Literacy Instruction Expected to Cross Disciplines
Sara Poeppelman, a science teacher at Lewis County High School in Vanceburg, Ky., incorporates reading
and writing activities into her lessons.
—Bruce Crippen for Education Week
Teachers of science, social studies, and other subjects to engage students in reading, writing
The 4th graders in Mason A. Kuhn's classroom recently wrapped up an unusual assignment: Write a science-themed book and make the target audience not their teacher but 2nd graders at Shell Rock Elementary in northeastern Iowa.
One student wrote and illustrated a cartoon about a feline named Space Kat trying to figure out how to power up her rocket ship to get back home. Along the way, the story explored concepts such as gravity and friction.
At Lewis County High School in Vanceburg, Ky., science teacher Sara M. Poeppelman asks her chemistry students to closely read and analyze an essay Albert Einstein penned in 1946 for...
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