Document Type
Graduate Project
Date of Degree Completion
Summer 2002
Degree Name
Master of Education (MEd)
Department
Education
Committee Chair
Nancy E. Jurenka
Second Committee Member
Gail Goss
Third Committee Member
Carol L. Butterfield
Abstract
This project was based on a review of literature in the areas of vocabulary development, curriculum integration, and using children's literature in the content areas. The purpose of this project was to provide third and fourth grade teachers with a handbook designed to increase the use of nonfiction, informational children's literature in the content area of science. The solar system-themed handbook consists of 10 comprehensive lessons containing vocabulary building activities, stories to be read aloud by the teacher, and hands-on science experiments. The handbook is intended for individual use, either as a compliment to the current curriculum or to be used in isolation.
Recommended Citation
McCann, Kelly Janee, "An Integrated Solar System Unit for Third and Fourth Grade Students Using Nonfiction Children's Literature" (2002). Graduate Student Projects. 57.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/thesis_projects/57
Included in
Curriculum and Instruction Commons, Elementary Education Commons, Science and Mathematics Education Commons