Melinda DeCoriolis, Director
19601 W. Bluemound Road, Suite 200
Brookfield, WI  53045
Phone: 262-370-5451
Fax: 262-787-9501
e-mail: sracademy5451@sbcglobal.net
Week 4: August 11-15, 2008/Fond du Lac

STATEWIDE ACADEMIES

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Chiwaukee Academy
Kenosha/Racine Area
August 11-15, 2008
 

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Christa McAuliffe Academy
Appleton Area
July 14-18, 2008
 

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Cray Academy
Chippewa Falls Area
July 4-7, 2008

 

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Gitche Gumee Academy
Ashland Area
July 28-August 1, 2008
 

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John Muir Academy
Verona Area
July 28-August 1, 2008
 

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Northwoods Academy
Rhinelander Area
August 4-8, 2008
 

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Sally Ride Academy
West Allis Area/June 23-27, 2008
Waukesha Area
/July 14-18, 2008
Grafton Area
/July 28-August 1, 2008
Fond du Lac Area
/August 11-15, 2008

 

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Star Academy
River Falls Area
July 29-August 1, 2008
 

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Washburn Academy
Holmen Area/July 14-18, 2008
Onalaska Area
/July 28-August 1, 2008
 

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WASDI

 

ADOLESCENT LITERACY STRATEGIES IN THE SCIENCE CLASSROOM

INSTRUCTOR(S): Sue Whitsett, Fond du Lac School District
GRADE LEVEL: 6-12
CREDIT: 1 or 2
 

Participants will learn about and participate in literacy strategies to help teach reading in the secondary science classroom.  A day will be spent on the interactive elements of reading in a content area; a day on vocabulary strategies; a day on informational text; and one day on reflection strategies.  Participants will participate in activities modeled by the instructor and then be provided with time to develop activities for their own classroom in each of the above areas.

Required Text:  Teaching Reading in Science   A Supplement to Teaching Reading in the Content Areas: If Not Me, Then Who?, 2nd Edition, Mary Lee Barton and Deborah L. Jordan, Copyright 2001  McREL, ASCD stock # #302269, ISBN #  1-893476-03-0

 

Sally Ride Academy