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To Look Closely : Science and Literacy in the Natural World
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rubin, Laurie.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--Study and teaching--United States.
- Literacy--Study and teaching--United States.
- Science--Study and teaching--United States.
- Science--Study and teaching (Elementary).
- Science.
- Nature--Study and teaching (Elementary).
- Nature.
- Language arts--Correlation with content subjects.
- Language arts.
- Local Subjects:
- English language--Study and teaching--United States.
- Literacy--Study and teaching--United States.
- Science--Study and teaching--United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (350 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- To Look Closely
- Place of Publication:
- Portland : Stenhouse Publishers, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Whether it's a trickling stream, a grassy slope, or an abandoned rail line, the natural world offers teachers a wonderful resource around which to center creative, inquiry-based learning throughout the year. Nobody knows this better than veteran teacher Laurie Rubin. In To Look Closely: Science and Literacy in the Natural World , she demonstrates how nature study can help students become careful, intentional observers of all they see, growing into stronger readers, writers, mathematicians, and scientists in the process. Laurie invites you to join her class of twenty-one second graders as they
- Contents:
- Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Why Nature Study?; Chapter 1: Ten Tips for Getting Started on Nature Study; Chapter 2: Moments of Science; Chapter 3: A Year at the Stream-Autumn; Chapter 4: A Year at the Stream-Winter; Chapter 5: A Year at the Stream-Spring; Chapter 6: Literacy Through Nature Study-Reading; Chapter 7: Literacy Through Nature Study-Writing; Chapter 8: Creating Stewards of the Natural World; Postscript; Appendix A: Second-Grade Narratives; Appendix B: Second-Grade Poems; Appendix C: Recommended Websites; References
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 1-003-84436-7
- 1-003-84148-1
- 1-03-268295-7
- 1-62531-001-3
- 9781032682952
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