Science and the Science of Reading
How Experiences Catapult Language Comprehension
The Science of Reading shows us why background knowledge is essential for language comprehension, but how do we provide all our learners with opportunities to build background knowledge?
Join expert educators Ramy Mahmoud and Jamil Odom as they explore how elementary school teachers can use science experiences to grow students’ background knowledge and strengthen essential literacy skills such as verbal reasoning and academic vocabulary.
During this on-demand webinar, Ramy and Jamil will share:
- How learners often labeled as “poor readers” are simply missing the experiences that give meaning to what they read
- Key verbal reasoning skills such as inferencing, summarizing, and predicting—standards in ELA that are also integral to the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)
- Practical strategies for building background knowledge and context through hands-on science experiences
- A model lesson for using science as a powerful tool to build background knowledge and context
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