Instructional Strategies for Science
- Supplement reading with realia: pictures, models, etc
- Use lots of VISUALS with vocabulary
- Be alert to language, concepts, and values that are unclear in written material
- Ensure understanding by questioning students
- Show students how to use table of contents, index, and glossary
- Give them needed information such as page number, terms, paragraph number, chapter, etc. in written context
- Understand cultural information about child
- Show how to use and understand equipment
- Ensure understanding of graphs, chars, etc.
10.Be specific with academic language: (specific to Science)
11.Teach sequence words…. First, then, next, following….
12.Prepare vocabulary cards
13. Use graphic organizers
14. Pair student with buddy
15. Pronounce student name correctly
