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3 RD Grade Endangered Sea Creatures
3 RD Grade Endangered Sea Creatures
3 RD Grade Endangered Sea Creatures
3
Grade:EndangeredSeaCreatures
ContentObjective:
Icandescribewaystohelp
saveendangeredseacreaturesinauniqueand
creativeway.
LanguageObjective:
Icancreateaposterto
expressmyconcernsaboutendangeredsea
turtlesandcommunicatewaystohelpsolvethe
problem.
Materials:
MissionSeaTurtleRescue:AllAboutSeaTurtlesandhowtoSaveThem
byKaren
RomanoYoung,
OceanandSea:DriveIntoEarthsMostSpectacularHabitat
bySteve
Parker,
Oceans&Seas
byMargaretHynes,Chromebooks,posterpaper,markers,
crayons,coloredpencils,pencils,paper,glue,scissors,andotherposterdecorations.
Procedure:
1. Afterresearchingtheoceanandthemanyseacreatures,theclassdecidedto
researchseaturtles.
2. Beforereadingmoretextsspecificallyaboutturtles,havestudentswatchthe
followingTEDEdvideoaboutendangeredseaturtles.Thiswillhelpgenerate
interestandengagethestudents.
a. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKmQ6pGxg4
3. Interactivereadaloudthenonfictiontextsaboutendangeredsea
turtles:
a. MissionSeaTurtleRescue:AllAboutSeaTurtlesandhow
toSaveThem
byKarenRomanoYoung
b. OceanandSea:DriveIntoEarthsMostSpectacular
Habitat
bySteveParker
c. Oceans&Seas
byMargaretHynes
d. Beforereading,givestudentsanopportunitytobrowse
throughthebooks,lookatthepictures,readcaptions,and
getinterestedinthebooks.
4. Duringreadinghavestudentskeeptrackofinterestingfactsand
whattheylearnastheinteractivereadaloudistakingplace.Thiswillhelp
studentskeeptrackoftheinformationtheywanttorememberforwhenitistime
tocreatetheinformationalposter.
5. Afterreading,havestudentsshareouttheirinterestingfactsthattheywrotedown
duringthereading.
a. Asagroup,decidewhichdetailsarethemostimportanttoincludeinthe
informationalposter.Highlightthefactsthatoccurmorethanonceto
organizewhichfactsweremostimportanttothestudents.
6. Next,studentswillcollaborativelycreateapostertoinformpeopleoftheproblem
andbrainstormcreativewaystosolvetheproblem.Allowstudentstodraw
pictures,printoutpictures,typeupimportantfactsontheChromebooks,and
accessmoreinformationaltextsasnecessary.
a. Importantadditionalresearchmayincludewaystohelpsaveendangered
species:
http://endangeredspecies.about.com/od/howyoucanhelp/tp/SimpleWays
ToHelpEndangeredSpecies.htm
7. Aftertheposteriscreated,studentswilltaketurnstopresenttheinformation
theyhaveincludedontheposter.
a. Thiswillhelpstudentscommunicatetheirfindingstootherstudentsor
teacherswhomayaskquestionsabouttheprojectandhowtheyproblem
solvedsuchaheftyproblem.
8. Displaytheposterinthehallwaytoraiseawarenessandgenerateaschoolwide
interestintheendangeredseaturtles.