Soon my students will embark on our 4th grade signature project, endangered species. As in the years past I hope to grow the project this year so that students engage in research with greater critical thinking skills, thoughtful process and new tools.
Hence, I'll begin a collection of tools, processes and critical thinking skills in this post to guide my work. If you'd like to share a resource, please do.
- Word Clouds to Understand Main Ideas: We'll use this strategy to cull the main ideas from our introductory articles. Students may use this approach with other articles as the unit progresses if they wish.
- Gaming
- Flipping
- Collaborative Research
- Guided Research Website: I hope to update the website with the teaching team prior to the start of the unit.
- Organization of Unit Summaries and Introduction
- Project Menu
