Go to page
AFTER READING
OBJECTIVES
  • Formulate an inquiry question that is connected to this week's lesson focus.
  • Effectively and efficiently find, evaluate, and communicate information related to an inquiry question using electronic sources.
New Literacies
Synthesize
Analyze
Communicate
Navigate/Search
Identify Questions
Day 5
Day 4
Day 3
Day 2
Day 1
OBJECTIVES
  • Review terms and ideas related to diagrams.
  • Make a diagram.
Practice Book
Practice Book 3.1 p. 100
with | without Answers
NEW LITERACIES
Internet Inquiry Activity
EXPLORE COLONIAL TIMES
Use the following 5-day plan to help students conduct this week's Internet inquiry
activity about life during colonial times. Remind students to follow classroom rules
when using the Internet.
DAY 1
DAY 2
DAY 4
DAY 3
Identify Questions Discuss the topic, colonial times. Brainstorm ideas for specific inquiry questions about life in colonial times. For example, students might want to find out what people wore or what people ate in colonial times. Have students work individually, in pairs, or in small groups to write an inquiry question they want to answer.
Navigate/Search Students begin an Internet search using a student-friendly search engine. Have students type in keywords related to their inquiry questions. Discuss how to use an advanced search if too many Web sites are listed. Students should use an advanced search to help narrow the number of sites shown. Students can then read the descriptions to select those sites that contain relevant information.
Analyze Encourage students to explore the Web sites they identified on Day 2. Tell them to scan each site for information that may help them answer their inquiry questions. Have students analyze information for credibility, reliability, and usefulness. Remind them to take notes or print out valuable information.
Synthesize Have students synthesize information from Day 3. Remind them that when they synthesize, they combine relevant ideas and information from different sources to develop answers to their inquiry questions.
Communicate Have students share their inquiry results. They can use a word processing program to create a short informational story on life in colonial times.
DAY 5
RESEARCH/STUDY SKILLS
Diagram/Scale Drawing
TEACH
Ask if students have ever made a craft item or put together a model. Explain that
often diagrams are used to show how to put something together. Find diagrams
in textbooks or other sources that can be used to show this.
  • A diagram can show how something is put together.
  • A diagram can show how an object's parts relate to one another; for example,
    it can show how computer components are attached.
  • A diagram can show how something works. You might use a diagram to show
    the stages in the life of a butterfly.
  • Sometimes you have to study a diagram in a certain order—left to right or top to bottom.
  • Diagrams can use text, labels, arrows, and pictures to demonstrate an idea or process.
Have students make a diagram to show a part of the school. They might show the
cafeteria, gymnasium, classroom, or even a wing or section. As a group, discuss
these questions:
  1. What will the school diagram show? (how the parts of the room or building
    relate to one another)
  2. How will you show the parts of the diagram? (with shapes and labels)
Diagram/Scale Drawing
ASSESS
As students work on their diagrams, check that the components are in relative position
and somewhat proportional. Make sure labels are clear and accurate.
For more practice or to assess students, use Practice Book 3.1, p. 100.