Writing in Science
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Writing in ScienceFall MDSD – Kindergarten
Please sign in and then talk to teams from other buildings about what they’re currently doing in science. Share the resource/idea your team brought today.
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Goals for Science Today
• Share ideas and resources with other building teams for Kinder science unit
• Provide hints and tips for teachers that have yet to teach your current lesson
• Understand the importance of modeling and scaffolding in science writing
• Learn scaffolding strategies to use with students
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Sharing Time• Work together to brainstorm hints and tips
to pass along to teachers who have not yet taught the same science lessons as you. Record them on chart paper.
• All of the resources, hints, and tips will be collected and shared on Connect for teachers to access when planning science lessons.
• If you have an electronic version to share, please email it to Angela Morrison.
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Writing in Science• Visual scaffolding is critical in helping students
master scientific vocabulary and write like scientists.
• A word bank allows students to access vocabulary they needduring writing time.
• Display two word banks: one for specific terms for the unit and one for general science words and phrases to use in scientific writing.
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Word Bank Tips• Use pocket charts with word cards.• Introduce words as students need
to know them, AFTER they have a concrete experience or investigation with the new term.
• During science discussions, point to the words or remove them from the pocket chart to hold up as visual reminders for students.
• Allow students to take words (on small cards) to their seats as neededduring writing time.
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Writing Scaffolds• Students need to see models of how to
write like scientists.• Scaffolds for writing include phrases and
sentences used during a shared-writing lesson.
• Once you finish the shared-writing as a class, remove the modeled writing and replace it with a writing frame or sentence starter for students to use as they write independently.
• The frame provides a structure for their writing. Students provide the content.
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Student Work
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Student Work
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Student Work
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Student Work
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Final Thoughts
• Avoid using typed fill-in-the-blank writing frames.
• Allow students to write in their notebooks, using the scaffolds posted in the room.
• Student notebooks are valued because of the students’ scientific thinking and not because of the appearance of the entries.