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

Continuing Our Work with Keywords

“Hey Siri, what makes a desert habitat unique?” The answer to a complex question like that isn’t something Siri can answer so easily.  The problem is that students are using this Siri driven searching method every time they go online.  Typing long or complex questions into Google is a bad habit that needs to be … Continue reading Continuing Our Work with Keywords

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