_practices_v11 8-30-13 color.pdf
VennDiagram_practices_v11 8-30-13 BW.pdf
Explanatory note for Venn Diagram-111714.pdf
Revised Venn Diagram (BW)   Venn Diagram (Color; NSTA) 
Cheuk, T. (2013). Relationships and convergences among the mathematics, science, and ELA practices. Refined version of diagram created by the Understanding Language Initiative for ELP Standards. Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University. 
 
Core Practices for Ambitious Science Teaching
This web site provides tools and resources that support ambitious science instruction at the middle school and high school levels. Ambitious teaching deliberately aims to get students of all racial, ethnic, and class backgrounds to understand science ideas, participate in the discourses of the discipline, and solve authentic problems. We describe 4 core instructional strategies that support this kind of teaching. These “high-leverage” practices make up the Science Learning Framework, and have been selected based on extensive research of how young people learn science, on authentic forms of science activity, and how teachers learn to appropriate new practices.
Science Text Sets: Using Various Genres to Promote Literacy and Inquiry - M. Ebbers
Nonfiction contains a variety of textual genres that reflect the different processes
within scientific inquiry. Includes multi-genre text set for unit on sound.

Strategies for Writing in the Science Classroom  (Grades 4-8) -- Kathleen Kopp
With step-by-step directions, rubrics, student examples, templates, technology tips, and ideas for differentiation, Kopp goes beyond journals or reports to show how science teachers can use writing to develop critical-thinking skills, improve understanding of scientific concepts, and assess students’ progress.
Introductory information

Reading Apprenticeship Resources -- Student Learning Goals -- Science
(Downloadable list from RA site)

SREB Readiness Courses
Literacy Ready -- Ready for Reading in All Disciplines
This course teaches students strategies for reading and truly understanding specific kinds of complex texts in all subjects — reading a biology textbook, for example, is different than reading short stories or history research articles. Students learn to develop and defend ideas from the text and write about them in different college-level formats.
Literacy Ready prepares high school students to read and write about college-level texts in core subjects.
6 units  -- 2 in social science; 2 in English; 2 in science (lesson context -- Nutrition and DNA; read and analyze text from college textbooks) 
The content of each discipline is at the forefront of the curriculum, while literacy skills specific to each discipline are emphasized in reading and writing assignments based on the content.

Tips for Teachers - Science and Literacy.org
Instructional strategies from the Seeds of Science/Roots of Reading integrated curriculum. Each Strategy Guide provides a description of one of these strategies, an overview of how to teach the strategy with many science texts, and a specific plan for teaching the strategy with a Seeds of Science/Roots of Reading book.

Teaching Science Through Hip Hop -- Science Genius BATTLES
Christopher Emdin -- Teachers College NY WKAR Interview
Videos of Science Genius BATTLES

How to Write to Learn Science - Bob Tierney and John Dorroh
Sample chapter

On Writing in Science - S. Abell in Science and Children (2006), NSTA
Support for writing to learn science; making writing and thinking essential components of the elementary science classroom
www.scifacts.net/​Science Facts for Kids

The Science Writing Heuristic (SWH) -- SWH is a guided-inquiry writing-to-learn strategy used to promote collaboration, critical thinking, communication, problem-solving -- an alternative to the traditional laboratory experience.

Link to Literacy in Science Wikipage
developed by Michigan Science teachers and consultants through Michigan Math and Science Center Professional Development Series (Alecia Hoppa, Muskegon Area ISD).

Grade Level Science
Teachers College, Columbia University, Reading and Writing Project 
Digital Text Sets site
Science Digital Text Set
Pop Culture Digital Text Set
  
Supporting Practices of Science & Engineering
Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information
Exploring the Science Framework - Engaging learners in scientific practices related to obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information

Translating the NGSS for Classroom Instruction -- Rodger Bybee
Chapter 4 "From NGSS to Classroom Instruction"

CORI Concept-Oriented Reading Instruction merges reading strategy instruction, conceptual knowledge in science, and support for student motivation. 
Adolescents' Engagement in Academic Literacy

Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC)
Science and Technical Subjects Modules

Developing Oral Language and Reading Fluency -- Music in Science
Collection of Science Songs for Teaching -- Wayne RESA
2013 MSDSTA Science Songs Handout - D. Bydlowski's presentation

Understanding Language Initiative - Language, Literacy, and Learning in the Content Areas (Stanford)
Understanding Language aims to heighten educator awareness of the critical role that language plays in the new Common Core State Standards and Next Generation Science Standards. The long-term goal of the initiative is to increase recognition that learning the language of each academic discipline is essential to learning content. Obtaining, evaluating and communicating information; articulating and building on ideas; constructing explanations; engaging in argument from evidence—such language-rich performance expectations permeate the new Standards

Language Demands and Opportunities in Relation to NGSS for ELLs

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