Strategy Guides highlight some of the most powerful instructional strategies from the Seeds of Science/Roots of Reading integrated curriculum. Each Strategy Guide provides a description of one of these strategies, an overview of how to teach the strategy with many science texts, and a specific plan for teaching the strategy with a Seeds of Science/Roots of Reading book.
| Grade | Book | |
|---|---|---|
| Gathering Information from Science Texts | 3-4 | Weather Encyclopedia |
| Gathering Information from Science Texts | 4-5 | Tabletop Pond Guide |
| Interpreting Visual Representations | 2-3 | What’s Stronger? The Forces that Cause Erosion |
| Interpreting Visual Representations | 2-3 | Forces |
| Interpreting Visual Representations | 3-4 | Sunlight and Showers |
| Interpreting Visual Representations | 4-5 | Phase Change at Extremes |
| Interpreting Visual Representations | 4-5 | Investigating Crayfish |
| Searching for Information in Science Texts | 2-3 | Handbook of Sandy Beach Organisms |
| Searching for Information in Science Texts | 3-4 | Handbook of Body Systems |
| Searching for Information in Science Texts | 3-4 | The Handbook of Light Interactions |
| Teaching About Multiple Meaning Words* | 2-3 | My Sea Otter Report |
| Teaching About Multiple Meaning Words* | 3-4 | Falling Through the Atmosphere |
| Teaching Concept Mapping | 2-3 | What Belongs on a Beach? |
| Teaching Concept Mapping | 2-3 | Mystery Forces |
| Teaching Concept Mapping | 3-4 | It’s All Energy |
| Teaching Concept Mapping | 4-5 | What Makes Living Things Go? |
| Teaching Text Structure | 2-3 | The Black Tide |
| Teaching Text Structure | 2-3 | The Handbook of Forest Floor Animals |
| Teaching Text Structure | 2-3 | Jelly Bean Scientist |
| Teaching Text Structure | 3-4 | Water in the Desert |
| Teaching Text Structure | 4-5 | What Happens to the Atoms? |
| Teaching Text Structure | 4-5 | Ecosystem News |
| Using Anticipation Guides* | 2-3 | Solving Dissolving |
| Using Anticipation Guides* | 2-3 | Gravity Is Everywhere |
| Using Anticipation Guides* | 4-5 | Tomato Landers |
| Using Science Text to Visualize | 4-5 | Spinning Through Space |
| Using Text Features | 2-3 | What Lives on a Sandy Beach? |
| Using Text Features | 2-3 | Earthworms Underground |
| Using Text Features | 3-4 | Wet Weather Handbook |
| Using Visual Evidence to Make Inferences | 3-4 | Mystery Mouths |
*Strategies marked with an asterisk are particularly useful for English language learners. Learn more about how to support English language learners here.
Strategy Guides were developed to accompany the science books featured in Seeds of Science/Roots of Reading curriculum. Because of the quality of the books and the extensive information they contain, many teachers purchase the books separately. Strategy Guides include worksheets that can be used to employ that particular strategy with appropriate books, such as the one shown below:
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