1. Earth Science and EL Strategies

2. Inquiry Chart Focuses and sets a purpose for learning Accesses prior knowledge Fosters low affective filter Models writing process Students have ownership Process information throughout unit Promotes metacognition

3. Anticipation / Reaction Assess prior knowledge of class and individual students before beginning unit of study (pre-test) Identify misconceptions and possible stereotypes Set of questions focus on Big Idea Used as an assessment tool at the end of unit: Has the students' thinking changed? Was there new learning? Provide opportunity for processing learning

4. Exploration Report Teaches scientific process with pictures, realia, or experiments Promotes scientific inquiry Used for categorizing and classifying For older students, note difference between observations and inferences

5. Guess My Category A scaffold for comprehension of concept / Big Idea being taught Extensions: use this strategy for teaching word families, vocabulary for specific content areas which can be categorized

6. Chants Reinforces oral and aural language patterning and repetition for reading fluency (brain imprinting) For ELs, allows use/practice of academic vocabulary/concepts in a low affective format Teaches rhythm, chord, beat, pronunciation, and phonemic awareness of the English language

7. Something to think about... Education means developing the mind, not stuffing the memory. Anonymous We must not only give what we have; we must also give what we are. Cardinal Joseph Mercier From the beginning of his education, the child should experience the joy of discovery. Alfred Whitehead Education is not received. It is achieved. Amonymous