WACky Writing!!
Encouraging Writing Across Content Areas
Discuss...
- Why is it important that we have students writing in all content areas?
- Why do you think research supports the connection between writing and content retention?
- What are is the most difficult to incorporate writing?
Science
Start with the standards... Look at your PAs...
I wonder...
Mentor texts...
What if You Had Animal Ears?
What if You Had Animal Teeth?
What if You Had Animal Feet?
Choose a RAFT
Math
mentor texts..
Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday
~Judith Viorst
Full House, An Invitation to Fractions
~Dayle Ann Dodds
Math Attack
~Joan Horton
Math Attack! by J.Horton- Online Read Aloud (Ms.M)
Math pictionary
- Reinforces academic vocabulary
- Connects right brain/left brain thinking
- Formative assessment to help drive instruction
Digging Deeper
Allowing students time to let their thinking become visible gives them invaluable reflection time and serves as a bridge to mastery of key concepts.
Social Studies
Trading Cards...
Students summarize and identify key points about a historical person, place or landmark.
- George Washington
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Abraham Lincoln
- Battle of the Alamo
- Ellis Island
- The White House
Shelley Kozma
Curriculum Instructional Technologist
Email: kozmas@lisdtx.org
Website: www.shelleykozma.com
Location: Lampasas ISD, U.S. 281, Lampasas, TX, United States
Phone: (512)564-2965
Twitter: @shelleykozma