1. Key Comprehension Routine Classroom Examples SCIENCE (for Building Coaches) ©Joan Sedita, www.keystoliteracy.com

5. Applied to the Digestive System Remembering/Understanding: List the parts of the digestive system. Applying: Sequence the steps food goes through in the digestive system. Analyzing: Compare the job of the taste buds to the salivary glands. Evaluating: Which organ in the digestive system do you think is the most important and tell why Creating: Imagine you are a bit of food - write about your journey through the digestive system.

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7. ©Joan Sedita, www.keystoliteracy.com Two-column notes About cephalopods 3 Kinds Fascinating Creatures -Have 8 arms -Live in the ocean -Octopuses -Squid -Cuttlefish -Can be kept as pets -Can catch and eat them

8. ©Joan Sedita, www.keystoliteracy.com Summary from Web Octopuses, squid and cuttlefish are three kinds of cephalopods. They are fascinating creatures that live in the ocean.

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18. 6 Levels of Questions: Section 2 “Sail on to the Nucleus” Knowledge: Identify the 3 main parts of a nucleus. Comprehension: Describe the roles of each of the organelles in the nucleus. Application: Illustrate the nucleus and its parts. Analysis: Make a connection between 2 parts. Synthesis: Create a model of a nucleus with a thicker nuclear envelope. Evaluation: Rank the 3 parts of a nucleus according to their importance.

19. Living Things REMEMBER: List the seven processes of all living things. UNDERSTAND: Classify the following animals into the correct groups. APPLY: Draw the life cycle of one animal and label the stages. ANALYZE: Compare and contrast animal and plant life cycles. EVALUATE: Deduce what would happen if one stage or your animal’s reproduction stage stopped. Recommend one way to fix the problem CREATE: Create a new animal. Where (on which rung/s) would it fall in the classification chart and why? ©Joan Sedita, www.keystoliteracy.com