Season 2: Ep. 4 Setting the Conditions for Knowledge Building

How? Pure and simple - integrate science or social studies with literacy!

Integration of literacy in the content area has been proven to

- Engage, Motivate and Excite our kids

- BUT...curriculum matters - Choose high quality curriculum to support your literacy needs. Ex: FOSS science

- Use Text as tools!

• nonfiction
• poetry
• narrative nonfiction
• historical fiction
• realistic fiction
• persuasive text
• articles
• procedural text
• infographics
• etc!!!

-Safeguard time for teaching social studies and science in your schedule during the day.

Partnering active hands-on or real world scenarios in the classroom with engaging text is where the magic happens!

I hope this answers some of your questions!