Theme: Achievements:Saving the Day

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Information Literacy Skills

Theme: Achievements:Saving the Day

Theme / Information Literacy Skills / Research
Opportunities
Week 1 / Team Spirit / Comprehension Strategy:
Generate questions
Summarize
Cause and effect
Teacher think aloud
Student think aloud
Use word parts
Comprehension Skill:
Make inferences
Make generalizations
Problem and solution
Sequence of events
Cause and effect
Fluency
Partner reading
Practice
Repeated reading
Model fluency
Repeated reading
Literature
Realistic fiction, Nonfiction article
Personal essay
How Tia Lola Came to Visit Stay
The Night of the Pomegranate
Zoo Story
Rumpelstiltskin’s Daughter
The Great Serum Race
Reference/Research Skills
Graphic Organizers
Chart – On Level Practice Book O, p 40 – Text clues and prior knowledge & Inferences
Technology
Audio CD – Listening library, Fluency solution
Online computer literacy lessons
Remind students that word processors “wrap around” text. It is not necessary to hit the ENTER at the end of every line /

Main Writing:
Write a paragraph describing and experience in which good teamwork helped you win a game
Would you rather have a great hitter or a team player?
Write an editorial persuading people to show more spirit during your local football games
Invent a simple game and write a few sentences describing the rules
Business Letter activities:
Prewrite
Draft
Revise
Proofread
Publish

Other:

Week 2 / The Solar System / Comprehension Strategy:
Generate questions, Connect and compare
Comprehension Skill:
Make inferences
Fluency
Partner reading, Repeated reading
Literature
Realistic fiction, Nonfiction article
Reference/Research Skills
Use an encyclopedia or Internet to discover how and why a telescope lens works.
Create a diagram of a telescope lens that shows what you have learned.
Label each part of the diagram.
Graphic Organizers
Space exploration – Pro & Cons
Technology
Audio CD - Listening library /

Main Writing
Persuasive -
Write a persuasive letter to your school, arguing that stargazing is a far better use of a students’ time than listening to music or playing video games.
Prewrite, draft, revise, proofread, publish & present

Other
Use an encyclopedia or Internet to discover how and why a telescope lens works.
Create a diagram of a telescope lens that shows what you have learned.
Label each part of the diagram.

Week 3 / Helping Hand / Comprehension Strategy :
Generate questions
Comprehension Skill:
Make generalizations
Fluency
Partner reading, repeated reading
Literature
Nonfiction article, information, nonfiction
Reference/Research Skills
Using the Internet
Graphic Organizers
Have students create a KWL chart
Technology /

Main Writing
Finding ways to help:
Personal narrative, generate questions, find information, organize information, synthesize & write, share information
Interview someone in your school who is a volunteer. Create a list of interview questions in advance. Summarize your findings in a paragraph.
Other
Write a short expository paragraph about one way that students can volunteer to help people in your community. Include a topic sentence and supporting details.

Week 4 / Tales of Old / Comprehension Strategy:
Summarize
Comprehension Skill:
Problem & Solution
Connect and Compare
Fluency
Partner reading, repeated reading
Literature:
Fairy tale, Myth
Reference/Research Skills
Graphic Organizers
Problem & solution chart, 195 teacher book
Brainstorming Web, p 217 teacher book
Technology
Explain how a search engine helps find a web site about a specific topic.
Decide on key words to use for the search.
Is the site reliable? Is the information accurate and current? Who is the author? What are the credentials? /

Main Writing
Persuasive
Prewrite a point of view essay
Draft a point of view essay
Revise a point of view essay
Proofread a point of view essay
Publish a point of view essay

Other
Research why the United State’s Founding Fathers did not want to have kings?
Write your findings? Was it a good idea? Why or why not.

Week 5 / Sled Dogs as Heros / Comprehension Strategy:
Summarize, Connect and compare
Comprehension Skill
Sequence, Problem and solution
Fluency:
Partner read, repeated reading
Literature
Nonfiction, Haiku (unrhymed form of Japanese poetry), Informational nonfiction
Reference/Research Skills
Use an encyclopedia or the Internet to find information a about the Russian scientists, Ivan Pavlov.
Graphic Organizers
Sequence chart, p 223 teacher book
Persuasive Pyramid, p 241A, teacher book
Technology
Discuss ‘cut and paste’ /

Main Writing
Prewrite a persuasive essay
Draft a persuasive essay
Revise a persuasive essay
Proofread a persuasive essay
Publish a persuasive essay
Write and illustrate an article about Ivan Pavlov.

Other

Week 6 / Review and Assess / Test Strategy
Good test takers know that answers are not directly stated. The reader must find clues and connect them to figure out the answer.
Read the question and all of the answers
Comprehension
Reference / Research Skills
Technology
Discuss with students: How is email helpful? How is writing an email different from writing a letter.
Discuss networks, viruses

Unit Theme: Saving the Day

Project: Research & Inquiry, self selected theme projects

Student Questions:

Research Component / Activities / Skills / Materials
Appreciation
Student realizes the need for information after a viewing, reading, listening or other type of sensory experience.
Presearch
Students establish a focus by developing an overview of the topic and exploring relationships.
Search
Students plan and implement a search strategy by identifying information providers, selecting information resources and tools, and seeking relevant information.
Interpretation
Students interpret the information they have gathered to make new meaning. They assess the usefulness of their information and reflect on the information to develop personal meaning.
Communication
Students apply their information to construct and present their new knowledge.
Evaluation
Students think about and evaluate both their process and their product during research and at the conclusion of research.
Task / Skills / Procedures/Products
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