Lesson Overview

Lesson 1
Monday, April 11
Topic:
Introduction
Teacher: Together
Lesson 2
Tuesday, April 12
Topic: Text
Feature
Teacher: Megan
Lesson 3
Wednesday, April
13
Topic: Main Ideas
and key details,
Citations
Teacher: Kristen
Lesson 4
Thursday, April
14
Topic: Fact vs.
Opinion
Teacher: Megan
Lesson 5
Friday, April 15
Topic: Interview
Teacher: Together

Lesson 6

Students will participate in an activity using Google Earth to see the

difference between continents, countries, and cities. After this, there will
be a KWL chart and students will say what they know about research and
what they know about travel. Then, after looking through different
nonfiction texts the students will create questions that they may have
about a particular country or a countrys specific event.
We will teach them about text features and what main ideas and
supportive ideas are through a read and think aloud. The students will
participate in a scavenger hunt to find the text features in the nonfiction
texts that will be used during the research.

Students will be working on identifying the main idea and gathering

evidence to prove the main idea. Students will participate in a think aloud
then practice on their own. Groups will decide on the topic that they will
focus on for their research and begin researching their topic. Students will
be expected to begin citing their sources.

Students will begin to explore the difference between fact and opinions in
nonfiction text. Teachers will lead the class through a mini lesson.
Students will locate opinions and facts in their own research. Students
will create their own questions that they want to know prior to the
interview tomorrow that will provide them with factual information.
Questions for interviews!
Interview day! There should be multiple parents that will be interviewed.
Students will be with their research teams and will conduct an interview
that focuses on the various travels that the parent has experienced. Groups
will rotate so that they can hear multiple speakers.

Students will learn the importance of effective note taking. Teachers will

Monday, April 18
Topic: Dash notes
Teacher: Kristen
Lesson 7
Tuesday, April 19
Topic: Travel
Brochure
Teacher: Megan
Lesson 8
Wednesday, April
20

show students how to take dash notes through a think aloud. Then,
students will practice taking dash notes by converting their answers from
the interviews into dash notes. Students will practice using dash notes
while continuing their research.
We will introduce the students to their travel brochure project. Students
will be expected to gather more information and begin to categorize the
facts that they have gathered. Students will begin to fill out the category
worksheet that will be transmitted electronically. Students pick a specific
topics- Research ! find what they have and find what they dont have
Students will begin to work on their travel brochures. We will go to the
computer lab to work on their brochures. Students will be taught how to
set up their brochure on Google Slides and review how to change text and
add pictures.

Topic:
Organization
Teacher: Kristen
Lesson 9
Thursday, April
21

Today will be a work day! Students will work in the computer lab to
create their travel brochure.

Topic: Research
Teacher: Together
Lesson 10
Friday, April 22
Topic:
Presentation
Teacher: Together

Today, students will present their research. The students will present their
travel brochures to their classmates.