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Literacy in 7 th Grade Integrated Science. Nancy Beckman South Hills Middle School Riverton, UT n ancy.beckman@jordandistrict.org. What is literacy?. The ability to read and write Competence or knowledge in a specific area. What are we going to talk about?. General Literacy
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Literacy in 7th Grade Integrated Science Nancy Beckman South Hills Middle School Riverton, UT nancy.beckman@jordandistrict.org
What is literacy? The ability to read and write Competence or knowledge in a specific area
What are we going to talk about? General Literacy Reading and writing in Science Science reading and writing Scientific Literacy
General Literacy Getting kids to read and write anything! How do we include it in the classroom without taking away time from content?
Reading and Writing in Science Any kind of reading and writing with content topics
Science Reading and Writing Reading and writing using science methods (or in other words reading and writing how scientists would write).
Scientific Literacy Activities Getting kids to think scientifically, yes this is a literacy!
Systems Unit Students learn about the systems and how they affect the body by studying one disease and creating a medical article on it.