Elementary Library Media (K-5)
Lesson Plans

Strand 6

Locating sources and accessing information

Standard 2

Access information within sources by using relevant tools (e.g., table of contents, indexes, keyword searches, sidebars, related subjects).

• Animals in the Ecosystems
  This lesson is part of a larger research unit, students have their source material and will highlight keywords and phrases using the graphic organizer from Step Up to Writing and build a paragraph on animal contributions to their environment.
• Animals in the Ecosystems
  This lesson is part of a larger research unit, students have their source material and will highlight keywords and phrases using the graphic organizer from Step Up to Writing and build a paragraph on animal contributions to their environment.
• Informational Website: As Easy as 1, 2, 3...
  This unit walks students through the research process from pre-writing to publishing using cars as the topic, but it could be adapted for any basic research subject. The final project allows them to publish to the world creating an Adobe Express web page.Diagram of an Internal Combustion Piston Engine, By User:Wapcaplet - Own work, made with Blender, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=182044A modern assembly-line, By Marek Slusarczyk, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=116381370

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