MWP & DOE Present:

2011 Second Saturdays Workshop Series (4)

Workshop #4

Best Practices in Implementing the 2010 Literacy in Science Standards

(Workshop Flyer)

May 14th, 2011

Writing in the Content Areas ...

Writing is not just a language art; it is also a teaching method.  To use writing as a tool of learning means using writing much like a crescent wrench of the mind, as a device which organizes, manipulates, channels, and gives extra leverage to thinking.                                  -- Steven Zemelman and Harvey Daniels

American education will never realize its potential as an engine of opportunity and economic growth until a writing revolution puts the power of language and communication in their proper place in the classroom. Writing is how students connect the dots in their knowledge.

-- National Commission on Writing

Minnesota Academic Standards: English Language Arts K-12 2010

• Standards and related resources found of DOE website
• Common Core Appendices related to ELA Language Arts
• Appendix A: Information about complexity and rigor
• Appendix B. Text Exemplars
• Appendix C: Student writing samples
• Common Core Curriculum Maps: Provides integrated curriculum units that demonstrate best practices incorporating the Common Core Standards in grades K through 12.

Power Point Presentations from May 14th workshop

• Charon Tierney ppt
  
• Charlene Ellingson's ppt SLIDES - "Scientific Literacy: Tracking Philosophical Thought from Myth to Scientific Inquiry"
  
• Isabelle Punchard's presentation -- Reading & Writing in Science
• Kim Colbern-Lindell -- The Writing Process from Journaling to Assessments
  

Online sources for Literacy in the Sciences:

• Science News at NYTimes
• Science Journal @ Wall Street Journal
• Kelly Gallagher: Article a week
• Science Daily.com 
• izzit.org -- daily lessons on current events
• TIES: Education Technology Collaborative
• Science Notebooks.org -- defines science notebooks and provides student examples