Growing Language Through Science, K-5: Strategies That Work

Foster life-long teacher learning embedded in effective teaching practices and the science standards

Science is a natural motivator and an academic engine for utilizing language, but it is the teacher who is the key to fostering the innate curiosity in each learner. Growing Language Through Science offers a model for contextualizing language and promoting academic success for all students, particularly English learners in the K-5 science classroom, through a highly effective approach that integrates inquiry-based science lessons with language rich hand-on experiences. You'll find

• A wealth of instructional tools to support and engage students, with links to the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)
• Presentation and assessment strategies that accommodate students' diverse needs, while encouraging them to use communicative language, speaking, listening, reading, and writing
• Ready-to-use templates and illustrations to enrich the textual discussion
• Field-tested teaching strategies framed in the 5Es used in monolingual and bilingual classrooms
• Reflection exercises that enhance teacher instructional decision making.
  

Use this timely resource to build students' science and language skills simultaneously - while helping them find the joy in learning.

"This book is timely, informative, and accessible to the practitioner. As an administrator, I would love to use this resource with our staff as a way to generate dialogue around the NGSS and the implementation of science as the content for language arts integration."
-- Thelma A. Davis, Principal
Clark County School District, Las Vegas, NV

"The book's major strengths are taking multiple teaching strategies that are proven to be beneficial for English learners and putting them together in an easy to understand format, allowing the teacher a view of what a lesson should look like, as well as numerous, ready-made lessons to follow."
-- Lyneille Meza, Coordinator of Data & Assessment?
Denton ISD, Denton, TX

Author: Judy G. Reinhartz
Publisher: Corwin Publishers
Published: 04/29/2015
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 9.90h x 6.90w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9781483358314

About the Author
Dr. Judy Reinhartz recently retired as the Associate Dean and Professor in the College of Education. As Associate Dean, her responsibilities are varied including working with new faculty, grant writing, student advising, and teaching. Before joining the faculty at UTEP, Dr. Reinhartz was at The University of Texas at Arlington for over three decades. While there, she held various supervisory and leadership positions including the Director of the Center for Research, Field Experiences, Pre-college Programs, and the Distinguished Faculty Lecture Series.