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Research Building Blocks: "Organize This!"
Grades
3 - 5
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Lesson Plan
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Minilesson
Research Building Blocks: "Organize This!"
In this minilesson, students organize information they compile while doing research for a written report on a selected topic.
Research Building Blocks: Examining Electronic Sources
Grades
3 - 5
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Lesson Plan
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Minilesson
Research Building Blocks: Examining Electronic Sources
In this lesson, students evaluate and rate the relevance of electronic resources as they research information about their state.
Research Building Blocks: Notes, Quotes, and Fact Fragments
Grades
3 - 5
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Lesson Plan
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Minilesson
Research Building Blocks: Notes, Quotes, and Fact Fragments
Students are guided through the process of taking notes while reading factual information, then turning those notes into new sentences and paragraphs written in their own words.
Research Building Blocks: Hints about Print
Grades
3 - 5
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Lesson Plan
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Minilesson
Research Building Blocks: Hints about Print
In this lesson from a research skills unit, students examine abstracts on selected books to determine their relevance and helpfulness.
Grades
3 - 5
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Lesson Plan
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Minilesson
Promoting Cultural Values Through Alphabet Books
C is for Culture in this lesson in which students research a culture different from their own and compile an alphabet book that showcases cultural symbols for each letter of the alphabet.
What's Under the Slide? Making Inferences Using Microscopes
Grades
3 - 5
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Lesson Plan
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Minilesson
What's Under the Slide? Making Inferences Using Microscopes
Students hone their critical thinking skills by learning how to make inferences from textual clues.

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