LESSON FOUR: Locate information in resources
Given keywords and questions, students find information in provided resources with assistance from an older classmate buddy. Using a non-fiction text on trees, teacher models this skill and older classmate guides student through individual research texts.
GRADE-LEVEL EXPECTATIONS
ILIB Locate information on keywords and questions in provided resources with assistance.
IL1D Give credit, through discussion, for others’ ideas, images and information.
LESSON MATERIALS
§ Sources of Literature
o None
§ Supplies
o Post-it notes
o Nature Detective unit charts for review
o Grade level appropriate non-fiction texts on topics of nature
o Buddy classroom of helpers or others so one helper can work with no more than two students doing research
§ Handouts provided
o Research by nature detective worksheet
§ Words to know
o nonfiction
FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT
The teacher uses a student checklist and walks around as the student works with the older classmate. Handout indicates combined buddy/student work.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
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Strategy |
To introduce the nature detectives theme, remind students they are learning facts as well as new strategies for research. Pair students with a buddy. Number the partners one and two. Number one shares strategies a detective uses. Number two shares what they have learned by using these strategies. |
1. Introduce The Magic School House Plants a Seed or any text that displays information in various ways.
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Strategy |
At appropriate times, stop to point out features such as bold type, keywords, and information blurbs. Draw attention to illustrations, word clouds, tables, charts and the way text is printed. Model how detectives look carefully at all clues. |
2. Student detectives look in non-fiction materials to see features presented and locate information with assistance. Each should have a text and a buddy to assist them. Model the use of Research by Nature Detective handout by asking questions. The student answers the question quietly to the partner.
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Questions for Students |
What is the keyword for your topic? What text are you using? Who wrote the book and illustrated the material chosen? What is one important question you have about the topic? What non-fiction text features will assist with my research? |
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Idea |
The handout provides formative information. Observation of the work process leads to the next step in instruction. |