Resource-Based Learning
Arctic Animal Research - Grade 3
Curriculum Connection
- Science - Animal Unit
- Social Studies - part of the Identity Unit - Module 3 - Comparing Canadian Communities
What the Teacher and Teacher-Librarian Did Prior to Research
- Resources were evaluated to determine which were accessible to strong, average and weak readers.
- A possible research organizer was prepared.
- The parts of a book useful to researchers were reviewed with students (Table of Contents, Index - we played an index bingo game with Nature's Children books, Captions, Pictures, Text, Glossary)
- Some rules for taking jot notes were introduced and students practiced taking notes about penguins.
- When students were choosing their animal, attempts were made to match suitable resources to each student.
What Students Did
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