Preparation:
Students are assigned a partner. Each set of
partners is assigned a CA Mission. They gather
information based on a teacher-created check list /
rubric using books as well as teacher-selected
websites. (It works best if there are at least five
websites available for each CA Mission.) They write
up their information in a teacher-defined format.
Student partners work together to summarize their CA Mission information into 2-3 paragraphs. Teacher corrects summary as needed.
Students copy their summary to their Wiki page. Working with their partner, they highlight key terms and create links to the website where they found that information. Each CA Mission summary should have 8-10 links.
Optional: Students add pictures to their Wiki page. Have a share day where students read all the other Wiki pages. (You can create one Wiki page that links all the mission pages together to make it easier for students to access all of them.) Share wiki page links with the parents.
Assessment: Observation, Written Work, Wiki Site, Research
Student partners work together to summarize their CA Mission information into 2-3 paragraphs. Teacher corrects summary as needed.
Students copy their summary to their Wiki page. Working with their partner, they highlight key terms and create links to the website where they found that information. Each CA Mission summary should have 8-10 links.
Optional: Students add pictures to their Wiki page. Have a share day where students read all the other Wiki pages. (You can create one Wiki page that links all the mission pages together to make it easier for students to access all of them.) Share wiki page links with the parents.
Assessment: Observation, Written Work, Wiki Site, Research
FOURTH GRADE
Integrated Project
Standards: Social Studies - CA Missions
Need: laptops, internet access, wiki site for each
CA Mission (www.wikispaces.com), web page of
teacher-selected websites to use for research. (You
can create a custom Google page at:
http://www.google.com/coop/cse/ )