Literacy and Science

“Language literacy and science literacy can easily be linked to enable teachers to better achieve their goals and to adhere to standard within the time frame they have available. With such an integrated approach, teachers have endless opportunities to develop students’ language and reading strategies.”
McKee and Ogle. 2005. Integrating Instruction: Literacy and Science.  New York: The Guilford Press.

“The acquisition of science concepts as a result of participation in science inquiry carries with it an acquisition of the spoken and written word that goes beyond the decoding of symbols; it leads to comprehension of the substance represented by the “hybrid speech” of science.”
Douglas, Klentschy, Worth, with Bender. 2006. Linking Science and Literacy in the K-8 Classroom.  VA: NSTA press.