Please do not confuse this research with the Science Fair Project. The Science Fair is separate from this research report. If you have any questions, please post them here or email me.
LETTER SENT HOME WITH STUDENTS ON MONDAY.
Dear Families,
Over the next
several weeks, your child will be completing a two-part research project.
The first part will be the written paper and the second part will be a
creative project. Please review the expectations
and time-line of important dates.
Parental support is needed for completing this project.
Written Report
Students will
begin the written report at school following the writing process. If they do not finish during the week of
April 29, they will need to finish it at home. If students would like to type
their report, they will have the opportunity to do this at home after May
3. See the Informational Writing Rubric
for expectations of the writing.
Project
Students will
complete a creative project that represents their topic. They can create a diorama, poster board,
dress up, build something, puppets, etc.
Please see the Scoring Guide
for the project expectations.
Written report,
project, & rubric are due Monday, May 13, 2013. We will begin presentations Monday 5/13 by
random draw.
Responsibilities/Work
for the week of April 22, 2013
Mrs.
Marcotte:
·
Teach the key points of a research project
·
Allow about 30
- 45 minutes of Internet research in class on the student’s topic (Friday 4/26)
Students:
·
Decide on a topic – tell topic to Mrs. Marcotte
·
Share topic and project requirements with
parents (signature due by Thursday 4/25)
·
Decide on at least 3 questions they want to
answer about their topic. Questions must
be able to be expanded on for strong paragraphs. For example if they choose zebras – What is
the zebra’s habitat? What are the physical characteristics of a zebra? What are
other interesting (or cool) facts about zebras?
·
Gather books from the public library about their
topic – books will need to stay in their bookbag because they will be needed
daily at school. BOOKS ARE DUE AT SCHOOL BY MONDAY 4/29
Parents:
·
Help students find books at the library.
·
Help students create meaningful questions.
·
Sign paper that you have seen the project
requirements (due by Thursday 4/25).
Responsibilities/Work
for the week of April 29, 2013
STUDENTS MUST HAVE
BOOKS AT SCHOOL NO LATER THAN MONDAY 4/29
·
The written project will be started at school
this week. If students do not have books
from the library, they will not be able to start the project. Unfortunately, my classroom resources are too
limited.
·
Mrs. Marcotte will guide students through their
research and conference with students throughout the week.
·
At home project can be started.
Responsibilities for
the week of May 6, 2013
Students
·
Finish project this week
·
Finish writing this week
Parents
·
Help students with the project.
·
Make sure students have projects completed by
May 13.
