Week 26: All About Books and Research Projects

I think it is amazing what these first graders can do!  During the months of February and March, we have been learning how to write non-fiction All-About books. 

First, the children learned to write about topics that they already knew a lot about. 
Then, we started to learn how to research topics that we didn't know a lot about. 

As a class, we wrote our first All-About/Research Book about Penguins.  The children learned that they could use books as a resource to learn information. 

Then, we discovered that the internet and search engines are also great tools to use when researching a topic.  We researched All About Cheetahs together by using the kid-friendly search engine:  Kiddle.

For our last research project, we are working in groups and using the I-Pads to research different topics like; clown fish, coral reefs, the rainforest, and meerkats.