Literacy-rich science instruction in grades K-5

Date: December 11, 2018 
Time: 3:00 p.m. EST 

Learn how Amplify Science explicitly focuses on Disciplinary Literacy, the specialized skills involved in reading, writing, and talking about science. Discover the Lawrence Hall of Science’s Do-Talk-Read-Write-Visualize approach and how it encourages deeper student learning in both science and literacy.

 

 

Active Reading: Strategies for engaging with complex science texts in grades 6-8

Date: December 13, 2018 
Time: 3:00 p.m. EST 

Learn how Amplify Science supports students' comprehension of science texts through their research-based Active Reading approach. Through Active Reading, students learn to engage independently with text while gaining deeper understanding of both science content and many of the fundamental aspects of twenty-first century literacy competencies that are associated with reading, discussing, and writing about complex texts.