Product Description

"Using Science Notebooks in Elementary Classrooms" is the must-have resource for teaching reading and reasoning skills in the primary grades. Learning science involves both the process of thinking and the ability to communicate those thoughts, and one of the most effective ways of building these skills is through the use of science notebooks. Mike Klentschy's book is designed for teachers who are beginning to use or would like to extend their use of notebooks in the classroom. Research-based best practices such as scaffolds, sentence starters, and writing prompts are clearly explained and illustrated. Examples of student work are included to provide insight for better instructional strategies. A discussion of the needs of English language learners and how notebooks helps increase language fluency and writing proficiency will be of particular interest to many teachers. And research-based practices show the use of science notebooks to be an effective assessment tool.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #154709 in Books
• Published on: 2008-04-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 126 pages

About the Author
Michael P. Klentschy is a faculty member in the College of Education at San Diego State University, Imperial Valley Campus. He served as superintendent of the El Centro School District in California for 14 years. Among his many honors, he was named 2005 Administrator of the Year by the National Science Education Leadership Association.

Customer Reviews

Using Science Notebooks in Elementary Classrooms
There are a lot of books out there on this very important topic of science notebook writing. Many are confusing, many not applicable to today's science classrooms, seemingly written by authors who haven't been teaching in the science classroom lately. It is important and rare to find a book that we can get the most out of. My goal last summer was to incorporate a new way of science notebook writing, so I bought 4 books on the subject that I felt would give me the best resource base on creating a science notebook writing program for my classes. "Using Science Notebooks in the Elementary Classroom" was the most beneficial of the four. The idea of this type of science notebook writing is to complete it after the investigation, activity or lab. Making sciecne meaningfful and relevent is key. The ideas described from this book helps students analyze, reflect and incorporate purpose in a way that they can use as a reference to relect on past experiences in the science classroom as well as incorporate in their portfolios. They correctly use the right variables, dependant, independant, and control, focus questions, predictions, developing a plan, observations, data, graphs, charts, drawing (so very important in science)claims and evidence, conclusions, relections & next steps and new questions and more. I have taught 7th and 8th grade science for 15 years, I am an adjunct instructor for science methods in a local teacher college, and I highly recommend this book as the best source on creating a science notebook writing element to your science classes.

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