Killing Two Birds with One Stone

Autor/in	Westfall, Seth Marie
Titel	Killing Two Birds with One Stone
Quelle	In: Science and Children, 56 (2018) 2, S.28-35 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0036-8148
Schlagwörter	Language Arts; Science Instruction; Elementary School Teachers; Writing Instruction; Listening Skills; Speech Skills; Grade 2; Earth Science; Student Journals; Notetaking; Reading Instruction; Reading Strategies; Interdisciplinary Approach + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sprachkultur; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Elementary school; Teacher; Teachers; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Schreibunterricht; Mündliche Leistung; Sprachfertigkeit; School year 02; 2. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 02; Earth sciences; Geowissenschaften; Studentenzeitung; Leseunterricht; Reading strategy; Leselernstufe; Lesetechnik; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität
Abstract	The lack of time available to adequately teach everything expected throughout the days and weeks in a school year is a major concern for many elementary teachers. The heavy focus on reading, writing, and mathematics leaves little time for science and social studies instruction. However, science is an integral part of preparation for college and career readiness in the 21st century (NRC 2012). The heart of the "Common Core State Standards" ("CCSS") and "Next Generation Science Standards" (NGSS) refers to the need to integrate ELA standards into science instruction and vice versa (Common Core State Standards Initiative 2016; NGSS Lead States 2013). Teachers have an opportunity to battle the time issue through the integration of English/language arts (ELA) within science instruction. It is "killing two birds with one stone," as the saying goes. Integrating science and ELA allows an elementary teacher to focus time and energy on teaching important science concepts and instructing students in nonfiction text, informational writing, listening, and speaking skills at the same time. Interactive science notebooks help accomplish this feat. This article illustrates how the author used interactive science notebooks within a second-grade unit on Earth's systems. Over the course of this unit, students learned about weather and plate tectonics and their impact on the environment. Some of the specific lessons of focus were the layers of the Earth. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01