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Ad lit.org: Content Area Literacy: Science

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The demands of comprehending scientific text are discipline specific and are best learned by supporting students in learning how to read a wide range of scientific genres. Besides text structures emphasizing cause and effect, sequencing and extended definitions, as well as the use of scientific registers, evaluating scientific arguments requires additional skill sets for readers.

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CCSS: Adaptable
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content area reading, science, scientific reasoning, adlit, adlit.org, adolescent literacy, carol lee and anika spratley, 21st century skills and science, content area literacy
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Classroom Considerations
  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)