At a time when literacy is finally getting the recognition long overdue it in science education, along comes one of the most classroom- and teacher-friendly books that this reviewer has found to date. No longer will the classroom teacher labor over many an Internet search to find that little snippet that will improve a lesson. Eddie Lunsford has done the groundwork for you. Packed with what I would term “five-minute reads,” this book has the potential to change the way teachers integrate literacy-based lessons in a world where doors are being opened through the Common Core. While the entire nation is in a state of flux regarding literacy and associated lessons, Little Facts of Life serves as a stepping-stone on what may prove to be a long trail ahead.
Through the organization of the book alone, Lunsford makes the leap of faith that biology is taught widely through a phylogenetic...
University of California Press