Effective teaching can be found where science and literacy overlap. This book helps teachers streamline busy schedules by focusing on cognitive skills shared by science and language arts. Designed to help build teacher confidence, it offers the background and insights teachers need to support students as they make sense of science content through language arts study. This unique approach pairs thinking routines from literacy—Observe and Wonder; Predict and Infer; Sort and Categorize; Analyze and Interpret; and Conclude and Apply—with hands-on science activities. The engaging strategies offer a fail-safe way for students to build knowledge and skills across the curriculum.

Sandra Mirabelli supports preservice teacher candidates at Brock University in developing their Language Arts programs. She brings her experiences in the classroom and as a curriculum literacy lead at both the board and provincial level to her cross-curricular approach to teaching and learning.

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Lionel Sandner’s professional background includes teaching in both the K–12 and university systems, leading provincial and national curriculum science initiatives, and creating print and digital resources. Lionel currently works collaboratively with teachers to create customized science resources.

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