A resource for the teaching of reading and reasoning skills with research-based best practices such as scaffolds, sentence starters, writing prompts, and other tools for recording observations, data, and illustrations.
The authors share what they learned over the course of four years investigating the use of science notebooks in the classroom, and provide strategies and methods for using science notebooks as part of the science and language arts programs.
Provides strategies for incorporating interactive notebooks in science instruction, discussing execution, time management, grading, the importance of writing, collaborative student inquiry, and other related topics.