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MORE Science Adventures with Children's Literature Reading Comprehension and Inquiry-Based Science
Anthony D. Fredericks
ISBN: 1-59158-619-4
ISBN-13: 978-1-59158-619-7
456 pages
Libraries Unlimited
Publication: 3/30/2008
List Price: $35.00 (UK Sterling Price: £24.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Paperback
Trim Size: 8 1/2 x 11
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Description: These dynamic literature-based activities will help teachers and school librarians energize the entire science curriculum and implement national standards. Fredericks presents hundreds of hands-on, minds-on projects that actively engage students in positive learning experiences. Each of the units offers book summaries, science topic areas, critical thinking questions, classroom resources, reproducible pages, and lots of easy-to-do activities including science experiments for every grade level. Chapters cover: Life Science, Space Science, Earth Science, Physical Science, and the Human Body for students in grades K-4. The author also provides practical guidance for teaching science through inquiry, for collaborative ventures with school librarians, for integrating literature across the curriculum, and an up-to-date section of annotated bibliographies of the best in children's science literature. All titles are new to this volume and linked to national science standards. An entire chapter on the advantage of collaboration between the classroom teacher and the school librarian is included. Each individual unit includes a section on one or more collaborative classroom/library projects. An added plus is a section of related Readers Theatre scripts keyed to the science topics and standards. Grades K-4.
Table of Contents:
  • Part I: Science, Reading, and Children's Literature
    Chapter 1: Teaching Elementary Science
    Chapter 2: Science and Children's Literature
    Chapter 3: Collaboration: Making Magic in Science
    Chapter 4: Teaching Comprehension: Principles and Practices
    Chapter 5: Reading Comprehension Strategies That Work
    Chapter 6: How to Use This Book
    Part II: Activities, Projects, Experiments
    Chapter 7: Science Literature Selections
    Part III: Extending the Possibilities
    Chapter 8: Readers Theatre
    Appendix A: An Annotated Bibliography of Children's Literature
    Appendix B: Reading Aloud in Science Class
    Appendix C: Teacher Resources by Anthony D. Fredericks
    Index
About the Author: Anthony D. Fredericks has written many books for Teacher Ideas Press. He is Professor of Education, York College, York, Pennsylvania, and the author of more than 50 teacher resource books, as well as 20 award-winning children's books.
LCC Class: 372
PDF Catalogs:
LU Public Library Spring 2008.pdf
LU School Library Spring 2008.pdf
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