2nd grade Instructional Guide

SCAFFOLDS TO SUPPORT SCIENCE LITERACY Graphic Organizers, Rubrics, and other Tools to Support Students

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CER (Claim, Evidence, Reasoning) is a scaffold for writing about science. It allows student to think about data in an organized, thorough manner.

CER Graphic Organizer, Rubric, and supporting sentence frames

D-TAILLS is an acronym and protocol for creating a graph.

D-TAILLS Protocol & Rubric

LENSES is a protocol that helps students read and analyze data in a graph or data table.

LENSES Protocol

Science vocabulary is rooted in greek and latin roots. Studying word morphology (how words are formed) by knowing some common greek/latin roots is a helpful scaffold for students Connecting Visuals to Surrounding Text. Science text is full of visuals (graphics, data tables, graphs, etc.) that are essential to the understanding of text. Connecting visuals to text is an important skill when reading science text.

Common Science Greek & Latin Roots

Connecting Visuals to Surrounding Text Graphic Organizer