Animal Research

This week we started learning about research on animals. First, we learned how to organize information using headings in our "flip books". As a large group we read sentences about bears and then underlined the important information. In the flip book, students found the correct page to add a "jot note". Students learned to only write 3 or 4 words from a sentence (not complete sentences at this time). I want the students to know that we always write sentences in their own words when we do inquiry work.

For our animal inquiry project, students chose their own animal that prepares for winter. They are working in a group using non-fiction books from the public and school library as well as using iPads for internet access.