Grade: Unit:

Information Literacy Skills

Theme: Discovery

Theme Information Literacy Skills

ResearchOpportunities

Week 1

Approaching: On Level: Beyond: Main Selection Vocabulary/Comprehension: Social Studies Link: Read Aloud: Group: The Gold Rush

Game

Approaching: There’s Gold in those Hills

On Level: Towns of the West, from Boom to Bust

Beyond:The Story of San Francisco

ELL:Towns of the Wild West

The Gold Rush

Comprehension Strategy:

Analyze Story Structure

Comprehension Skill:Cause & Effect p. 665A(Cause & Effect Diagram Transparency 26)

FluencyRepeated Reading- Intonation/Pausing(681 A)

LiteratureInformational TextGenre- Nonfiction Article (682) Reading a Timeline

Reference/Research Skills

Dictionary- Word Origins 207D & T6Almanac p. 170- read a table

Graphic OrganizersPersuasive Organizer trans. 22 p. 175A

Technology

Main Writing:Expository Writing (focus on voice) p. 686-687Features of Magazine Articles

Other: Stories of the Gold Rush- research stories & create two characters who participated in the Gold Rush. Write a letter home to a family member of friend. Share & compare letters (p. 685)

Week 2

Approaching: On Level: Beyond: Main Selection Vocabulary/Comprehension: Social Studies Link: Read Aloud:

Group:The Cricket in Times Square

Wild Visitors

Comprehension Strategy:

Analyze Story Structure (p. 691A)

Comprehension Skill:Theme/ Theme Map (transparency 27)

FluencyRepeated Reading- Punctuation p. 711A

Literature

Main WritingExpository Writing (p. 716)News Article (717 A)

Other

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Approaching:In the Land of Giants

On Level:The Tiger-Stripe Potion

Beyond:The Wood Sprite

ELL:Jani and the Leopard

Informational Text-Genre- Editorials p. 712Adverstisements

Reference/Research Skills

Research & Inquiry (p. 715)-*Research nocturnal animals/ compile facts into a book/ add photographs or illustrations

Graphic Organizers

TechnologyMedia Literacy:Animated Films (699)- Research types of animation

Use a thesaurus or dictionary online (p. 717B)Find definitions or synonyms & teach how to select the word/Teach how to use a toolbar

Week 3

Approaching: On Level: Beyond: Main Selection Vocabulary/Comprehension: Social Studies Link: Read Aloud:

Group:Meet a Bone-ified Explorer

Approaching:Discovering Pompeii

On Level:Discovering Tutankhamen

Beyond:Dinosaur Sue: Tale of T. Rex

ELL:A Discovery in Egypt

Discovering Nature’s Secrets

Comprehension Strategy

Monitor Comprehension (712A)

Comprehension Skill:Make Generalizations (712A)

FluencyRepeated Reading: Punctuation (725A)

LiteratureJournaling p. 218

Reference/Research Skills

All goes with Expository Writing project:- 729 AUsing Reference Materials,Evaluating Sources, Skimming & Scanning (p. 729A)

Graphic Organizers

Create an outline p. 219KWL p. 219A

Main WritingExpository Writing (p.729A)

OtherWriting prompts 728- discuss mode or type of writing, purpose, form or format, and audience- rubric included

TechnologyUse of key words for internet searching p. 219ANarrowing searches (ex. Of using quotation marks) 219A

Week 4

Approaching: On Level: Beyond: Main Selection Vocabulary/Comprehension: Social Studies Link: Read Aloud:

Group:My Brothers’ Flying Machine

Approaching:Riding the Wind: Amelia EarhartOn Level:Against the Wind: James H. Banning

Beyond:Women in Flight

ELL:Pilot James Banning

Airplanes Comprehension Strategy

Monitor Comprehension p. 733A

Comprehension Skill:Author’s Perspective p. 733AGraphic Organizer (Transparency 29)

FluencyRepeated Reading- Tempo p. 753A

LiteraturePoetry p. 754Narrative Poem- repetition & personification in poetry

Reference/Research Skills

Graphic Organizers

TechnologyMedia Literacy (744) –Comparing Narratives and Film

Main WritingExpository Writing- Write an InterviewFocus- Features of an Interview p. 756 & 757A

Other

Week 5

Approaching: On Level: Beyond: Main Selection Vocabulary/Comprehension: Social Studies Link: Read Aloud:

Group:The Life and Times of the Ant

Approaching:Butterflies and Moths

On Level:

Ants Comprehension Strategy

Analyze Text Structure P. 761A

Comprehension SkillDescription p. 761A Graphic organizer-Trans. 30Genre- Informational Nonfiction

Fluency- PausingRepeated Reading p. 777A

LiteratureGenre- Fable p. 778*Use library & Internet

Main Writing

Expository Writing*Write a summary

Other

Grasshoppers and Crickets

Beyond:Beetles

ELL:Grasshopper or Cricket?

resources to learn more about fables & their history p. 781

Reference/Research Skills

Graphic Organizers

Letter of Complaint Chart p. 271A

TechnologyUse library & Internet resources to learn more about fables & their history p. 781

Type important details in a bulleted list- teach cut and paste into their paragraphs p. 783B

Week 6

Approaching: On Level: Beyond: Main Selection Vocabulary/Comprehension: Social Studies Link: Read Aloud:

Review and Assess

All basic information found onp. 784

Test StrategyAuthor and Mep. 784Genre- nonfiction article ComprehensionCause and Effect, Theme, Make GeneralizationsAuthor’s PerspectiveDescription Referenc

e / Research SkillsNarrowing TopicNote takingMain IdeaWork Cited/Bibliography

Technology

Expository Writing- Research Report p. 787A

Unit Theme: p. (662H) Amazing discoveries are made in all areas of lifeProject: Student Questions: In what areas have some of our most important discoveries been made? What are some important discoveries? What new discoveries could help people today?

Research Component Activities Skills Materials

AppreciationStudent realizes the need for information after a viewing, reading, listening or other type of sensory experience.

Unit Stories and Discussion

PresearchStudents establish a focus by developing an overview of the topic and exploring relationships.

Use organizers (concept map) to brainstorm areas of discoveries

Identify Key words

SearchStudents plan and implement a search strategy by identifying information providers, selecting information resources and tools, and seeking relevant information.

Print sourcesElectronic sourcesEncyclopedia CD-ROM

Reliable Web Sites*check to see when site was updatedUse of Search Engines*Key words*Viewing list of articles key words call up*Clicking on articles they want to read

InterpretationStudents 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.

Look for details in databases, maps, charts, time lines, and diagrams

Organize Information- outline

Main IdeaRelevant details and factsStatistics if appliesCreating an Outline

CommunicationStudents apply their information to construct and present their new knowledge.

Oral Report using visuals (compare/contrast, cause & effect, and problem & solution formats- p. 787K)

EvaluationStudents think about and evaluate both their process and their product during research and at the conclusion of research.

Assess the Research Process p. 787KAssess the Presentation p. 787KAssess the Listener 787K

Student Checklist p. 787K(research process, presenting/speaking, representing)

Rubric p. 787L

Task Skills Procedures/ProductsObjective: Use of bullets and Bullets Word

cutting & pasting with expository writing p. 783B

Cutting & pasting

Objective: Improve a media presentation. Insert clip art and text into a slide show presentation p. 787i

Cutting & pastingSlide show basicsUse of search engine to find clip art. Saving clip art into a slide show

www.macmillanmh.comMicrosoft PowerPointClip Art suggestion:www.teacherfiles.com/clipart.htm