Description
If you work with students who struggle to understand their Earth science texts, this book provides everything you need to boost their skills in both science and reading. Once Upon an Earth Science Book starts with advice on teaching reading comprehension strategies to middle school students. Then, the 12 content chapters give you hands-on science activities with engaging titles such as Mountain Mayhem, Oceans on the Move, and Trash Soup readings that cover important Earth science concepts and support the Next Generation Science Standards writing activities that prompt students to connect what they did with what they read; and assessment exercises to give you feedback on what your students are learning. Youll love how practical and easy this book is to use. Jodi Wheeler-Toppen is an experienced teacher who couldnt find a resource that integrated reading, writing, and scienceso she wrote it herself. Shes also the author of NSTA Presss Once Upon a Life Science Book. As you and your students work through these lessons together, she predicts, you will be able to watch their confidence as readersand your confidence as a reading educatorgrow.
