Daily Instruction 

Lessons follow a 5E format

  • Engage: "Hook" into the lesson, activate prior knowledge, raise questions for investigation
  • Explore: Experience with experiments and investigation into the content and concepts
  • Explain: Learn scientific explanations of concepts, connections between investigations and scientific theories  ​
  • Elaborate: Use and apply concepts to new situations to gain a deeper understanding
  • Evaluate: Students show and reflection of understanding and learning  

​Science Journals

Use of interactive Science journals to promote the ownership and transfer of knowledge along with reference skills.
  • Included within the Science journals:  
    • Guided notes
    • Experiment notes and conclusions
    • Foldables
    • Student Reflections

Uses of SIOP strategies in each lesson to promote the needs of ELLs

  • Daily Content and  Language Objective posted and reviewed
  • Unit Board for student reference of destination of unit
  • Leveled readings based on Lexile
  • Peer tutoring
  • Partner and group work
  • Chucked instruction with hands on activities to reinforce new vocabulary
  • Use of direct instruction for confusing grammar and new words
    • Ex: Deposit/deposition/depositing pronunciation
    • Ex: Weathering vs Weather   
  • Written and verbal instructions
  • Open and closed questioning techniques
  • Guided notes and Foldable notes
  • Sentence stems
  • Visual Vocabulary