Science K – 2: Read Well and Treasures

and MORE!!!

Know the Benchmark Skills of the NGSSS

The NGSSS “Big Ideas” and benchmarks for each grade level are concise.

Know them like the back of your hand!

As topics and skills are encountered within reading instruction, teachers MUST know when

and how to reinforce Science benchmarks, content, and understandings simultaneously.

How was the Kindergarten Science Academic Plan created?

KINDERGARTEN SCIENCE ACADEMIC PLAN

instructional resources

NGSSS for

Science

Read Well K

How was the Grade 1 Science Academic Plan created?

GRADE 1 SCIENCE ACADEMIC PLAN

instructional resources

NGSSS for

Science

1st Grade Treasures

How was the Grade 2 Science Academic Plan created?

GRADE 2 SCIENCE ACADEMIC PLAN

instructional resources

NGSSS for

Science

2nd Grade Treasures

Help!?!?!I teach…

SRA

Read Well 1

Read Well 2

ONE Science Academic Plan per Grade Level

Academic Plan

NGSSS Big Ideas

Merge your Reading Series (Read Well, SRA or Treasures)

instruction and Science Instructional Sequences

Explicit instruction Guided practiceIndividual Practice Application higher levels of complexity and concept development

Plan for…multiple opportunities to learn.collaborative and individual tasks.student generated learning opportunities.student engagement in each instructional stage.multiple resources and types of text.

Consider…what content can be integrated during the reading block via:

Whole group (Get Ready Story, Main Selection, Paired Selection, Lit Book, Lap Book, Art Projects, Scrapbook Art) Small group (Leveled Readers, Content Flip Chart, Student Storybooks)

Plan…what Science knowledge needs to be instructed outside the reading block, using the additional Treasures resources and other materials, targeting Science specific skills,

And…what application/extensions from both Reading & Science can be included during literacy centers within the reading block.

When do I teach Science?

Science Background Knowledge & Content:

Read Well, SRA, Treasures text and

resources

Science Application:Hands-on, Inquiry

Activities;Science Notebooks

Inside the 90 minute Reading block Outside the 90 minute Reading block

Literacy Centers

So Where Do I Begin?

Dive into the Science Academic Plan!

I Spy with my LITTLE EYES

The Elementary Science Academic Plans have been created to provide for cross curricular

instruction in Science and Reading

http://acadplan.leeschools.net

Kindergarten Scavenger Hunt

Grade 2 Scavenger Hunt

Grade 1 Scavenger Hunt

What resources, in addition to Read Well,will assist in providing instruction and practice

of the NGSSS benchmarks?

• Lap Books• Lit Books• Scrapbook art• Art Projects

What Read Well resourceswill assist in providing instruction and practice

of the NGSSS benchmarks?

• Read Alouds• CPALMS Lessons

Let’s take a Picture Walk

Teaching Whole Class Lessons:Read Alouds and Related Activities

• Every day a Read Aloud!

• Multiple Genres

• Classic Favorites

Teaching Whole Class Lessons:Read Aloud Related Activities

• Art, Songs, Games, Journals, Pocket Chart Work

• Purpose: provide multiple opportunities and a variety of contexts for students to practice and reinforce learned skills.

Teaching Whole Class Lessons:Read Aloud Related Activities

Unit Art Projects• Theme-based connections• For use with Read Alouds

ABC Scrapbook ArtSongs• Reflect unit themes and reinforce skills

Games• Combine movement with skill reinforcement

Journals• Helps students make connections between unit themes and their lives

Pocket Chart• Complements other activities • Songs, Story Retells, Sentence Scramble

Small Group Lessons

Teaching Small Group Lessons:Story Reading

• Decodable Text– Duet Stories– Solo Stories

• Priming Background Knowledge• Vocabulary Introduction

What Treasures resourceswill assist in providing instruction and practice

of the NGSSS benchmarks?

Within the 90 Minute Block:

• Unit and related weekly themes

• Weekly Literature: Get Ready Story, Main Selection, Paired Selection, Leveled Readers

• Workstation Flip Chart• Time for Kids Magazine• Content Vocabulary words• Day 4 Content-specific

questioning• Week 3 TFK & Week 6 SWYK

Test-Taking Strategies for Non-Fiction Text

In addition to the 90 Minutes:

• Unit Opener & Closer: • Theme Project• Cross-Curricular Projects

• Writing Workshop • Day 4 Research and Inquiry

tied to the Paired Selection• Online Research & Inquiry

Activity available for each week

• Classroom Library: • books & lessons

• Theme Bibliography• Leveled Reader Database

Let’s take a Picture Walk

Almost every piece of Weekly Literature/Text may have a theme/topic that provides opportunities for Science Content/Skills to be instructed in tandem:

InterdependenceSC.2.L.17.1SC.2.L.17.2

In addition to the Weekly Literature/Text there are additional resources for Literacy Centers that will provide opportunities for the infusion of Science content/knowledge/skills during the Reading Block:

SC.1.E.5.3SC.1.N.1.3

Earth in Space and Time

Interdependence SC.1.L17.1

Properties of MatterSC.2.P.8.2

Content Vocabulary Words

Day 4: PairedSelectionContent specific questioning and text feature support

Heredity & Reproduction

SC.1.L.16.1

Week 3

Time for Kids

Non-fictionTest takingstrategies

The Practice of ScienceSC.1.N.1.1

Week 6

Show What You Know

Non-fictionTest takingstrategies

Heredity & ReproductionSC.1.L.16.1

SC.2.N.1.1SC.2.N.1.2SC.2.N.1.3SC.2.N.1.4SC.2.N.1.5SC.2.N.1.6

The Practice of Science

Earth Systems and PatternsSC.2.E.7.1SC.2.E.7.5

The Practice of ScienceSC.2.N.1.1SC.2.N.1.2SC.2.N.1.3SC.2.N.1.4SC.2.N.1.5SC.2.N.1.6

Earth Systems and PatternsSC.2.E.7.1SC.2.E.7.5

Day 4: Paired Selection Research & Inquiry Activity

The Practice of ScienceSC.1.N.1.2SC.1.N.1.3

Earth Systems and PatternsSC.2.E.7.5

Theme Bibliography provides additional concept related titles:

This rich leveled library provides below, on, and above level reading materials all of which are leveled according to Guided Reading Levels, Lexile Levels, and correlated to DRA.

Curriculum and Staff Development Center (CSDC) website for Science:http://curriculum.leeschools.net/Subject%20Areas/Science/science.htm

Curriculum and Staff Development Center (CSDC) website for Reading:http://curriculum.leeschools.net/Subject%20Areas/Reading/reading.htm

Curriculum and Staff Development Sharepoint:http://sharepoint/dept/curr/

Science Curriculum Center:http://sharepoint/dept/curr/sci/

Elementary Reading and Language Arts Sharepoint:http://sharepoint/dept/curr/elemread/