This textbook makes a great case for writing in content areas, and has me very excited about bringing writing into my science class. Some of the strategies I plan to try are
Write to Learn
Writing breaks (I got to experience this at the ASCD conference…it did help)
Drawings/Sketches with stories/explanations to describe material
I also like how Toondoo helped with this
Clustering (to help students connect ideas)
Learning Logs
Dialogue journals (SILENT conversations!)
Maybe even with a classroom mailbox…
Double-Entry Journals (I like how these help organize thoughts with passages and the possibilities for differentiation)
Reflective writing (via blogs)
KWL (with posters – so we remember what we thought at the beginning)
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