Teaching Science with Kidlit
NGSS PE 3-LS4-1. Analyze and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence of the organisms and the environments in which they lived long ago. Try this book pair: For more suggestions and full lessons, check out Perfect Pairs:
Teaching Science with Kidlit
NGSS PE 3-LS3-1. Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence that plants and animals have traits inherited from parents and that variation of these traits exists in a group of similar organisms. Try this book pair: For more suggestions and full lessons, check out Perfect Pairs:
Teaching Science with Kidlit
NGSS PE 3-LS2-1. Construct an argument that some animals form groups that help members survive. Try these book pairs: For more suggestions and full lessons, check out Perfect Pairs:
Teaching Science with Kidlit
NGSS PE 3-LS1-1. Develop models to describe that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but all have in common birth, growth, reproduction, and death. Try these book pairs For more suggestions and full lessons, check out Perfect Pairs:
Lovin’ the Learning
One of my favorite lessons from Perfect Pairs: Using Fiction and Nonfiction Picture Books to Teach Life Science uses the books Just One Bite by Lola Schaefer and A Frog in the Bog by Karma Wilson to address the first grade NGSS Performance Expectation 1-LS1-1, which includes “how animals use their external [body] parts to […]
Teaching Science with Kidlit
There are so many reasons that I love Twitter. It’s a great way for me to connect with teachers and students. Here are some examples. Mrs. Gelson in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Tweeted this photo of a student reading Insects or Spider? She said that the book inspired a lively discussion in her classroom. Mrs. Clancy in […]
Teaching Science with Kidlit
NGSS doesn’t include a K-2 standard related to the butterfly lifecycle, but this topic is often included in early elementary curricula. If you’d like to teach this concept, try these book pairs: For more suggestions and a fall lesson, check out Perfect Pairs:
Teaching Science with Kidlit
NGSS doesn’t include a K-2 standard related to how plants change as they grow, but this topic is often included in early elementary curricula. If you’d like to teach this concept, try these book pairs: For more suggestions and a fall lesson, check out Perfect Pairs:
Teaching Science with Kidlit
NGSS 2-LS4-1. Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats. Try these book pairs: For more suggestions and full lessons, check out Perfect Pairs:
Teaching Science with Kidlit
NGSS 2-LS4-1. Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats. Try these book pairs: For more suggestions and full lessons, check out Perfect Pairs: