Science and Social Studies are Reading Too

Science and Social Studies Are Reading Too:

Science and Social Studies A re Reading Too Presented by: Cheryl Dick cherylldick@aol.com

What are some of the biggest obstacles facing educators?:

What are some of the biggest obstacles facing educators?

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Teacher burnout? Classroom management? Lack of resources? Must increase achievement to keep state funding? Too much to do? Too little time to do it in?

*Summarize *Main Idea *Writing Prompt 3rd Grade Pearson Example:

*Summarize *Main Idea *Writing Prompt 3 rd Grade Pearson Example

Mineral Hardness Scale:

Mineral Hardness Scale Talc Gypsum Calcite Fluorite Apatite Feldspar Quartz Topaz Corundum Diamonds Allen, R. ( 2008)

Mineral Scale Story Modified from: Greg Hopkins, Dana Meinders, Paula Seal at Robinson Elementary in Aurora, Missouri:

Mineral Scale Story Modified from: Greg Hopkins, Dana Meinders , Paula Seal at Robinson Elementary in Aurora, Missouri There once was a hillbilly named Min --- Earl Scale. Earl talced funny. He had a girlfriend who dressed like a gypsum . Every night they checked the cattle at the cal-cite . Then they would come sit on the flurite next to the dog with a big apatite . Their favorite sport was to go out to the fields and spar (feldspar) . The winner would get a Quartz of moonshine. Topaz the rest of the time, they corundum ed up the mountain and back down again. After five trips up and down the mountain, they would die in mounds (diamonds).

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Focus on the verbs first and the nouns second.

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Thematic Unit Planning:

Thematic Unit Planning Math SS ELA

Compare the physical properties of rocks.:

Compare the physical properties of rocks. Compare: Bloom’s Level 2 – Comprehension Categorize and Classify: Bloom’s Level 4 - Analysis

Build Background Knowledge:

Build Background Knowledge

How many nonfiction books do you have in your classroom library?:

How many nonfiction books do you have in your classroom library?

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Questions about thematic planning?:

Questions about thematic planning?

Mini-Lessons for Sci. and S.S.:

Mini-Lessons for Sci. and S.S.

Essential Thinking Strategies:

Essential Thinking Strategies Connect Predict Summarize Question Visualize Infer

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Shorten Summarize

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True cave dwellers are blind. They have no need for eyes. They have no need for color, so many are clear or white. White crickets and white centipedes feel their way in the dark, searching for food. Hungry blind beetles scratch in the loose earth. Spiders hunt on foot. White crayfish creep through pools and streams. Blind fish no bigger than your hand are clear enough to see through. Life in a cave is a constant search for something to eat. Sometimes floods carry in fresh supplies. Weeds and roots, leaves and twigs, and tiny animals from the soil are all food for hungry dwellers in the dark. Not a speck is wasted. Text from Caves written by David Harrison and published by Boyds Mills Press.

Text the Main Idea in 16 Words:

Text the Main Idea in 16 Words Colorless, blind cave dwellers search for food in the dark eating everything possible and wasting nothing.

Text the main idea …:

Text the main idea …

Souvenirs:

Souvenirs

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The Louisiana Purchase is like Dubble Bubble gum.

Lead belt in Missouri:

Lead belt in Missouri

Vocabulary in Motion:

Vocabulary in Motion

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Metamorphic rock: Rock type that results when rock comes under great pressure or is heated to high temperatures without melting.

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Let’s Dream, Martin Luther King, Jr.! By: Peter and Connie Roop Headings Questions Martin Luther King, Jr., is Born When was Martin Luther King, Jr., born? Mike King, Jr., Gets a New Name Why did Mike King, Jr., get a new name? What was it? Martin Learns More Lessons What lessons did Martin learn? Martin Learns a Bitter Lesson What bitter lesson did Martin learn? How was it different from the previous lessons learned? Martin’s First Sermon What was Martin’s first sermon about? Martin Becomes a Leader What character traits did Martin possess to make him a leader? Martin Makes a Difference How did Martin make a difference?