gettingstarted

=Getting Started= toc There will be two components to this project: creating a presentation on birds and comparing and contrasting your project with a partner's project. The teachers who have their classes collaborate with each other will communicate in advance to determine how they would like their classes to work and respond. Currently, my class is the only one working on this project. As other teachers choose to join in, we will determine how we will work together.

Currently, I have two third grade classes with a total of 32 students. I would like to have another class share their research with us. It will allow us to collaborate and comment in method appropriate to the project you share on this wiki.

Student's Individual Knowledge
The student will use a word processor to type a paragraph of five sentences to tell what they know about birds.

Locate and Cite Images
Using [|Pics4Learning], the student will find an image of a **bird** and add it to a PowerPoint slide (or other program), copy and paste their paragraph from the word processor onto the slide. Pics4Learning makes it easy to copy the bibliography reference for each image from their site into your project.
 * 1) Activating Prior Knowledge**

Using [|Pics4Learning], the student will find an image of a **penguin** and add it to a PowerPoint slide (or other program). Students will compare the penguin to what they "know" about birds. They will tell:
 * 2) Penguin Research**
 * 1) which things you said about birds that make sense for a penguin
 * 2) which things you listed that penguins does not have or do
 * 3) which details are you not sure about
 * 4) tell whether you think a penguin is a bird or not.

Create and post a KWL chart to share with us what your class knows, wants to know, and eventually learns about birds.
 * 3) What Does the Class Know/ Want to Know/ Has Learned**

A) View images of the state or national bird. Draw an image of your state or national bird. Include the image as the next slide in your presentation. The note should state:
 * 4) State/ National Bird Research**
 * The penguin is like our state/ national bird because

B) Using [|Pics4Learning], the student will find an image of a the **state or national bird** and add it to a PowerPoint slide (or other program). The students will add a note stating:
 * This is our state/ national bird it is called...

Create a Venn Diagram of the penguin and state/national bird. Add the image to a PowerPoint slide (or other program). The student will add a note. It will tell:
 * 5) Penguin/ State Bird Comparison**
 * The penguin is //different// from the state or national bird because ...

Draw or find and cite an image of your favorite bird. Add the image to a PowerPoint slide (or other program). The student will add a note. It will tell:
 * 6) My Favorite Bird**
 * My favorite bird is ... because ...

View your partners work. Provide feedback to the following questions:
 * Collaborate with Your Partner**
 * 1) What details did your partner add that were the same as yours?
 * 2) What details did your partner add that were different from yours?
 * 3) How close did they come to drawing or painting the penguin and the state/ national bird?
 * 4) Did the partner have a citation for each photo?
 * 5) Ask your partner a question about the birds in their project.
 * 6) Answer your partner's question about the birds in your project.

media type="custom" key="5010261"