Writing to learn and learning to write in science

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Writing to learn and learning to write in science

• Jim Shymansky, Moderator
• Rachella Dravis
• Jennifer Fruend
• Charles Murphy

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Teachers Helping Teachers The Just ASK Project
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Picture Word Inductive Model PWIM

• What do you see in the picture?
• Label picture (say, write, spell words)
• Read words and look for patterns
• Write a title for the picture
• Generate sentences and a paragraph

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Sample Sentences Generated

• PWIM Human Body Sentences Name Emma
• Choose 10 words from the PWIM Poster and use them
  to write sentences to share.
• The skeletal system is a part of the body that
  helps you stand up every day and not fall down.
• The muscular system is a part of the body that
  helps you move around because it helps your legs
  move.
• Organs are built by cells that go to tissue that
  go to systems that go to organs.

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Writing in Science

• 61 Writing Traits
• Ideas
• Organization
• Word Choice
• Voice
• Sentence Fluency
• Conventions
• Presentation

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Sample Paragraph Generated

• Emma
• Human Body
• Hey, the Body and You
• Hey, do you ever wonder what your body is made
  of and how it works? Here are some things I want
  to share with you about cells, skeletal system,
  and the muscular system and how they all work
  together.
• Cells work together to make tissue, tissues work
  together to make organs, and organs work together
  to make up the human body system. Skin is also
  considered an organ. All of the human parts have
  to work together to make up the human body so
  that it works correctly.(more informational
  text)
• Hey, did you like the information that I wrote
  about? It is mostly the things that our body is
  made of. There are many more things to learn if
  you read and listen to stories or movies about
  your body system.

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Differentiating Instruction
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Global Science Solutions

• Social Networking
• Blogging
• Personal Communication with Instructor during
  Inquiry Progress
• Potential for International Collaboration
• Free Website Development ning.com
• globalscience.ning.com

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Transitioning Ideas into Formal Writing
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