Overview

Prepare your school's science program for stricter new learning objectives and performance goals with the program ideas and practices in this grade K-6 volume of Priorities in Practice: The Essentials of Science. Examples from schools and classrooms, interviews with award-winning elementary science teachers and science education experts, and recent research findings provide you with lots of ideas for bringing your program up to the latest trends, such as

• Aligning curriculum to state standards by using backward design
  
• Creating kit-based curriculums that result in hands-on learning experiences tailored to state standards
  
• Using formative assessment techniques to determine what students know before and after every lesson and unit
  
• Infusing meaning into science lessons with inquiry-based approaches
  
• Increasing English language learners' understanding of science
  
• Creating professional development experiences that introduce elementary teachers to new content and build their confidence in teaching science

(ASCD book series, 2006) 7" x 9", 144 pages.

Also available as an eBook!

Related Resources:

• The Essentials of Science, Grades 7-12: Effective Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment
  
• Teaching Reading in Science (A Supplement to Teaching Reading in the Content Areas)