Continents and Animals - Library Skills
(thanks Lynne)
Lead students in researching 5 animals from around the world (1 from the ocean, and 4 from the seven continents.)
The first page acts as a title page/table of contents. (Students can colour in the continent as they finish each animal.) Each student produces a "mini-booklet" with cover page, 1 "ocean" page and 4 "continent" pages. Final product can be presented to the class, be included in a Student Led portfolio collection or go home for the fridge!
1. Introduce the continents with map or Smartboard lesson.
- http://www.softschools.com/social_studies/continents/map.jsp
- http://exchange.smarttech.com/details.html?id=e051eac5-970f-4233-8c48-0fb5bb8b24a2
- http://exchangedownloads.smarttech.com/public/content/a0/a0d49939-d157-4116-b16c-6fd7dc7c3eda/Continent%20Lesson.notebook
2. Review note-taking skills (ie Jot Notes or "Trash-N-Treasure")
3. Students use Print materials or eResources (eBooks, Worldbook, etc) to research their animal choices.
4. Students complete the pages in their mini-book and colour the images.
