Category Archives: research skills

Information Credibility – Research for Public Speaking

It is public speaking time at the OJCS, which means most grades are engaged in doing research for their speeches.  The following is a lesson for our grade 7s and 8s (although it can be used across most grades) that explains how we determine if the sources we want to use for our research are … Continue reading Information Credibility – Research for Public Speaking

Ontario Cities Research Workshop With Grade 3

You are going to be starting a project on cities in Ontario. Let’s start by looking at a non-fiction book and learning how to use them for our research. What is non-fiction? Table of Contents? Index? Now how can we search for information about our city on Google.  Let’s open up our internet browsers and … Continue reading Ontario Cities Research Workshop With Grade 3

Grade 2 Research Skills Live Lesson May 27th

When you are given a topic (or subject) for a research paper, what’s the first place you look for information?  How do you search? HU if you have an answer! Even though Google is really good at understanding what you are looking for when you type in or ask a long question, lots of websites … Continue reading Grade 2 Research Skills Live Lesson May 27th

Exploring Non-Fiction With Grade 1

Grade 1 visited the library on Friday for a workshop on exploring non-fiction.  We started off by discussing what some of the differences are between fiction and non-fiction, and grade 1 were already ahead of the game there and understood it quite well.  Non-fiction is a book that focuses on real events and real information.  … Continue reading Exploring Non-Fiction With Grade 1

Understanding Keywords with Grades 3 and 4

Today grades 3 and 4 learned all about strategies for effective internet searching.  Students tend to type long questions into the search bar of search engines and click on the very first site that comes up, regardless of the quality or relevance of the site.  Over the past few years I’ve been trying to convey … Continue reading Understanding Keywords with Grades 3 and 4