Scientist's Notebook Toolkit
Scientist's Notebook Toolkit
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NEW: Getting Students Ready for the 4th Grade NECAP Test
Kit Specific Resources
(For 3rd Edition FOSS Units, click here)
Unit Designs - a compilation of Rhode Island GSE's and focus questions
Labels for Focus Questions
Engaging Scenarios
Kit Matrixes
Writing prompts and quick-writes
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RI Grade Span Expectations - annotated
Alignment to Rhode Island K-4 Grade Span Expectations
Alignment to Rhode Island 5-8 Grade Span Expectations
Scientist's Notebook Guide
A Before, During, and After Strategy
Scientist's Notebook Model
Student Guide to Scientist's Notebook
Lesson planning template
Feedback Guide
Guide for creating an index in a student notebook
Is A Materials Resource Center Right for You? by Dr. Tom Peters
Great Articles Supporting Science and Literacy
Science Writing Heuristic
Science Notebook Essentials by Dr. Mike Klentschy
Five Good Reasons to Use Science Notebooks
Evidence Helps the KWL Get a KLEW
Taking Inventory
PowerPoint Presentations
Science Reform Workshop, Dec 17, 2008 -
Investigating Simple Circuits by Dr. Mike Klentschy
The Reading Writing Connection to Inquiry Based Science
NSTA 2006 Anaheim
Dr. Mike Klentschy, Ron DeFronzo, Wendy Binder
Reading and Kit Use
Research which supports science and literacy connections
Components and strategies for using scientist's notebooks
Elementary Notebooks
Workshop Presentation for Marbles, Tracks, and Ramps
Horizons Research Inc Data - "Looking Inside the Classroom"
America's Pressing Challenge, by Joanne Vasquez
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Check out these great websites for kindergarten developed by Michelle, one of our own teachers
Kinder Squirt
Eric Carle Website
Planting a Literacy Garden
Spotlight On a SMILES Mentor Jim Booth
A testimony from Ann - a 6th grade teacher from East Bay
Check Out Washington State's New Website on Science Notebooks
Science Notebook Organization
Science Notebook Entry Types
Curriculum Topic Study on Living/NonLiving
"I left the notebook training session last Monday and thought more about Jane’s (name changed) statement that our kits are a tool to use in our classrooms in order to better teach our students. It reminded me of when..."
(click here for the rest of Ann's story)