The following sources served as inspiration or in other ways contributed to the creation of this unit. Their creators have my gratitude.
- A Big6 Skills Overview
This page includes an outline of the steps of the Big6 as well as some discussion of its applications. I referred it a lot during my discussion of the Inquiry Model.
- The Big6 for Kids - Grades K-2
This page was extremely helpful as I laid out the steps of the Super3 on the Student Pages. The explanations in this "kid-friendly" version of the Super3 model were so good, I included a link on each student page to the appropriate step.
- KWL Generator
This tool from Teach-nology is a very handy way to create KWL charts, among many other helpful graphic organizers.
- Kallen, Stuart A. Grizzly Bears. Edina, Minn. : ABDO & Daughters, 1998.
I used a passage from this book as an example in the fact fragment/note-taking lesson.
- Woods, Mae. Chimpanzees. Edina, Minn. : ABDO & Daughters, 1998.
I used a passage from this book as an example in the fact fragment/note-taking lesson.
- Prevost, John F. Humpback Whales. Edina, Minn. : ABDO & Daughters, 1995.
I used a passage from this book as an example in the fact fragment/note-taking lesson.
- All About Animal Adaptations [videocassette]. Wynnewood, PA : Schlessinger Media, 2000.
- Santore, Charles.
The Camel's Lament. Random House Books for Young Readers, 2004.
This book is used as a springboard for the unit.
- de Beers, Hans.
The Little Polar Bear. North-South Books, 1999.
This book is used as a springboard for the unit.
- Adventures in Nonfiction: A
Guided Inquiry Journey by Renee Goularte
I drew inspiration from this lesson from ReadWriteThink when deciding on Language Arts segments of the unit.
- Animal Study: From Fiction to
Facts by Renee Goularte
I didn't use this lesson plan, but I looked at it during the planning of this unit and I think I would use it another time.
- From Fact to Fiction: Drawing and
Writing Stories by Betty Welch
This lesson plan from ReadWriteThink is a good one, and it inspired me to use drawing in my "Answering the Big Questions" activity.
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Research Building Blocks: Notes, Quotes, and Fact Fragments a lesson by Lisa Storm Fink
This lesson plan from ReadWriteThink served as the inspiration for all my use of fact fragments in note-taking.
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Fact Fragment Finder Interactive
from ReadWriteThink
An interactive tool that would be good for further practice.
- Your Choice Real Estate Company - an information inquiry unit by Katie Baker
I looked at this project from a previous semester to get ideas about how to organize my unit in a webpage format.
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The "Write" Stuff: Become Your Favorite Author - an information inquiry unit by Janette Fluharty
I liked the organizational layout of this WebQuest so much that I used it as a template for my own project. I feel that it provides easy access to all parts of the unit framework.