Information Literacy Skills

Grade: K Unit: 8

Theme: Plants

Theme Information Research Literacy Skills Opportunities Week 1 How Trees Grow  Comprehension  Main Writing: Directions Big Book: Approaching: Strategy: The Little Tree Recognize Text Structure Steps in a process 1729, Oak Trees 1751, 1765  Comprehension Skill: On Level: Identify Sequence of Events  Other: Seeds Make Trees Retell Journaling 1729 Big Book of  Fluency Revising and editing 1759 Explorations: Build Fluency: Word Rhythmic Pattern and Acorn and Beyond: Automaticity rhyme Mary, Mary How a Tree Grows Echo-Read, Choral Read, Quite Contrary Read for Fluency High Frequency Words: ELL: little, said We Like Trees  Literature Read-Aloud Informational story Poetry Anthology: Folk tales The Sticky Nonfiction Sticky Pine  Reference/Research Skills Sequencing 1733 Identifying Main Idea 1735 Decodable Author’s Purpose 1735 Reader: Parts of a book 1735 Sad, Sad Kit Hen Dictionary 1751

 Graphic Organizers Compare and contrast chart 1723, 1761 Venn Diagram 1743 Word Web 1753

 Technology Lesson at: www.macmillanmh.com Listening Library Audio CD Week 2 Seeds and Plants  Comprehension  Main Writing Similes 1827, 1841 Big Book: Approaching: Strategy: Seeds Recognize Text Structure Creating a list 1805 Seed Secrets Sentences 1817  Comprehension Skill:  Other On Level: Retell 1809 Journaling 1805, 1821, From Seed to Palnt 1831, 1835 Big Book of Drawing and labeling 1817  Fluency Explorations: Build Fluency: Word The Wind and Beyond: Automaticity the Sun Seeds, Seeds, Seeds! Echo-Read, Choral Read, Read for Fluency High Frequency Words: here, ELL: was Read-Aloud Seeds Text Feature: Illustrations Anthology:  Literature The Talking Informational story Vegetables Fables Folktale Decodable Nonfiction Reader: A Bud Is Up  Reference/Research Skills Webbing 1853

 Graphic Organizers Categorize plants 1799 Word Web 1807 Chart 1819 List 1829 Compare and contrast 1837 Seeds and plant chart 1850 Math chart 1851 Idea web 1853

 Technology Lesson at: 1813 www.macmillanmh.com Listening Library Audio CD

Week 3 What’s in my  Comprehension Strategy  Main Writing Garden? Recognize Story Structure Poem 1893, 1903, 1911, Big Book: 1917 Sunflower Approaching: Creating a list 1881 House It Was Here!  Comprehension Skill: Draw Conclusions  Other On Level:  Fluency Journaling 1881, 1893, I Like this Flower Build Fluency: Word 1906, 1911, 1917 Big Book of Automaticity Explorations: Echo-Read, Choral Read, How Does a Beyond: Read for Fluency Garden Grow? Kim’s Garden High Frequency Words: little, said, here, was Text Feature: signs ELL:  Literature Read-Aloud I Will Sit Here Fiction Anthology: Nonfiction Photo Essay The Rabbit and Folktale the Elephant  Reference/Research Skills Webbing 1905 Drawing conclusions 1937 Decodable Reader:  Graphic Organizers Pick It, Kick It! Charting sequences 1883 List 1895 Compare and contrast 1905, 1913 Create a word web 1905

 Technology Internet Research and Inquiry activity: www.macmillanmh.com Listening Library Audio CD

Unit Theme:

Project: How does Plants your garden grow? 1710, 1942-1943

Student Questions: What do plants need to grow? How do plants help people?

Research Component Activities Skills Materials Appreciation Use Big Books to show Evoke curiosity. Big Books. Student realizes the need pictures of plants. Create interest. for information after a United Streaming videoclips viewing, reading, listening Show videoclips about on plants or other type of sensory plants. www.unitedstreaming.com experience.

Presearch Use Big Books to show Brainstorm. Big Books Students establish a focus pictures of plants: Establish a focus. by developing an overview Ask children to talk Formulate initial Informational books, of the topic and exploring about plants and how questions. encyclopedias, and videos relationships. they think plants grow. about plants for children to Ask what do they want explore. to learn about plants?

Search Have students find Choose between Gardening catalogs Students plan and pictures that show how important and Informational books, implement a search plants help people. unimportant encyclopedias. strategy by identifying information. information providers, Have students find selecting information pictures that show what resources and tools, and plants need to grow. seeking relevant information. Interpretation Have students choose Sort, order and Gardening catalogs Students interpret the pictures the best show analyze information. Informational books, information they have how plants help people. encyclopedias. gathered to make new meaning. They assess the Have students choose usefulness of their pictures that best show information and reflect on what plants need to the information to develop grow. personal meaning.

Communication Students can: Presentation of Gardening catalogs Students apply their Make diagrams of product. Art paper information to construct plants or trees; and present their new Use gardening catalogs knowledge. to cut out plant pictures to create a classroom garden mural; Make a book showing and labeling how seeds grow. 1710 Evaluation Children’s Checklist: Evaluate research Children’s Checklist 1942 Students think about and Research Process: process and final Teacher’s Checklist 1942 evaluate both their process Resources used? product. Scoring Rubric 1943 and their product during Enjoy project? research and at the Sources used? conclusion of research. Presenting: Speaking Project’s purpose? Use details? Use normal speaking tone? Representing Effective visuals? Other possible visuals? Audience? (1942)

Teacher’s Checklist: Assess the research process Assess the presentation Assess the listener (1942) Task Skills Procedures/Products Drawing on the computer (1940-  Use the paintbrush tool to Vocabulary: 1941) make a picture Graphics  Use a digital camera to take Paintbrush tool pictures of classmates or Icon different plants. Download Color palette the pictures and use the Digital camera paint program to Display screen manipulate the pictures.  Practice drawing squares in three different sizes and colors by clicking on the shape icon and color palette.

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