ELA Grade 3: 1st 9 Weeks

Research Project

Media Specialist/ Teacher Connection Journeys Text and/or Exemplary Text Correlation

Web Resources

W.3.7 Select appropriate

sources to obtain

information to

support an idea,

topic, or task in a

piece of research

writing. (S, P)

Students will be introduced to various online resources. With guidance and support the students will choose appropriate resources to write a paragraph on the topic of bats.

Bat Loves the Night Bats Are the Best Beasts

Pebblego.com Kids Info Bits http://go.galegroup.com/ps/searchTopic?bname=Bats&prodId=ITKE&userGroupName=tel_s_tsla&in PS=true&topicId=GALE%7CLNYXYU817318903&searchResultsType=MultiTab

World Book Kids http://www.worldbookonline.com/kids/article?id=ar830239

W.3.8 Take brief notes on sources. (S) Recall information from past experiences. (S)

Introduce students to Steve Jenkins’s books and illustrations. Show video from teachingbooks.net and demonstrate taking notes. Independent practice: Have students take notes on the Steve Jenkins Animal Book video

What do Illustrator’s Do? Jack Draws a Beanstalk

TeachingBooks.net Meet Steve Jenkins video on making the book Move! http://www.teachingbooks.net/author_collection.cgi?a=1&id=26 Steve Jenkins Illustrates and Writes The Animal Book http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhJ1wtHSPc4

Additional Teaching Notes:

Extend/Expand by having students use their notes to create an illustration like Steve Jenkins

does using his techniques.