Research+-+Grade+4

Research

o Dot and jot § Facts – detail words · nouns: person, place, or thing · adjectives: color, shape, size, texture, how many? o NEVER copy a sentence

** Focus ** on __PA Animal Notecards__


 * Card 1- Diet || Card 2 - Habitat || Card 3 - Description ||
 * * What do they eat?
 * How do they get their food?
 * Herbivore, omnivore, carnivore
 * Predators - Prey || * Where do they live?
 * Environment?
 * Hibernate? Migrate? || * What do they look like?
 * How do they protect themselves? ||

** Goal: ** __Find__ **facts** on **__PA Animal__**.

Remember to DOT and JOT! J


 * 1) **Find** your __animal's name__ and then **click** on the __link__.
 * 2) Next, **write** your **Bibliography information** down **BEFORE** you begin to dot and jot!
 * 3) **Place** your __Bibliography sheet__ in a __neat pile__ at Mrs. LaBarre's work station.
 * 4) Now you are ready to Dot and Jot. Happy Researching! :)

once you write: ||
 * Stop writing the web address
 * .com ||
 * .org ||
 * .net ||
 * .gov ||

Bald Eagle Beaver Bobcat Canada Goose Coyote Downy Woodpecker Eastern Chipmunk Eastern Cottontail (Rabbit) Great Blue Heron Little Brown Bat || __ [] __ || Mallard Northern Flying Squirrel Porcupine Raccoon Red Fox Red-tailed Hawk Ruffed Grouse Striped Skunk Virginia Opossum White-tailed Deer || __ [] __ ||
 * ** Article Title ** || ** Web Address ** ||
 * American Black Bear
 * Long-tailed Weasel
 * Copperhead Snake || [] ||
 * Rattlesnake || [] - 2/2012 ||
 * River Otter || __ [] __ ||
 * Woodchuck || [] ||
 * Elk || [] ||
 * Gray Squirrel || [] ||
 * Muskrat || [] ||
 * Osprey || [] ||
 * Ruby-throated Hummingbird || [] ||



Research Links
 * KidsClick! Web Search
 * [|Safe Search - Google Kids]

Digestive System Magic School Bus digestive system part 1 Magic School Bus digestive system part 2
 * listen attentively
 * identify and describe the stages of the digestive system