Teaching Elementary Students Real-Life Inquiry Skills
Fake news and misinformation is everywhere. Learn how to teach elementary students to locate reliable information, evaluate sources, and develop their writing skills in the classroom and in the library.

Empower students to find and evaluate information with this practical guide to supporting classroom writing and research instruction. You'll learn ways to teach students to evaluate information for accuracy and to collect information from credible sources such as library journals. Additionally, you'll learn how to incorporate writing into your makerspace, encourage curiosity through the inquiry process, and help students to find their voice. Along the way, you'll discover how to support various writing genres including technical writing and the research project and how to teach prewriting for digital media such as websites, blogs, and social media.

Lesson plans, which can be adapted from year to year as a part of the classroom and library curriculum, explain how students can use databases, search engines, books, and expert testimony to gather information. Also included are student samples and hands-on activities that will get students excited about learning.
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Teaching Elementary Students Real-Life Inquiry Skills
Fake news and misinformation is everywhere. Learn how to teach elementary students to locate reliable information, evaluate sources, and develop their writing skills in the classroom and in the library.

Empower students to find and evaluate information with this practical guide to supporting classroom writing and research instruction. You'll learn ways to teach students to evaluate information for accuracy and to collect information from credible sources such as library journals. Additionally, you'll learn how to incorporate writing into your makerspace, encourage curiosity through the inquiry process, and help students to find their voice. Along the way, you'll discover how to support various writing genres including technical writing and the research project and how to teach prewriting for digital media such as websites, blogs, and social media.

Lesson plans, which can be adapted from year to year as a part of the classroom and library curriculum, explain how students can use databases, search engines, books, and expert testimony to gather information. Also included are student samples and hands-on activities that will get students excited about learning.
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Teaching Elementary Students Real-Life Inquiry Skills

Teaching Elementary Students Real-Life Inquiry Skills

Teaching Elementary Students Real-Life Inquiry Skills

Teaching Elementary Students Real-Life Inquiry Skills

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Fake news and misinformation is everywhere. Learn how to teach elementary students to locate reliable information, evaluate sources, and develop their writing skills in the classroom and in the library.

Empower students to find and evaluate information with this practical guide to supporting classroom writing and research instruction. You'll learn ways to teach students to evaluate information for accuracy and to collect information from credible sources such as library journals. Additionally, you'll learn how to incorporate writing into your makerspace, encourage curiosity through the inquiry process, and help students to find their voice. Along the way, you'll discover how to support various writing genres including technical writing and the research project and how to teach prewriting for digital media such as websites, blogs, and social media.

Lesson plans, which can be adapted from year to year as a part of the classroom and library curriculum, explain how students can use databases, search engines, books, and expert testimony to gather information. Also included are student samples and hands-on activities that will get students excited about learning.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9798216153139
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date: 10/16/2019
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 184
File size: 8 MB
Age Range: 7 - 17 Years

About the Author

Kristy Hill, MLS, is a library media technology specialist in Fort Worth, TX. She is an author of professional books for teachers and librarians.
Kristy Hill is a social emotional learning coach in Fort Worth, TX, USA.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Joyce Armstrong Carroll
Introduction
Part I: Real-Life Research
1 Research and the Brain
2 Empowering Students
3 When Meaning Drives Instruction
4 Writing as Part of the Maker Movement
5 Library Journals
6 Research Methodology
7 Teaching Students to Be Critical Evaluators of Information
8 The Presentation
Part II: Lesson Plans
Index
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