The document discusses using a Claims-Evidence-Reasoning (C-E-R) framework to improve student academic progress and language proficiency. It describes how incorporating C-E-R into classroom culture, literacy activities, and the teaching of subjects like social studies, math, and science can help students develop skills like analytical thinking, research, and argumentation. Lessons learned include improved writing skills when C-E-R is used consistently, and students gaining tools to expand and support their own ideas.

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Vivian Tam, Xi Sun, Zhi Geng, Jing Mei Elementary, Bellevue, WA

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Show Me Your C-E-R!
Using A Science Inquiry Framework to Connect and
Improve Student Academic Progress and Language
Proficiency
Vivian Tam, Xi Sun, Zhi Geng, Jing Mei Elementary, Bellevue, WA

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Part 1: Introduction
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Jing Mei Elementary School 景美
Bellevue, Washington

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Session Outcomes
1. Identify the functions of
C-E-R
2.Explore ways C-E-R could
improve reading, writing,
and interdisciplinary
content skills
3.Investigate and adopt
teaching tools to
implement in your
classrooms

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A Quick Poll
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Are you a teacher, school administrator, district
administrator, curriculum developer?
How familiar are you with using a Claims-Evidence-
Reasoning approach in your classroom?
1. I am still learning about it.
2. I talk about it in the context of how science works.
3. Students are required to support claims with
evidence in class discussions.
4. Students have to write claims and support them with
evidence for some or all research.
5. We have class discussion and writing activities that
revolve around making claims and supporting them
with evidence.

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C-E-R 101
My Dad Is An Alien
Evidence Reasoning

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C-E-R 201
Did Queenie killed her husband?
Evidence Reasoning
Is Queenie telling the truth?
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Claim = A statement that answers the question or problem.
Evidence = A summary of the data collected to support the
claim.
Reasoning = It should justify why the evidence (data)
supports the claim by using scientific principles.

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Resource from Openearthsystems.org

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Why C-E-R?
Tailor to learner characteristics.
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Why C-E-R?
A motivational tool to expand learning across
disciplines.

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Resource from Santa Clara County Office of Education

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C-E-R Writing
Graphic
Organizer
Resource from Santa Clara County Office of Education

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C-E-R Conjunction Words in English
Resource from Santa Clara County Office of Education

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Why C-E-R?
Develop life-long skills through scientific methods.

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Resource from BSD curriculum dept.

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Why C-E-R?
Developing flexibility to look at things from
multiple perspectives.
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Why do we use C-E-R?
So that students will be a 21st century global
citizens and be able to -
• Think deeply and flexibly
• Ask questions, formulate problems and
challenges
• Search for and process information
• Draw conclusions, apply learning
• Communicate effectively
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Using the C-E-R Framework for In
Your Classroom19

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CCSS Math Practices
Characteristics of students who are College and Career
Ready are able to –
• Make sense of problems and persevere in solving
them
• Reason abstractly and quantitatively
• Construct viable arguments and critique the
reasoning of others
• Model with mathematics
• Use appropriate tools strategically
• Attend to precision
• Look for and make use of structure
• Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning

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CCSS Language Arts Practices
Characteristics of Students Who Are College and
Career Ready in Reading, Writing, Speaking, Listening,
& Language are able to -
• Demonstrate independence
• Build strong content knowledge
• Respond to the varying demands of audience,
task, purpose, and discipline
• Comprehend as well as critique
• Value evidence
• Use technology and digital media strategically
and capably
• Come to understand other perspectives and
cultures

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The Bridge Unit
Designed by the Jing Mei 2nd Grade Team

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Unit Goals
Overarching Essential Questions:
• How do you construct an argument using evidence to evaluate a
scientific claim?
• How do developments in science and technology affect our lives?
• How do our experiences affect the way in which we create
meaning?
Horizontal Goals:
• Develop content and language skills gained through using C-E-R
thinking process across disciplines
• Develop oral and academic language skills through debate
• Develop writing skills through opinion writing
Vertical Goal - Project-based Learning
• An inclusive hands-on STEM project “Building the Bridge”

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Part 2:
Classroom Culture, Literacy, and
Language Development

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2.1 Incorporating C-E-R thinking process
into classroom culture - always ask why

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2.2 Presenting Your C-E-R in Chinese

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2.3 Using C-E-R In Morning Meetings
– Is today’s weather sunny or cloudy?

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2.4 When selecting student of the
month…

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2.5 Reading for Research
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2.6 Independent Research

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2.7 Examples to used as evidences

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2.8 Making your evidences reasonable
—Debate

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2.9 Write down your thinking process
- Opinion Writing

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2.10 C-E-R with opinion writing
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2.11 Opinion Writing Drafting and
Publishing

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Part 3:
Integrating C-E-R in teaching Social
Studies, Math and Science

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3.1 Social Studies project
—designa physical map, choose a spot to builda bridge

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3.2Math Story

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3.3 Using CER to solve math problems

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3.4 Independent Research on Bridges

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3.5 Testing Different Bridge Structures

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3.5 Testing Different Bridge Structures

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3.6 Testing Result

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3.7 Guided Discussion

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3.8 Designing a bridge

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3.9 Calculating the cost of building a
bridge model

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3.10 Collecting materials

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3.11 Building bridges

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3.12 Gallery Walk

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3.13 Giving Comments and Improving

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3.14 Describing the Bridges

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An Example from STEM Bridge Project

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Lessons we learned from using C-E-R
#1
If we use C-E-R consistently across
academic contents, almost all students are
able to improve their writing proficiency by
at least 1 rubric level grade.

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Lessons we learned from using C-E-R

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Lessons we learned from using C-E-R
#2
If we build C-E-R into ways of thinking and
communicating, students are able to develop
better analytical skills and using these skills
in assess own progress.

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Lessons we learned from using C-E-R

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Lessons we learned from using C-E-R

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Lessons we learned from using C-E-R

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Lessons we learned from using C-E-R
#3
Students continued to be opinionated and love
to share, but now they have the tools in C-E-R
to expand their arguments and sustain
their claims. Essays with ideas and
suggestions that students have delivered to my
mailbox include
• Why we should have recess before lunch
• Why the school should have student-run
newspaper
• Why we should have a garden in school

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Lessons we learned from using C-E-R
#4
Through this science investigation method,
students develop skills in conducting
research, in negotiating meanings, and
enhancing language proficiency.

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Lessons we learned from using C-E-R
#5
Building Community of Learners –
Students enjoy learning together, sharing ideas,
and celebrating each other’s success.

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Claim-Evidence-Reasoning Summary

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Reflections and Questions
• What squares with your thinking?
• What is circling in your head?
• How do you see our topic today
impacting your classroom/school in 3
days, 3 weeks, and 3 months?

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Contacts
VivianTam, tamv@bsd405.org
Zhi Geng, gengz@bsd405.org
XiSun, sunx@bsd405.org

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Thank You!

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Next Generation Science Standards
Bellevue School District Science Curriculum Dept.
C-E-R on Edutopia
Scientific explanations and arguments, an article of interest.
Resources

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Claim-Evidence-Reasoning Rubric Sample
Resource from National Science Teachers Association