Student Resources

Vocabulary Resources

(Don't forget to look at the glossary tab)

Visual Dictionary--pictures of science terms

Reading Resources

Gist Template for use with articles:

Review these signal words and what they mean to help you in your reading:

Writing Resources

Sentence Stems

Adapted from 7 Steps to a Language-Rich Interactive Classroom by John Seidlitz and Bill Perryman

Purpose	Stem
Accessing Prior Knowledge	I already know… ___________ reminds me of… My experience with… I would like to know more about… I would compare __________ to __________ because… Discussing __________ made me consider…
Sharing	I feel… In my opinion… I predict that… I agree/disagree that… My view on the matter is ____________ because… My initial reaction is ____________ because…
Elaborating	_______________ is important because… I chose ____________ because… The answer might also be __________ because… I would agree or disagree with __________ because… Another reason could be… I would add _______________ because…
Justifying	I think ___________ because… I agree/disagree with ___________ because….. ______________ proves that … Another idea might be ___________ because… I was thinking that ___________ should be… ____________ supports the idea that…
Summarizing	I learned… Today I realized… I still wonder… The most significant thing I learned today was… I would summarize my learning by saying… My initial thought was _________ and now I am thinking _________ because…

A list of sentence starters and useful transition words can be found at:

Speaking Resources

This website will say the words you are reading so you know how they sound (how to pronounce them):

Listening Resources