Kim+B

Ideas
What 21st Century Skill do you want to focus on for instruction, modeling & assessment? (CDE identified skills: Collaboration, Invention, Information Literacy, Self-Direction, Critical Thinking & Reasoning)

Critical thinking!

Successfully research a topic of their choice and present it. This will require some scaffolded learning. The students need some basic skills in order to do this, they will be exploring several aspects of research in smaller groups (stations/centers).

>LA standard 5

**D-Quadrant Backward Planning **


 * Lesson Title: Becoming Independent Researcher **

__**What is it you Want Students to Know and Be Able to Do? – **//Content Standards //__

Successfully research a topic of their choice and present it. This will require some scaffolded learning. The students need some basic skills in order to do this, they will be exploring several aspects of research in smaller groups (stations/centers).

__**21st Century Skills (ISTE NETS) **//What will you assess, specifically? //__

__**Transfer **: //Students will be able to independently use their knowledge, understandings, and skills acquired to //__//_//
 * **3.** || **Research and Information Fluency** ||
 * || Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information. Students: ||
 * ||  || a. || plan strategies to guide inquiry. ||
 * b. || locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use information from a variety of sources and media. ||
 * c. || evaluate and select information sources and digital tools based on the appropriateness to specific tasks. ||
 * d. || process data and report results. ||  ||

Find valid and meaningful information to a question.

__**Essential Question **//Big, broad open question not subject specific //__

How do researchers gather information?

__**Enduring Understanding: **// What do you hope students to remember 10 years from now? //__

The best information you find is not always the first information you find.

__**Unit Questions: **//Open questions – subject specific //__

Lesson 1 - Features of Nonfiction Text: How do I read and understand nonfiction text? Lesson 2 - Finding the Muse (phrasing the question): What do I want to know about, and why? Lesson 3 - Website Validity (link is to the content, not the actual lesson): How do I know if my information is good? Lesson 4 - Skim and Scan: How do I find the information I need? Lesson 5 - Applying Yourself: How can I present what I've found?

__**<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Content/Guiding Questions: **//<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Closed questions – fact finding //__

Why is this topic important to you? How will knowing more about this topic help you? What will you do with this information once you have it?

__**<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">How will you know they know it? **//<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Formative & Summative Assessment Strategies of content //__//and __skills__//

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Formative Assessments:

Anecdotal notes during research Exit slip after each lesson Oral responses

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Summative Assessments:

Final presentation


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Performance Assessment Task – G.R.A.S.P.S. __**


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Goal: **//<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The “hook” //<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">– //<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Your task is… ////<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">an ////<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">engaging introduction that kids can connect with – the “real world” situation //

Tree Octopus! How can I find out more? What am I looking at? (Website presents false information.)


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">The Role **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> - //<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Who does this kind of work or problem solving in the “real world?” //

Anyone! Someone trying to select a car to purchase, someone wanting to select a career to pursue, any scientist, accountant, doctor, lawyer, mechanic, pick a profession!


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">The Audience – **//<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Who will you present your product to (other than the teacher)? //

Think of the people who will want or need to know this, is it your parents? Your future boss? Your friends?


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">The Situation – **//<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">More details on the goal //

Students pick a topic they are interested in, and use the process from the individual lessons to glean information about that topic. All of it is based on real-world interest.


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">The product **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> – //<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">What would you turn in to your boss? //

Options for a final product vary, Xtranormal is a choice, as is Prezi, Google Presentation, or anything from the book 51 Wacky We-Search Reports by Barry Lane


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Standards & Criteria for Success – **//<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Rubric criteria – what is expected? Should align with learning goals //

(TBD)