STEM: Linking STEM Learning to Literacy and Using Formative Assessments

Integrate science and engineering within your literacy block, periodically during the school year. Interactive read aloud lesson plans coupled with STEAM lesson plans shared. Several high Based Learning integrated writing samples also modeled. Blank templates for all will be made available to participants. How do you assess STEM? Discover how to use simple formative checklists and students´ illustrations to evaluate the advancements of student STEM learning.

Participants will learn Inquiry-Based methods; Review the following: PA Standards & Science Frameworks; Review NGSS Crosscutting Concepts with Science & Engineering Practices; Engineering Design Process: Tinker, Make, Improve; What is Engineering for Young Children?; Six Components of a Lesson; Solve Simple Engineering Challenges; Debrief how to teach STEAM; STEM assessment tools and strategies; and take additional literacy and traditional STEAM resources for immediate use in their classrooms.