bezubiak animal reports

To enable the children to learn about animals, I planned for the children to do independent research on a variety of animals. They brought in their reports and taught the other children about their animal. To document what we learned about each animal, we recorded our background knowledge first, and then recorded the information that we learned. The children learned a lot from each other.

This is the letter that I sent home with the children to start the project.

Canadian Animal Research Project

The Objective of this project is for the children to learn about Canadian animals and to share their information with other children.

Read non-fiction books, search the internet or go to the library to find information about a Canadian animal of your child’s choice.
Your child can record their information in the book provided.
The book your child creates should have a picture and writing on each page.
There are a number of different ways you and your child can record the information.

Ø You can write the words dictated by your child and he/she can do the illustrations.

Ø Your child can use pictures from magazines or internet and he/she can print words under the pictures with your help.

Ø Your child can create the illustrations and print words with your guidance on each page.

Ø Your child can use the computer to create the text and glue it into the book.

5. The book should be written in your child’s words.

Ø Create the book over time, first gather the information, read many different books, look on the internet and then ask your child what information they would like to share with their classmates.

6. Information gathered can be:

Ø Food

Ø Habitat

Ø Defenses

Ø Appearance

Ø Babies

Ø Other facts

7. Here is a possible sample page.

Wolves look for food in packs.