read & write

Ideas for Integrating Writing Across the Curriculum
(Excerpts from the MPS Expository Prompt Books)
 
Science: Students may:
            Wirte a procedure for a science experiment
Write an informative essay about a scientist, invention, or other science-related topic
Illustrate and write captions for a scientific process
Social Studies: Students may:
            Write direcions for maps, gobes, graphs, tables, etc.
            Compare eras, presidents, regions, [...]

An interactive read aloud: the inner Conversation
A practice to notice thinking, monitor comprehension and enhance understading.
 
Reading comprehension is an ongoing process of evolving thinking.  When readers read they carry on an inner conversation with the text.  They hear a voice in their head speaking to them – a voice that questions, connects, laughs, cries.  The [...]