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Meet Ms. Laseter! – Vol. 1 No. 4
Natural Inquirer Readers for students in grades K-2 focus on a scientist and their research. In this Reader, readers meet Stephanie Laseter who studies how rainfall affects streams and rivers over time in forests.
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Highlights
- Meet a Scientist
- Try This! Activity
- Glossary
- Critical Thinking Questions
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Natural Inquirer Readers for students in grades K-2 focus on a scientist and their research. In this Reader, students meet Stephanie Laseter who studies how rainfall affects streams and rivers...Meet Ms. Laseter!
Natural Inquirer Readers for students in grades K-2 focus on a scientist and their research. In this Reader, students meet Stephanie Laseter who studies how rainfall affects streams and rivers...Part Of
Meet Ms. Laseter! - Vol. 1 No. 4
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In this activity, you will use a rain gauge to measure precipitation over a period of time. Included are instructions for building your own rain gauge. Materials: Chart for recording...Try This! – Meet Ms. Laseter!
In this activity, you will use a rain gauge to measure precipitation over a period of time. Included are instructions for building your own rain gauge. Materials: Chart for recording...Part Of
Meet Ms. Laseter! - Vol. 1 No. 4
Glossary
View All Glossaryaffect
(ə fekt): To make something or someone different.
atmosphere
(at mə sfir): Air that surrounds the Earth.
Earth
(ərth): The planet on which we live.
evaporate
(i va p(ə-) rāt): To give off moisture.
forest
(fȯr əst): A very large area of trees.
observe
(әb zәrv): To watch something.
pattern
(pa tәrn): Something that happens in a regular or repeated way.
precipitation
(pri si pə tā shən): Water or the amount of water that falls to Earth as hail, mist, rain, sleet, or snow.
provide
(prə vīd): To supply something that is useful or needed.
solve
(sälv): To find the correct answer to.
stream
(strēm): A body of running water—such as a river, creek, or brook—flowing on Earth.
survive
(sәr vīv): To remain alive.
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Stephanie Laseter
Hydrologist
A favorite recent experience of mine was installing a series of flumes in several stream channels. We can use these flumes to measure the amount of water flowing in the...View Profile
Lessons
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In this lesson, students play bingo while becoming acquainted with sight words from the Natural Inquirer Reader Series. Materials: Natural Inquirer Reader Series (choose one Reader for each day you...Lesson Plan – Reader BINGO
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In this lesson plan, you will use the visual thinking strategy to elicit prior knowledge from students before reading a Natural Inquirer Reader. After reading the article, you will use...Lesson Plan – Visual Thinking Strategy and Picture Description Strategy
In this lesson plan, you will use the visual thinking strategy to elicit prior knowledge from students before reading a Natural Inquirer Reader. After reading the article, you will use... -
Use the “Take Two” strategy to encourage students to share their personal experiences and outside knowledge regarding topics presented in the text. This lesson plan can be used with any...Lesson Plan – Take Two
Use the “Take Two” strategy to encourage students to share their personal experiences and outside knowledge regarding topics presented in the text. This lesson plan can be used with any... -
Get students moving and listening closely by using “pop ups.” Assign students words from a text, and as you read, students “pop up” (jump out of their seat, then sit...Lesson Plan – Pop ups
Get students moving and listening closely by using “pop ups.” Assign students words from a text, and as you read, students “pop up” (jump out of their seat, then sit... -
Use the Observations-Wonderings-Learnings (OWL) graphic organizer to connect students to a topic and draw out prior knowledge and questions for future exploration. This lesson plan can be used with any...Lesson Plan – OWL
Use the Observations-Wonderings-Learnings (OWL) graphic organizer to connect students to a topic and draw out prior knowledge and questions for future exploration. This lesson plan can be used with any... -
Gauge students’ prior knowledge and knowledge gain by doing true/false questions before and after a Reader. Materials: A Natural Inquirer Reader The anticipation guide that corresponds to your chosen Reader...Lesson Plan – Anticipation Guide
Gauge students’ prior knowledge and knowledge gain by doing true/false questions before and after a Reader. Materials: A Natural Inquirer Reader The anticipation guide that corresponds to your chosen Reader...
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