• Cover Sheet for Unit (.doc download)
  
• Science Literacy Framework (.doc download)
• Science Common Core standards (.doc download)
• Seven Norms of Collaboration (the 7 P's)
• NGSS Practices
• Places to Find Interesting Text
• Current Popular Science and their archive of old articles 
• Weird Science
• Science News and Science News for Kids
• Discover magazine 
• Earth magazine
• National Geographic
• New York Times archive search
• Survival of the Sickest
  
• Good Books for you
• Building Academic Language - Jeff Zwiers
• Reading Rhetorically - Bean, Chappell & Gilliam
• They Say, I Say - Graff & Birkinstein
• Word Wise & Content-Rich - Nancy Frey
• Developing Readers in the Academic Disciplines - Doug Buehl
• Academic Conversations - Jeff Zwiers & Marie Crawford
  
• Page Keeley Assessment book

• Powerpoint  (powerpoint) (pdf)
  
• Planets Graphic Organizer (.doc download)
• Plate Boundaries text (.doc download)

Batteries and Bulbs

• Powerpoint (powerpoint) (pdf)
• Doogie & Kyle Batteries & Bulbs (.doc download)
• Batteries & Bulbs instructions (.doc download)
• Reading & Writing assignments (.doc download)
• Circuits reading (pdf)
  
• Graphic Organizer for writing an argument (.doc download)

Working on Common Core:

Disciplinary Literacy and Text Demands (Adele)

• Powerpoint (powerpoint) (pdf)
• Checklist for evaluating the demands of text (.doc download)
• Demands of Text checklist example (.doc download)
  
• Steps for Creating an Anticipation Guide (.doc download)
• Anticipation Guide example (.doc download)

Reading Strategies (Marcy)

• Powerpoint (powerpoint) (pdf)
  
• Reading Strategies handout (.doc download)
• Creating Text Dependent Questions (.doc download)
• Glossary of Vocabulary activities (.doc download)
• Asking Questions (.doc download)
  

Academic Conversations (Adele)

• Powerpoint (powerpoint) (pdf)
• Constructive Conversation Skills (pdf)
• Argument scale (.doc download)
• Cause & Effect graphic organizer (.pdf)
  
• Talk Science Primer (pdf)

Writing Across the Disciplines (Marcy)

• Powerpoint (powerpoint) (pdf)
  

Writing in Science (Judi)

• Powerpoint (powerpoint) (pdf)
• Writing to Learn (Odd One Out, Agree & Disagree) (.doc download)
• Writing Challenge Statements: Biology, Earth Science, Physical Science (.doc downloads)
• Communication Triangle (.doc download)