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 - Native Texas

Activities
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Students will work collaboratively to create a product and presentation about their specific tribe. Each student will contribute information gathered on their individual question/s.
Product: Slide Show
Tech Tool: Google SlidesNotes:
- student teams should plan out their entire slide show in advance, using a storyboard format
- students will review their notes and synthesize their information into a paragraph
- students should use copyright-free images or draw their own and take photos
- each student will contribute at least one slide to the group product
- powerpoint could be used, but you lose the collaborative feature
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Product: Website
Tech Tool: Weebly or Google SitesNotes:
- student teams should plan out their entire website in advance, using a storyboard format
- students will review their notes and synthesize their information into a paragraph for an article for a website
- students should use copyright-free images or draw their own and take photos

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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