Planning+Notes

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 * __Day 1__**
 * Celebrations / Fears & Frustrations / Questions - Individually write on sticky notes. Share with the group and post on some kind of chart
 * Agenda - When is lunch? What's the plan for the two days?
 * RAN Chart for TEKS - (possibly on SMART Board?) - As a whole group list what we think we know. In small groups, read the Research TEKS and discuss. Encourage participants to look at all grade levels.
 * Research Plan - Share key concepts from the TEKS and ideas for how it could be taught in the classroom. Select one method and model the step with the whole group using a pre-selected topic (volcano in Iceland?). In small groups, participants will complete the same step researching an animal of their choice.
 * Gathering Sources - same as above 1st video clip
 * Synthesizing Information - same as above
 * Organizing & Presenting Ideas - same as above
 * Reflections / Questions

__**Day 2**__
 * Research Models - Groups read articles on different research models (Big 6, IIM, others). Be prepared to share an overview of the research model with the whole group and how the four strands from the TEKS are part of the model.
 * Guest Teachers? - probably not going to happen. Maybe we could share Should There Be Zoos?
 * Planning Time - with some kind of outline? Encourage participants to think beyond the standard research projects - animals, biography. Maybe we could create have groups type up an outline of their project idea on laptops and save them to a flash drive at the end of the session. Then we could share or post all the groups work for everyone to use.
 * Share Research Plans including how the four strands of the TEKS are incorporated.
 * Reflections / Comments / Evaluation

Ruth's questions Ruth, I think many of your product ideas fit the "brief written explanation" TEK. I think all grades are expected to organe ideas in some form or other. 5th grade is the only level required to use quotations appropriately. JF
 * Rubrics??
 * Gr 3& 4 TEKS state "draw conclusions through a brief written explanation..." Do my variation products fulfill this expectation?
 * Are grades K-4 organizing ideas

Emily, do you know this site? http://www.kidsclick.org/

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