Ronda-Clingman Elementary School Newsletter
Hours
7:30 am - 4:00 pm
Staff
Sally Parker - Media Coordinator
Battle of the Books Club
The B.O.B. Jr. Club meets every Monday at 11:15-11:45 am in the library. We are getting ready for the competition in the Spring. Each student reads 12 books from our B.O.B. list and we ask questions and discuss the books.
We have some good 4th and 5th grade readers participating this year. In January we will also meet once a week after school, from 3:10 until 4:00 pm.
Do You Gaggle?
Gaggle – student email accounts
username: initial of first name, last name and last 4 digits of your student number @wcs.gaggle.net – no spaces
password: initial of first name, initial of last name and your student number
Ex: John Doe student number 123456
username:
password: jd123456
Need Help? Try these On-Line Encyclopedias
NCWISEOWL – (NC Online Windows forLearning)- resources for use in research projects and homework assignments. Using NCWiseOwl for online research places students in a safer, advertising-free environment with age-appropriate information and tools that assist students with the research process.
Ncwiseowl.com has Grolier Encyclopedia available.
wiseowl is the password anytime a password is requested from this site.
World Book Online – World Book Online Resources including World Book Student, World Book Kids, World Book Spanish Version
Username: ronda (all lower case letters)
Password: panthers (all lower case letters)
Flex Scheduling
Mrs. Parker is planning collaborative lessons with the teachers. In the upper grades we are working on research and writing. In the lower grades the subjects vary from animals found in the zoo to bats and Thanksgiving. It is a lot of fun to research a topic and share it with the students.
Writing Research Papers
The Big 6 and the Super 3 are two research methods created by Michael B. Eisenberg and Robert E. Berkowitz for elementary school children. We use these methods to help write research papers. The lower grades use the Super 3 and the upper grades use the Big 6.
Super 3
Super3 Step 1: Plan (Beginning)
When students get an assignment or task, BEFORE they start doing anything, they should think---
What am I supposed to do?
What will it look like if I do a really good job?
What do I need to find out to do the job?
Super3 Step 2: Do (Middle)
In the middle the students DO the activity. This is where they read, view, tell, make a picture, write, etc.
How can I do the job?
What can I use to find what I need?
Now I need to make something to show what I have learned
Super3 Step 3: Review (End)
Before finishing the product and turning it in, students should stop and think - Is this done?
Did I do what I was supposed to do?
Do I feel OK about this?
Should I do something else before I turn it in?
The Big6™ Skills
1. Task Definition
1.1 Define the information problem
1.2 Identify information needed (to solve the information problem)
o What is my current task?
o What are some topics or questions I need to answer?
o What information will I need?
2. Information Seeking Strategies
2.1 Determine all possible sources (brainstorm)
2.2 Select the best sources
o What are all the possible sources to check?
o What are the best sources of information for this task?
3. Location and Access
3.1 Locate sources (intellectually and physically)
3.2 Find information within sources
o Where can I find these sources?
o Where can I find the information in the source?
4. Use of Information
4.1 Engage (e.g., read, hear, view, touch)
4.2 Extract relevant information
o What information do I expect to find in this source?
o What information from the source is useful?
5. Synthesis
5.1 Organize from multiple sources
5.2 Present the information
o How will I organize my information?
o How should I present my information?
6. Evaluation
6.1 Judge the product (effectiveness)
6.2 Judge the process (efficiency)
o Did I do what was required?
o Did I complete each of the Big6 Stages efficiently?
The "Big6™" is copyright © (1987) Michael B. Eisenberg and Robert E. Berkowitz. For more information, visit:
Handout created by: Barbara J. Shoemaker, School Media Specialist, Mill Road Elementary, K-2
Red Hook Central School District, Red Hook, NY