RE: Pinhole Digest #1083 - 12/10/02

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From: Jhumki Basu (sjbasu@hotmail.com)
Date: Tue Dec 10 2002 - 07:08:21 PST 

From: "Jhumki Basu" <sjbasu@hotmail.com>
Subject: RE: Pinhole Digest #1083 - 12/10/02
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 15:08:21 +0000
Message-ID: <BAY1-F68CfywEsGmjm00000db11@hotmail.com>

The Lawrence Hall of Science website (Gems and Equal publications) has
bilingual math/science stuff for English language learners. Jhumki

>Hello all,
>
>I teach integrated science for english language learners and am looking for
>a piece of science-based literature that I can assign to my students over
>Winter Break for a book report. Their reading levels are between 3rd and
>6th grade, so the book must be chosen carefully so that they will be able
>to
>complete it independently. We've been reading "Never Cry Wolf" together in
>class and they really enjoy it, but the vocabulary is too difficult for
>many
>of them and I'm not confident that most students could manage to read it on
>their own. I need something engaging, yet accessible for students who have
>difficulties reading. Are there any suggestions of books, from any science
>subject area, that might suit these needs?
>
>cheers,
>
>josh mukhopadhyay
>yerba buena high school
>san jose, ca

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