Grade 03 ELA - Standard: CC.1.4.3.W

Continuum of Activities

The list below represents a continuum of activities: resources categorized by Standard/Eligible Content that teachers may use to move students toward proficiency. Using LEA curriculum and available materials and resources, teachers can customize the activity statements/questions for classroom use.

This continuum of activities offers:

Instructional activities designed to be integrated into planned lessons
Questions/activities that grow in complexity
Opportunities for differentiation for each student’s level of performance

Related Academic Standards / Eligible Content

CC.1.4.3.W CC.1.4.3.W

Recall information from experiences or gather information from print and digital sources; take brief notes on sources and sort evidence into provided categories.

Activities

What search terms could you use to find information about the following topic?

Which of the following books would be best to find information about the given topic?

Sort your information into the following categories.

Explain how to find a specific book in the library.

Summarize information from at least three sources to create a report on the given topic.

Explain how to summarize information from a book, article, or website. Tell how this process is helpful in writing a research report.

Answer Key/Rubric

Students will tell what words could be used in a search engine for a given topic. They should use specific words that would narrow in on the topic.
Students will choose from a list the best book title that would be a good source of information for a given topic.
Students will be given categories to use to organize their research. They should sort their information into those categories.
Students should discuss the layout of the library and how it is divided according to genres. They should also discuss the use of the library’s catalog. They should explain that they can use an author’s name, a title, or a keyword to get the location of the book they are looking for.
Students will gather information about a topic from at least three sources. They will combine the information to summarize the topic. The combining of the information should be seamless.
Students should explain that to summarize you must first read the text closely. You should then pick out the main idea and details and write briefly in your own words. They should point out that the summary should be much shorter than the original. They should explain that the summaries they create can then be the information used to develop the research report. Because it was reworded, not copied, they will not break any plagiarism rules.