In library you will think about a topic and a I Wonder Question about it. You will then explore the library resources to find the answer to your question. After your research is complete you will create a project to show what you learned to your classmates, family and friends.
Click on a link below to learn more about your topic.
Click on one of these buttons to find interesting facts about your topic. There are also additional topics below the buttons:
How did triceratops live?
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How do army soldiers get ready for work?
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How do plants know when to bloom?
Note to Parents, Teachers and Friends.........
The real world is a rich and captivating place to a young students as they explore, wonder and ask tons of questions about it. The library is the perfect place for exploration. A place where questions and answers meet. Students can bring their experiences, problems and questions and get rich overflowing information to shed new light on them, particularly through the use of nonfiction. Nonfiction, more than any genre, lets them explore the real world, ask question and find information.
The 1st Grade "I Wonder" project focuses on “learn by doing” reading and writing activities designed to teach two basic research strategies- asking questions and finding rich answers. Students will write, draw or dictate the answers they find. They will use a graphic organizer to keep answers and important detailed notes organized during their research and investigation. They will use a simple research approach keep them on track during the project. During the process:
The 1st Grade "I Wonder" project focuses on “learn by doing” reading and writing activities designed to teach two basic research strategies- asking questions and finding rich answers. Students will write, draw or dictate the answers they find. They will use a graphic organizer to keep answers and important detailed notes organized during their research and investigation. They will use a simple research approach keep them on track during the project. During the process:
- Students begin with a question they wonder about.
- Students then search for answers to the questions they have posed, reading, viewing or listening to nonfiction books, eBooks, databases and interviews.
- Periodic reviews and assessments of gathered information become the backdrop to ongoing inquiry, discussion, reporting, and confirming information to gain new knowledge about their topic and finding the answer to their wonder question.
- Students will create a product- Blabber (talking picture), info-mercial or eBook- to share their new knowledge with their audience.
At the beginning stages of research I quickly noticed some of the answers to students questions were a little too difficult to understand from books, databases and videos alone so I reached out to parents, friends and organizations to help the students. Many hands made this project possible for our first grade class. A special thank you to Mrs. Hinkle who was as excited as I was to make this "I Wonder" project a reality for our students! Ms. Hinkle and I would like to extend our appreciation to the following people who helped make this project possible:
Please visit the links below to view the projects students created to explain the answer to their wonder question, a further interesting fact about their topic, and their new "I Wonder" question about the topic to keep them intrigued as 21st Century Learners.
- A shout out to our fifth grade friends and parents who served as readers and mentors during the research project.
- A warm thank you to Ms. Kathleen Johnson and the folks at the Louisville Zoo for creating a session to talk to our many students who had endless questions about their animals.
- All the parents and friends in the community who due to their expertise in their field helped students investigate the answers to their questions.
- Bellarmine students who took time away from their studies to visit students to help them investigate the answers to their questions.
- A very special thank you to Ms. Rachel Beck and all the science folks at the Louisville Science Center for their many hours of work creating the perfect investigations and for holding engaging skype sessions with our first grade class to help them explore the world around them in a very creative way and to help them investigate the answers to some of the students' wonder questions.
- A gracious thank you to Matt Milosevich, meteorologist from WLKY, who created a video to help one of our students understand what happens during a hurricane, the strongest storm, and visiting our school to help students with their investigation.
Please visit the links below to view the projects students created to explain the answer to their wonder question, a further interesting fact about their topic, and their new "I Wonder" question about the topic to keep them intrigued as 21st Century Learners.