3rd+Grade+Animal+Inquiry

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Using Big 6 Research Skills to find information about Animals
What is the Big 6? = = = = =FOR TEACHERS= Session 1-
 * Step 1: Task Definition-What am I doing?[[file:3rd grade animal.docx]]
 * Step 2: Information Seeking Stategies- What can I use to find the information?
 * Step 3: Location and Access- Where can I find the information?3rd Grade Animal Websites
 * Step 4: Use of Information- What is useful information and how do I write it down?
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 * Step 5: Synthesis- What am I going to do with all my information that I find?
 * Step 6: Evaluation- Did I do what I was supposed to do?
 * Introduce Big 6,
 * How the folder will work
 * Fill out a slip of top 3 animals. In the library.
 * Find 3 books on animals-make sure they are on the cart.
 * Students will have different animals-Teachers decide.

Session 2-
 * How to read a website, kid friendly website
 * How to save an image into Iphoto for use later on*
 * Begin research on that day
 * Goal 2 cards
 * No google image search for animals at school-Students will save images into iphoto as they research!**

Session 3-Research Session 4-Research Session 5-Research Session 6- Slideshow Session 7- Slideshow Session 8- Slideshow

We need to plan for 10 sessions instead of 8. 1 session for peer editing and 1 session for jazzing it up. We did not plan on how to get them into 1 presentation...talk to Simon about that. The topics-Turn them into questions? Use more kid friendly words (Locomotion-a problem for many of them) The "Where did you get your info" card needs to be redone to be less redundant. Not kid intuitive Notecard also needs to be revamped to make it easier to fill in...Question needs to have a line. Instead of source..maybe write where did i get this info...to be consistent with the "where" card. We also need a 3rd person. The classes where we had academic support and ESOL, were much further along than the 1 class that did not have it...even though we are all working equally hard!
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Presentation Options: from an email sent on May 6th

1- Leave on the computers and book times to come in and view either together or separate to view them 2-Put all on slideshare and then you can embed them on your blog-will take a bit of work-full on for a day or two-then you would have to embed on your blog. 3- is to upload the keynote file to your blog...like a document and then folks could download it to see it.

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