Day+6-+Creating+the+Product

=Creating the Product = = = = = = = =There are many different ways in which your students can show their learning from your research. Below is a file with many different choices you can offer your students. Be sure to prepare your students for any skills they may need prior to offering them the choice of a final product. I always start off with the product of my choice to teach them that will become a choice for them later in the year. = = = = = = =

=Creating a Class Big Book = =The first time we do this, it usually takes another week. We gather together and spread out the notefacts. First I read them and we group the notes that go together. Then we take those and begin creating our sentences, This is great modeled writing on how to create sentences that go together, where words go on the page, and so much more. = =You can follow up with having the kids record 1-2 facts they learned today in their journal to use as a reference if they are going to create a product by themselves later. = = = =This continues for each envelope. Then I usually post our research on the wall for all to enjoy. The kids either can create their own pictures of the animal we studies or even better we make a giant one, or lifesize one depending on the animal, and all the kids work together to color it. = = = = = =Here is a big book sample on Penguins. = = = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> = =<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Here is a big book sample on Rattlesnakes. = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">For this one, I broke up all the information into 22 parts (the number of students I had at the time). Then I read all the notefacts to the kids in workable pieces. Then the kids had to tell me the facts in complete sentences and I took dictation. Then I gave them the paper and they had to write their sentences on the large chart paper and add a picture to match. = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> = = = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">For this sample on bears, the teacher had the students choose what category they wanted to write about. Then the students picked what notefact they wanted to share and the teacher wrote the notefact on an index card. Then the kids went to their desk and wrote first drafts of their sentences. Then the teacher conferred with each child on their writing. = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Below are some samples... = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The final product from this bear project is here. = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I have also had the kids write their facts right from the notefacts chart paper. Below I have attached a sample of the notefacts chart paper. Then the kids wrote their somplete sentences on paper. Next I had them type their sentences into AlphaSmarts. Then we edited their sentences together as an entire class. = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Here is the book we created. = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I also had them copy theses same facts into a power point slide. Then they had to choose which 3 sentences they should keep on the slide and delete the rest. Then they imported pictures. The next day I recorded their voices. = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Here is the digital sample. = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Visit the kid sample page to see other ways we share the information they have created. = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Day 1- Questions = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Day 2- The Copyright Laws and Taking Notes = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Day 3 and Day 4- Taking More Notes = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Day 5- Organizing the Notes = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Day 6- Creating the Product = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> =