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Note taking tips and organizing research notes

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Grade 5's learned and practiced how to take notes!  They are also working on how to organize information into logical categories and write clear headings.

Research project

Grade 5 – research project The grade five students are researching a topic of choice and creating a visual book on the ipads (book creator app) to represent their understanding Book contents: Title page Table of contents Minimum of four content pages – 1 introduction to the topic, 3 pages of details Glossary Visuals The students will learn how to create open-ended questions suitable for research and how to take research notes They will also learn how to form an information paragraph and categorize information effectively Assessment  The students will be assessed on: Content: 4 – ideas are supported by purposeful details and developed thoroughly, communication is clear and easy to understand 3 – ideas are supported by details and elaborated on, communication is mostly clear and easy to understand 2 – ideas have some basic support, communication is comprehendible 1 – ideas are present but may not be support, communic