Bilingual Science Lab Guide for 1st Grade
This 1st-grade science lab guide supports bilingual learners in English acquisition through visuals, a word bank, sentence starters, and a glossary. It's designed to be used alongside a whole-class lesson, allowing students to participate and follow along.
“Keep the attached document exactly the same in terms of format, questions, order, story, directions, content, and context. Then modify this for a __1____(level) bilingual learner who speaks __spanish_______ and is trying to learn english. Give them the following supports such as a word glossary, wordbank, sentence starters, sentence frames, visuals with vocabulary, and other supports that are appropriate for this level of learner. Keep the amount of the pages near the same, so the student can contribute and follow along with the group.”
Teacher Guide & Tips
- Introduce new vocabulary using the provided visuals and glossary before the lab activity.
- Discussion question: What was your favorite part of the experiment and why?
- For struggling readers, pair them with a supportive peer or provide additional sentence frames for explanations.
- Advanced learners can be encouraged to write or draw an additional observation or prediction.
- Estimated time: 45-60 minutes.
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Teacher Guide & Tips
- Introduce new vocabulary using the provided visuals and glossary before the lab activity.
- Discussion question: What was your favorite part of the experiment and why?
- For struggling readers, pair them with a supportive peer or provide additional sentence frames for explanations.
- Advanced learners can be encouraged to write or draw an additional observation or prediction.
- Estimated time: 45-60 minutes.
Bilingual Science Lab Guide for 1st Grade
This 1st-grade science lab guide supports bilingual learners in English acquisition through visuals, a word bank, sentence starters, and a glossary. It's designed to be used alongside a whole-class lesson, allowing students to participate and follow along.
What is Diffit?
Teachers use Diffit to get quality materials for their unique classrooms. Adjust difficulty, add scaffolds, or change the topic to get started.
Try Diffit for free