Don’t Miss Out on Literacy Gains
Meet your science and literary goals all at once
Science and literacy have more in common than you might think. From analyzing information to thinking critically and communicating, students need a solid grasp on these essential skills for overall academic success.
Integrating literacy with science saves teachers time. Fortunately, Twig Science includes a range of tools and features to make it easy to meet your science and literary goals all at once.
All the Science, All the Literacy: Half the Time
Here are the key features in Twig Science that help you meld language acquisition with knowledge expansion, creating the foundation for students to thrive in every subject:
Leveled Readers
Reading activities and writing opportunities that nurture close-reading strategies
Built-in ELA/ELD Supports
Text aids, supplementary definitions, context clues, and more
Science Glossary
Student-facing definition video and images, with audio to help with pronunciation
Scaffolds for ELLs
Tiered vocabulary support and linguistic frames
Prior-Knowledge Read-Alouds
Texts to target background knowledge and build academic content vocabulary
Closed-Captioned Videos
Engaging videos with closed captioning for enhanced text tracking and academic vocabulary
Language Routines
In-class routines crafted in partnership with Stanford’s SCALE team
Make scientific vocabulary accessible for every student
Twig Science language routines were developed in partnership with Stanford’s SCALE team to provide rich opportunities for student-driven learning sequences that help expand and clarify thinking. Watch elementary teacher Harvey Bagshaw break down the Collect and Display language routine that makes learning scientific vocabulary accessible for every student.
Ready to get your students thinking, talking, reading, and writing like scientists?
Download our guide to literacy in Twig Science.
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