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
Today We Read: Guji Guji by Chih-Yuan Chen and Imagine You Are A Crocodile by Karen Wallace and Mike Bostock Crocodile Activity – Fill in the Facts Sheet We just learned many new things about crocodiles from the book Imagine You Are A Crocodile. Teachers can print this facts sheet for their whole class and … Continue reading Crocodile Storytime
This live workshop runs on Tuesday May 11th.
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
How to Take Great Notes for Our Research Project You are going to watch a video that takes you step by step through the process of taking notes for research. Use Your Own Words When You Take Notes One key thing to remember however, is to never copy word for word from a website or … Continue reading Research Skills Continued – Taking Great Notes
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
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
“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
I met with students in grades 3 and 4 this week to practice the art of proper notetaking. Something which can come so naturally for adults is really a skill that needs to be taught and practiced so that bad habits don’t form early. I’ve heard many middle schoolers tell me that they cut and … Continue reading Practicing Proper Notetaking Skills
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