Lesson 21 - Animal Research Paper & Spacing
CCSS.ELA
concepts, systems, and operations.
Objective:
Instructional Strategies: Science Inquiry - Create, Discuss, & Reflect
Cooperative Learning - Project Based
Materials:
- RI.K.1 With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
- W. K. 2 Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose informative/explanatory texts in which they name what they are writing about and supply some information about the topic.
- W.K.5 With guidance and support from adults, respond to questions and suggestions from peers and add details to strengthen writing as needed.
- W.K.7 Participate in shared research and writing projects.
- W.K.8 With guidance and support from adults, recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.
- L.K.1 Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
- L.K.2 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
- ISTE Standard 3: Research and information fluency
- ISTE Standard 6: Technology Operations and Concepts
concepts, systems, and operations.
Objective:
- Given the information gathered during research, students will be able to apply this information in writing complete sentences about their animal with minimal support.
- Using the Conventions of Standard English in Writing, students will be able to write an informational statement with a focus on improving one or more areas to the level of independent application.
- Given the Fab 5 Check list, students will be able to edit their own work with support from a peer and no errors found when completed.
- I can use rules for writing to capitalize the appropriate words.
- I can write an informational text using facts I learned from my research.
Instructional Strategies: Science Inquiry - Create, Discuss, & Reflect
Cooperative Learning - Project Based
Materials:
- Chart Paper
- Teacher Markers
- Informational Text (class set)
- Projector
- Computer
- iPads for pairs or individual students
- My Informational Animal Booklet
- San Diego Zoo website - http://kids.sandiegozoo.org/
- A to Z Animals
Lesson - 10-20 min
1. Review previous lesson on stretching out words. 2. Model for the class writing a sentence about where an animal lives. Model stretching out the sounds for the first few words and using your fingers to put finger spaces between words. After a few words have a student come forward to practice. 3. Students can use their finger to make spaces or their spaceman writing tool (this is a picture of an astronaut taped to a large popsicle stick) 4. Explain to the class that today students will write two facts about their animal for page 5. Remind the students that the fact must answer the question that goes with the heading for the page. Student Activity – 20 - 30 min
1. Students will spend the rest of the day writing their facts for page 5. 2. When finished students can share their writing with a friend. Explain to the partners, their job is to listen to the friend read their report.
3. These directions for partner editing can be explained to the pair as students complete their work or before students begin their writing. 4. When students have completed peer editing, each student will conference with the teacher for 1-2 min on their assignment. During the conference teacher and student will complete a Fab 5 Checklist on students writing skills. The Check list will be taped to the back of the assigned page for student to remember to apply the writing skills missed to their next page. |
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