Content Essentials for Science

Content Essentials in Science:

• Pre-teaches important vocabulary
• Provides language-level differentiation
• Offers a strong technology component that provides animation, interactive activities, photo libraries, visual dictionaries, and video on important science concepts
• Can be used with any science and language arts curricula
• Can be delivered by teachers, coaches, or para-professionals
• Is especially effective with ELL and at-risk students

Components:

Student Handbook

• Handbooks develop the key concepts in Earth, Life, and Physical Science. Teachers utilize as needed to make science content more accessible for all students.
• Each Student Handbook and corresponding Teacher Guide is organized in two parts: Science Essentials and Literacy Essentials.

Teacher Guide

• Provides clear and concise instructional routines to help teachers deliver content, vocabulary, and nonfiction reading and writing instruction. It includes the Student Handbook pages with wrap-around notes at point-of-use for ease of instruction.
• Each Student Handbook and corresponding Teacher Guide is organized in two parts: Science Essentials and Literacy Essentials. Part 1: Science Essentials, helps students learn about science ideas and the academic vocabulary used to talk about them. Part 2: Literacy Essentials, teach students how to read and comprehend content-area text.

Blackline Masters Book

• Offers additional support on critical science vocabulary and concepts. Also reinforces important reading and writing skills.

Poster Big Book (Grades K-2)/Overhead Transparencies (Grades 3-6)

• Used to model comprehension and language strategies.

Student and Teacher Technology Tools

• Every lesson includes an electronic version of the Student Handbook, along with video and multimedia to support content and literacy instruction.