Using Science Notebooks in
Elementary Classrooms (PB209X) by
Michael P. Klentschy
Using Science Notebooks In Elementary Classrooms
Using Science Notebooks in Elementary Classrooms is the must-have
resource for teaching reading and reasoning skills in the primary grades.
Learning science involves both the process of thinking and the ability to
communicate those thoughts, and one of the most effective ways of
building these skills is through the use of science notebooks. Mike
Klentschys book is designed for teachers who are beginning to use or
would like to extend their use of notebooks in the classroom. Research-
based best practices such as scaffolds, sentence starters, and writing
prompts are clearly explained and illustrated. Examples of student work
are included to provide insight for better instructional strategies. A
discussion of the needs of English language learners and how notebooks
helps increase language fluency and writing proficiency will be of particular

interest to many teachers. And research-based practices show the use of
science notebooks to be an effective assessment tool.
Personal Review: Using Science Notebooks in Elementary
Classrooms (PB209X) by Michael P. Klentschy
There are a lot of books out there on this very important topic of science
notebook writing. Many are confusing, many not applicable to today's
science classrooms, seemingly written by authors who haven't been
teaching in the science classroom lately. It is important and rare to find a
book that we can get the most out of. My goal last summer was to
incorporate a new way of science notebook writing, so I bought 4 books on
the subject that I felt would give me the best resource base on creating a
science notebook writing program for my classes. "Using Science
Notebooks in the Elementary Classroom" was the most beneficial of the
four. The idea of this type of science notebook writing is to complete it after
the investigation, activity or lab. Making sciecne meaningfful and relevent
is key. The ideas described from this book helps students analyze, reflect
and incorporate purpose in a way that they can use as a reference to relect
on past experiences in the science classroom as well as incorporate in
their portfolios. They correctly use the right variables, dependant,
independant, and control, focus questions, predictions, developing a plan,
observations, data, graphs, charts, drawing (so very important in
science)claims and evidence, conclusions, relections & next steps and
new questions and more. I have taught 7th and 8th grade science for 15
years, I am an adjunct instructor for science methods in a local teacher
college, and I highly recommend this book as the best source on creating a
science notebook writing element to your science classes.
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