We are working on becoming experts on a topic in which we are interested. Children were given time to explore the internet through our safe search engine to find topics that excited them. Once topics were chosen we practiced asking questions and follow up questions based on the information that we discovered. This is only the beginning. In June we will go public and share our knowledge with the world. It is a very engaging and busy time!
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What are you interested in?
Do you think others would like to learn more about it? What questions do you hope to answer?
Now let's use safe search to find articles about the topics we are curious about.The IPads is a useful tool to investigate possible research topics. It is important that today's students know how to safely navigate the internet. We can get so much information but we need to be thoughtful in our searches. What are we trying to find out?
Included in our third grade standards is to: Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers & to read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.
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Research Letter for Parents
For the past several weeks we have been immersed in reading nonfiction text. We spent some time thinking about the text features that help the reader locate, understand, and interpret information. We know that this time was well spent because as life long learners we will use our understanding of text features to navigate all types of informational text.
We hope you enjoy and learn from our broadcast!
One of the speaking and listening standards that we will continue to work towards is being able to report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking clearly at an understandable pace.
