Library Services: Elementary Units
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Inquiry Units
- Kindergarten - 1st grade Inquiry - Jobs
- Kindergarten Inquiry - Where in the World Are We?
- 1st Grade Inquiry - Colonial Times
- 1st Grade Inquiry - Discovering Where We Live
- 2nd Grade Inquiry - American Symbols
- 2nd Grade Inquiry - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
- 3rd Grade Inquiry - Rapid Changes to the Earth's Surface
- 3rd Grade Inquiry - Scientific Breakthroughs
- 4th Grade Inquiry - Native Texas
- 4th Grade: Notable Texans
- 4th Grade Inquiry - Slow Changes to Earth's Surface
- 5th Grade Inquiry - Energize
Create - Colonial Times
Activities
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Narrated Slide(s) / Time: 30 minutes
App: Show Me
- Students will choose an iPad photograph they took that shows something they learned.
- Students will write a short "script" for their slide(s) using word sprinkles and/or academic vocabulary from a chart or Google doc.
- Students will narrate the slide.
- [Optional: Students can take a picture of their source page to add to the Show Me presentation on a second slide.]
Management tip: If students are going to be paired or will work in groups, they will need to have used the same iPad during the Gather stage.
For assessment criteria, see the "Evaluate" tab.
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This phase is intended to:
Encourage students to demonstrate understanding of the information gathered, and synthesize into an appropriate format.
Key ideas:
- Allow student choice in tool/presentation
- Use an appropriate mode of delivery, based on the topic and audience
- Consider written, oral, and multimodal