Super 3

Plan     Do      Review

 

Big 6

1. Task Definition. What does your teacher want you to do? What information do you need? Write questions to help answer the task.

2. Information Seeking Strategies. List possible sources of information to help answer the task assigned.

3. Location & Access. Find sources.

4. Use of Information. Read and take notes.

5. Synthesis. Writing process! Prewriting, Drafting, Conferencing, Revising, Editing, Publishing steps.

6. Evaluation. Answer questions prior to turning in project to confirm assignment accuracy.

Here's a website to assist you with this process. Big6 Writing Process Organizer

 

 

Keywords

Keywords are an important part of research. Keywords are the words you use to search for information about a topic. Without them we would NEVER get the results we are looking for.

 

Choosing Keywords Steps

1. Choose a keyword from the question given or the question you create.

2. Keywords will likely be the subject of the question.

3. Choose 3-4 words.

4. Put the words in order of importance. Example "toxic food dog" instead of "toxic dog food".

 

 

Kindergarten-1st Grade

Activity:

1.) Pet Keyword Research. Research an animal you would like as a pet. See if you can find out the answer to your question. We are going to use Kid Rex or Enchanted Learning  as our search engine.

 

2.) Try the research again but change it up. Create another question, change your pet or try another search engine. CyberSleuth Kids, Fact Monster or go to my Research Website page and pick your own.

 

2nd Grade

Activity:

1.) Rainforest Animal Research. Use the following search engines to answer the following questions.

• Name an animal that lives in the Rainforest.
•  What does that animal eat?
•  What country is your animal located?

Search Engines - Cyber Sleuth Kids    Enchanted Learning     Fact Monster       Kid Rex      KidTopia 

 

2.) Coral Reef Animal Research. Go to my Research Website page and pick your own search engine to answer the following.

• Name an animal that lives in the coral reef.
• What does that animal eat?
• Name one interesting fact about your animal.

 

3rd-5th Grade

Research interactive lesson by Vaughan "Research it Right" and "Searching With Success!"

 

Activity:

1.) Keyword Research Experiment. The experiment will answer the questions how important are keywords and does the order of keywords make a difference?

 

2.) Doggy Data Search. Plan before you BEGIN research. Students may only search once for the answers.

 

 

Parents: my lesson will be very similar to the ones you see here, here and here. This resource is for you to talk with your students at home what they learned in class.

 

 

Advance Search Techniques

And - Using AND means that articles will contain both keywords. 

Or - Using OR means that articles will contain either keywords.

Not - Using NOT means that articles will contain one keywords but not the other.

Quotes - Using ".." means that articles will contain the exact phrase.

Plus or Minus sign - Use (+) or (-) to include or exclude words.

~ - Using ~ means that articles will contain similar words or synonyms.

Example - +cowboys + "wild west" -football -dallas

 

 

Rutgers RIOT webpage walks you through how to complete a research project from start to finish. Click here to begin.

 

 

Website Evaluation

Choosing a website to gather your research is just as important as research itself.  Not all websites are credible and should not be used.

• Do NOT use - wikipedia, ask.com, yahoo.com, ehow, about.com, personal blogs
• USE - edu (education), gov (government)
• Maybe - .net and .org - You must check to see if the company is an expert or credible in the field you are researching. Check the About Us tab for the website. READ!!!

 

 

 

3rd Grade

Website Evaluation interactive lesson by Vaughan "Credible Sources Count"

Ask yourself Who? What? Why? When? How?

Think before you choose a site!

 

 

4th Grade

The ABC's of Website Evaluation

A - Author.

• Is the author listed?
• Is the author credible?
• What is the author's intent?
  

B - Believable

• Does the information seem correct?
• Does it agree with other sites?
• Does the information fit my research purpose?
  

C - Currency

• What is the date of the website?
• How recent is the information?
• Can you find a better example?

 

Activity:

Download the ABC powerpoint and follow along with my lesson. You will practice evaluating websites and completing a checklist.

 

    

5th Grade

 The 5 W's of Website Evaluation

1. Who - is the author an expert?

2. What - what is the purpose of the site?

3. When - when was the site created or updated?

4. Where - where does the information come from?

5. Why - why should I use this information?

 

The 5 W's of Website Evaluation

Evaluating Websites Online Checklist

 

 

Plagiarism

Remember that you can NEVER use other people's work and call it your own. We don't plagiarize and we always cite our work.  Below are videos and sites that help you determine what plagiarism is and how to avoid it. Remember that plagiarism at Neuse Charter School is an automatic zero on each project.

 

3rd Grade

Plagiarism interactive lesson by Vaughan "You Quote it, You Note it!"

 

 

4th-5th Grade

Plagiarism Definition for kids

Plagiarism YouTube video      

Plagiarism Glogster     

 

 

 

Cite a Site

Students are required to give credit for work that  I've created a page showing you a FEW examples of how it works. Please use the online resources to double check your work as I cannot cover every type of source you will see. Citation Examples

Kindergarten                 Does not cite sites. :)

1st-2nd Grade               Cite a site by writing the website title or name.

3rd Grade and Up         Cite a site using the instructions below.

 

• Here's a copy of my cheat sheet for online magazines/newspaper/articles AND professional websites.
• There are websites to assist you with proper MLA format.

MLA Citation Style -Cornell University    Purdue OWL Citation Worksheet      Easy Bib     Online Citation Machine     

 

 

Short cuts to use -

• Ctrl C = Copy
• Ctrl V = Paste
• Alt & Tab = switches windows "toggling"
  

 

 

3rd Grade

Activity:

1.) Review the following websites with your group. Can you cite them correctly?  Website 1      Website 2

 

2.) Use Easy Bib site to create a citation for Website 2. Did you get the correct citation? Why or Why not?

 

 

5th Grade

Activity:

Can you cite this correctly?  Website 1    

 

 

 

Websites - There are several websites to assist you in learning this process.

Applying Big6 Skills     

Big6 Writing Process Organizer     

Internet Search Techniques     

Kentucky Virtual Library Game

The Big6 Skills      

 

 

 

 

Research Project Requirements Page

 

 

 

Research Websites