SCIENCE: READ/WRITE TO LEARN MORE
Nonfiction
Sources
INTEGRATE
READING/WRITING
TO LEARN MORE
SCIENCE.
2 analyze ideas—
central and main
6 structure
Nonfiction
Sources
INTEGRATE
READING/WRITING
TO LEARN MORE
SCIENCE.
CCSSR2
Summarize, central
idea, main ideas
CCSSR7. integrate
information from
different sources
Weeks 11-14
Week of November 16 -- Week 11
__ topic/trade book
_ article _video __textbook
_museum exhibit _reference source
__Internet source
Week of November 23 -- Week 12
__ topic/trade book
_ article _video __textbook
_museum exhibit _reference source
__Internet source
Teacher sets a FOCUS question.
Teacher models how to locate
relevant information.
Students collect and organize
information from one source to respond
to the focus question.
Teacher sets a FOCUS question.
Teacher models how to locate relevant
information.
Students collect and organize information
from two sources to respond to the focus
question.
Literacy Development
Analyze how writer uses structure and
text features to communicate ideas and
examples.
Literacy Development
Analyze how the two sources provide
different kinds of information or similar
kinds of information.
Academic Vocabulary
Student makes topic glossary.
Academic Vocabulary
Student makes topic glossary.
Constructed Response
Student writes to respond to the Focus
Question, citing evidence from the
source.
Constructed Response
Student writes to respond to the Focus
Question, citing evidence from the
sources, using academic vocabulary.
Week of November 30 --Week 13
__ topic/trade book
_ article _video __textbook
_museum exhibit _reference source
__Internet source
Week of December 7 -- Week 14
__ topic/trade book
_ article _video __textbook
_museum exhibit _reference source
__Internet source
Teacher sets a FOCUS question.
Teacher demonstrates how to
use structure of text/video to identify
central idea, main ideas, and effective
examples.
 Students collect information and
ideas from two different sources to
respond to FOCUS QUESTION.
 Students identify the central idea
and main ideas in each source.
Teacher sets a FOCUS question.
Teacher demonstrates how to use structure
of text/video to identify central idea, main
ideas, and effective examples.
 Students collect information and ideas
from two different sources to respond to
FOCUS QUESTION.
 Students identify the central idea and
main ideas in each source.
Academic Vocabulary
Student makes topic glossary.
Academic Vocabulary
Student makes topic glossary.
Constructed Response: Students outline a
Constructed Response: Students
response to the focus question, combining
outline a response to the focus
information from two sources to support
question, combining ideas and
central idea.
information from two sources to support
central idea.
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SCIENCE: READ/WRITE TO LEARN MORE Weeks 15-17
Nonfiction
Sources
INTEGRATE
READING/WRITING
TO LEARN MORE
SCIENCE.
CCSSW7
Write to respond to a
focus question.
Nonfiction
Sources
Week of December 14 -- Week 15
__ topic/trade book
_ article _video __textbook
_museum exhibit _reference source
__Internet source
Teacher organizes a task:
Students choose a topic from first semester to report in a
format that can educate others—a booklet, a display, a
chapter, a webpage, another format.
Students construct the report collaboratively.
Week of January 4 -- Week 16
__ topic/trade book
_ article _video __textbook
_museum exhibit _reference source
__Internet source
INTEGRATE
READING/WRITING
Teacher sets FOCUS question.
TO LEARN MORE
 Students analyze a text and a video
SCIENCE.
to respond to the focus question.
2 Summarize; central
 Students use structure of text/video
and main ideas and
to identify central idea, main ideas,
support
and effective examples relevant to
5 analyze author’s
the focus question.
techniques, structure of  Students make a chart to list ideas
text
and information from each source to
CCSSW7 Integrate
include in the response.
ideas and information
from different sources
Article Ideas
Video Ideas
to respond to a focus
question.
Week of January 11 -- Week 17
__ topic/trade book
_ article _video __textbook
_museum exhibit _reference source
__Internet source
Focus question continues.
Students write their response to the focus
question based on the ideas in the two
sources and activities included in the
week’s science learning such as an
experiment.
Academic Vocabulary
Student expands topic glossary.
Constructed Response:
Write an analysis. Compare the video and
the text. Analyze how each source uses
explanations or descriptions to explain
ideas. (Based on a PARCC sample task.)
Academic Vocabulary
Student makes topic glossary.
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SCIENCE: READ/WRITE TO LEARN MORE Weeks 18-20
Nonfiction Sources
INTEGRATE
READING/WRITING TO
LEARN MORE SCIENCE.
CCSSRI.2
Analyze ideas and support
CCSSR7 Integrate ideas and
information from different
sources.
Week of January 18 -- week 18
__ topic/trade book
_ article _video __textbook
_museum exhibit _reference source
__Internet source
Week of January 25 -- week 19
__ topic/trade book
_ article _video __textbook
_museum exhibit _reference source
__Internet source
Teacher sets FOCUS question.
 Students analyze a text and a
video to respond to the focus
question.
 Students use structure of
text/video to identify central idea,
main ideas, and effective
examples relevant to the focus
question.
 Students make a chart to list
ideas and information from each
source to include in the
response.
Focus question continues.
Students collect information from a third
source.
Article Ideas
Video Ideas
Academic Vocabulary
Student makes topic glossary.
Students write their response to the
focus question based on the ideas in
the 3 sources and activities included in
the week’s science learning such as an
experiment.
Academic Vocabulary
Student expands topic glossary.
Constructed Response:
Write an analysis. Compare the three
sources. Analyze how each source
uses explanations or descriptions to
explain ideas. (Based on a PARCC
sample task.)
Week of February 1
Nonfiction Sources
Week 20
__ topic/trade book
_ article _video __textbook
_museum exhibit _reference source
__Internet source
INTEGRATE
Students review and organize their science glossaries:
READING/WRITING TO
 Terms that relate to science processes
LEARN MORE SCIENCE.
 Terms that relate to specific science topics
 Terms that are based on Latin roots; based on Greek roots
CCSSR4—expand
academic vocabulary
Integrate NONFICTION reading and visual resources to explore a topic
with a Focus Question.
CCSSR7 Integrate ideas  Outline a passage.
and information from
 Analyze structure of the text.
different sources
 Identify the central idea, main ideas, and information that the author
includes that is important to communicating that idea.
 Explain how the author uses graphics, illustrations, and text features to
help readers to comprehend the ideas.
Additional Task Option: Students construct their own text to explain a central
idea with related main ideas and examples.
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