We+Know+Our+Animals

__**//Lesson #5://**__ **__//Don't forget about the Scavenger Hunt! //

Grade Level:__** Kindergarten

__**Unit :**__ Plants and Animals

__**Assignment type: **__ Research Project

__**Lesson objectives: **__ __**Time required to complete this lesson:**__ __**Title of lesson:**__ 
 * Student will understand what a research project is and the process that the student needs to take in order to complete one.
 * Student will locate and recognize the habitat, food life, reproduction, enemies and life span of the animal of their choice.
 * Students will be able to use and understand the importance of a variety of tools to use for researching. Including books, magazines, internet resources, and journals.
 * Students will be familiar with the order of the alphabet and will be able to create their own alphabet book about their chosen research animal.
 * 1-2 class periods allowed for students to choose their animal and review what the project is going to entail.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">2 class periods for students to conduct research on their animal.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">2 class periods to create their alphabet book
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">1 class session to discuss their final projects with the rest of the class.

**__//<span style="color: #ff7a00; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 17.16pt;">ABC's With My Animal And Me! //__** <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;"> __**<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">Resources/materials needed :**__
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">Internet available to students to allow them to conduct research.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">Books, newspapers and magazines for additional forms of research.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">Access to the Tumblr website that explains to students the processes to take and what needs to be completed for the assignment. This assignment can be found at mscorbridge.tumblr.com
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">Notebook paper for students to take notes and create their first draft of their project.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">The attached file in which students will use as a template for their alphabet book: [[file:Alphabet.pdf]]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">Markers, crayons, colored pencils, and paper to create the cover of their book and metal clasps for them to bind the books together.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">__**<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">Description of lesson: **__ <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Students will choose an animal to conduct research on. After con <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">ducting research, they will then collect all facts that they think are most important and those that answer the posed questions and create an alphabet book. The book must contain only information on their chosen animal and they must use each letter of the alphabet. The student will create sentences in which have facts about their animal. These sentences will begin with each letter of the alphabet. The worksheets provide the students with practice of the particular letter and have space in which they can write their sentence at the bottom of the page. After completing their book they will create their own cover and write down their answer to each of the questions. They will compose their book and each student will read their book aloud to the class after completion. The link <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 121%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">mscorbridge.tumblr.com provides the step by step process on how the project will be completed and graded and provides the class with examples of what questions need to be answered, what the alphabet book should look like and their options for an animal to research. Students can use the books in the below bookshelf as help with finding information about their following animal: media type="custom" key="4949045"

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">__**<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">Assignment (homework or in-class): **__ The main assignment is to conduct research (in and out of class) and compose their own alphabet book all about their animal. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;"> Please visit mscorbridge.tumblr.com for complete explanations on the entire assignment and examples. Students will also complete the scavenger hunt below following their research project as a way to explore and learn additional information on other types of animals.

__**<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">Technology used :**__ <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 6.6pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">The Tumblr website is a great way to give students variety in how they are learning a new assignment. Students also get to explore the internet in this assignment as its main focus is research in which the internet is a great way to conduct research. In addition, students will complete a scavenger hunt online. This will take them from multiple websites, allowing them to answer questions and be able to further explore different types of animals <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;">. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">In addition, Shelfari is an awesome way for teachers to create their own bookshelf of the books that they feel are important to read or apply to the particular unit. Anyone can create their own bookshelf and it might even be important if students created their own bookshelf on books that they feel are interesting or the ones that they want to read. It can also be used for a great literacy project. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">**__<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">The technology used in this lesson changes the teaching / learning in this way __** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">Technology allows students to explore the wide array of resources that are available to them outside of the school library. It provides them with educational websites that can be used to give accurate information of their animal and these sites are interactive an fun. Students become familiar with searching the internet and understanding how different websites are set up. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">The scavenger hunt allows the students the freedom to search the internet and the teacher can evaluate the benefits and downfalls of this assignment as students are exploring. In this assignment, students also get to learn their assignment through the Tumblr website rather than listening to the teacher lecture. This allows students to remain active in the learning taking place and is a new and exciting way for them to take and understand lesson directions. The interactive bookshelf is a great way for students to look at the books and see which ones sound interesting to them. It provides the students with an additional interaction that they wouldn't recieve in the classroom.

<span style="color: #ff7a00; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">__//**<span style="color: #ff7a00; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">Scavenger Hunt: **//__ <span style="color: #ff7a00; display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 144%; text-align: center;">After researching animal of choice, students will learn about //other// animals by navigating through an online scavenger hunt! Read the questions and find the answers by clicking on the highlighted words which will take you to the website that has all of the great information!



<span style="color: #ff7a00; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">**//<span style="color: #ff7a00; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 135%;"><span style="color: #ff7a00; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;"> Good Luck and Have Fun! //**