Crossing Borders II: Connecting Science and Literacy in the Classroom

Continuing the work started in 2001 (see Crossing Borders I), the Elementary Science Integration Projects hosted a second conference, "Crossing Borders II: Connecting Science and Literacy in the Classroom," August 7-10, 2003 at University of Maryland Baltimore County and the Sheraton BWI Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland. Eleven school-based teams representing various geographical regions of the United States participated in this invitational conference. States represented include: Texas, California, Wisconsin, Rhode Island, New York, Maryland, Missouri, Colorado, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire and Kentucky. Participants included district and school administrators, curriculum supervisors, professional development personnel, librarians, and classroom teachers.

Representatives from each team attended workshops offered in four concurrent sessions. Each concurrent session focused on a particular aspect of science and literacy connections. Then participants met in their teams to share their observations, discuss implications for science and literacy teaching and learning, and plan based on their own goals and vision.

Throughout the 2003-2004 school year, the eleven teams will implement practice based on their planning and report back on their findings. A publication is planned for 2005 to share the results of these endeavors and offer practical strategies for making meaningful science and literacy connections in the classroom.

Concurrent Sessions I: Reading Connections

Donna Neutze and Donna Dieckman "Choosing and Using Science Trade Books for the Classroom"

Maureen Hoyer, Wendy Saul, and Stephanie Terry "Using Science Trade Books in the Classroom"

Janet Gonski and Karen Pearce "Critical Reading Strategies with Science Related Text"

Concurrent Sessions II: Writing Connections

Jeanne Reardon "Science Notebooks and Journals"

Wendy Saul, Betty Lobe, and Sutton Stokes "Writing in Science: An Opportunity for Thinking and Revising"

Maureen Hoyer and Janet Gonski "Author's Craft: Science Related Writing"

Concurrent Sessions III: Inquiry Connections

Jeanne Reardon "Science Workshop"

Charles Pearce and Susan Wells "Keeping Inquiry Alive All Year Long"

Stephanie Terry and Donna Dieckman "Enriching the Science Kit"

Concurrent Sessions IV: Integration Connections

Donna Dieckman and Jill Hutchison "Kids' Classroom Research"

Charles Pearce, Donna Neutze, Megan Dieckman "Kids' Inquiry Conference"

Jennifer Owings Dewey and Karen Pearce "Taking Inquiry Outside the Classroom"

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