This session will guide participants in the development of strong thematic units which incorporate Language Arts Standards with Next Generation Science and Social Studies curriculum. How to choose a theme, develop vocabulary skills, choose fiction and non-fiction texts, and how to add language arts skills to the theme will all be covered in this session. It is applicable to EL, bilingual, and dual language instruction.
Participants in this session will receive instruction on how to create a vocabulary scaffolding writing folder for their students. They will receive a link to pages that can be printed out to create their own folders.