The Lost World:

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The Lost World

• Teaching Research and Reference
• Presented by MDMSA

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Connecting with Teachers

• The pressure is on Miami-Dade is data numbers
  driven district and in order to compete for
  teachers time, we have to bring something to the
  table.
• Whats the first thing to come to mind? How do
  we impact FCAT scores? What is in our curriculum
  that is tested?

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Teaching to the test?!

• NO! But, we do need to know what is tested so we
  ask questions that are similar. It is a way to
  get teachers into the media center.
• Our CBCs for the district can be found at
  http//www2.dadeschools.net/students/cbc/library.a
  sp

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Sample FCAT QuestionsMiddle Level

• The information in this article could best be
  used for a student research project about
• Living in the West
• history of transportation
• Construction of train engines

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Middle Level

• How does the author organize the article about
  Gail Devers?
• F. He presents the symptoms of Graves disease
  and then shows how Devers life and career were
  affected by it.
• G. He describes one of Devers successful races
  and then retraces the challenges she overcame to
  achieve her big win. _
• H. He begins with a quotation from Devers about
  how important her Olympic medals are to her and
  then describes Devers Olympic feats in detail.
• I. He describes events in the order in which they
  happened, beginning with Devers early Olympic
  training and ending with her winning the gold
  medal

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Middle Level

• Which sentence best summarizes what happens in
  Poppa and the Spruce Tree?
• Basic summary styled question.
• When teaching note-taking, teach how to summarize
  and things to look for.

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Middle Level

• The information about Caesar and Nero in this
  story could BEST be used for a student research
  paper on
• The history of Rome
• The lives of rulers
• The power of the senate
• The history of Egypt

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Middle Level

• Which source would you most likely use to find
  out what the worlds record for swimming the
  English Channel was in 2001?
• An atlas containing maps of England and France
• A sports encyclopedia
• A Web site for a company that manufactures
  swimsuits
• A weekly news magazine

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Middle Level

• If this article were published in a newspaper,
  which would be the most informative headline?
• F. Oldest Known Earthworks Discovered in
  Louisiana
• G. Research Uncovers Evidence of New Native
  American Groups
• H. Jones and Saunders Publish Findings After
  Four Years of Research
• I. Striking Similarities Found Between Watson
  Brake and Poverty Point

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Sample FCAT QuestionsSenior High Level

• Which is the best indication that the information
  in this article is reliable?
• A. The author provides historical background for
  each cliche.
• B. The author quotes scientific facts from
  several animal experts.
• C. The author shows a sense of humor when
  presenting information.
• D. The author explains the origin of cliches that
  are familiar to many readers.

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Senior High Level

• This selection is considered a primary source
  because
• It is a true story
• The author only quotes reliable sources
• The author is a first-hand witness to the events
  he describes
• It describes an event in American history

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Senior High Level

• What is the authors main purpose for writing
  this article?
• To persuade readers to eat more chocolate
• To entertain readers with stories about chocolate
  throughout history
• To inform readers about the evolution of
  chocolate
• To express the opinion that chocolate promotes
  peace

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Senior High Level

• How does the author organize the article Swing
  is the Thing!?
• F. She traces the impact of history and politics
  on both swing music and contemporary music.
• G. She compares the achievements of early swing
  musicians with those of current musical artists.
• H. She uses a progression of dates and events to
  document the relationship between jazz and swing
  music.
• I. She describes swing music and its most
  influential musicians from the time swing music
  was introduced to modern times

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Senior High Level

• How is the information in the article presented
  differently from the information in the poem?
• A. The information in the article is factual,
  while the information in the poem is emotional. _
• B. The article focuses on OKeeffes childhood,
  while the poem focuses on the artists adult
  life.
• C. The article is based on a personal experience,
  while the poem provides historical facts about
  OKeeffe.
• D. The article is written from a womans
  perspective, while the poem is written from a
  painters perspective.

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Senior High Level

• This article would probably be useful for someone
  doing research on
• A. new UFO theories.
• B. stellar map-making.
• C. the search for space dust.
• D. the effects of radio waves.

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FCAT Questions for Study Skills

• The type of research project for which the
  passage would be useful
• Where you might find similar information
• How you could organize the data in a passage for
  research purposes

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Research Model 1

• FINDS
• FOCUS on the information needed
• INVESTIGATE resources to search for answers to
  information questions
• NOTE and evaluate facts and ideas to answer the
  search question
• DEVELOP information into knowledge for
  presentation
• SCORE presentation and search process

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FINDS

• http//www.sunlink.ucf.edu/finds/

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Research Model 2

• BIG 6
• Task definition
• Information seeking strategies
• Location and access
• Use of information
• Synthesis
• Evaluation

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Big 6

• http//www.big6.com/index.php
• http//nb.wsd.wednet.edu/big6/big6_resources.htm

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FINDS vs. Big 6

• Your choice the important thing is to get
  teachers to buy into your research model
• The steps have a lot of similarities, so you can
  use the resources interchangeably

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Orientation Parts of a Book

• Maria Castle And Corinne Robbins created
  orientation worksheets
• Maria-Elena Villarejos Scavenger Hunt
• Orientation Jeopardy PowerPoint by Karen Ursino
• Carol Peckins books-interactive goes through
  the parts of a book
• Magical Library Lessons - nice worksheet on
  parts of a book

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Reference ResourcesLessons

• Main resources Almanacs, Anthologies, Atlases,
  Databases, Dictionaries, Encyclopedias,
  Periodicals, Thesaurus
• Lesson Examples
• mini-lessons with a flip book as a final product
• Include a definition, the arrangement (alpha,
  index, etc), uses and title examples
• Stations with different resources and activities
  at each (idea by Sherry Riley)

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More Reference Resource Ideas

• Flavors of Information Resources by Martha Gomez
• Carol Peckins sent Marice - a student designed
  powerpoint
• Rating Reference by Lisa O-Leary, printed in
  School Library Media Activities Monthly
• Final Review BINGO game - what reference book
  would you use to findby Karen Ursino
• Homework FCAT passage with reference questions
  in FCAT style
• http//mdmsa.info

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Books for Reference Lessons

• Magical Library Lessons by Lynne Farrell Stover,
  published by Upstart, grade. 4-8
• Look It Up! By Jennifer O-Neil Plummer, published
  by Scholastic, grade. 3-6

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Teaching Databases

• http//mediamatters.cc/index.shtml Grolier
  lessons created by Belinda Pinto
• I use the data bases using The Amazing Reference
  Race.  I have clues and the students are sent on
  their way to fine the answers.  When they get one
  correct I give them another clue. - Mary Cooper

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Research Lessons

• Topics to Cover plagiarism, note-taking, a
  research model, creating a bibliography, website
  evaluation, writing a report
• Not all steps have to be taught in the same
  subject area

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A Place to Begin

• Linda LaClair developed a wonderful PowerPoint on
  developing a research paper it even goes into
  how to find information in the media center
• Look for her PowerPoint file on http//mdmsa.info

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Plagiarism vs.. Summarizing

• http//library.acadiau.ca/tutorials/plagiarism
• Lorna Smith lesson, test and PowerPoint
• OWL worksheet for the kids to decide if something
  is common knowledge or not
• Plagiarism PowerPoint by Joyce Valenza

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Summarizing Idea

• I'm having students copy and paste the article
  into a Word document. Then then are using the
  Format tool and the Strikethrough feature to
  eliminate the information that they don't need in
  their summary of the one page that they are
  reading. Their goal is to write a 2-3 sentence
  summary of the page.
• Using this strategy, they are NOW reading the
  article. After they do the strikethrough, they
  can go back using the Review toolbar and get the
  highlighter and pick the most important ideas
  they want to include in their summary....still
  aiming for a 2-3 sentence summary. In addition,
  they must look up and include the glossary words
  in their notes.
• This is taken from a BLOG
• http//teachingtechie.typepad.com/learning/2004/01
  /started_a_publi.html

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Note-taking

• How do you handle all the internet information?
  Copy paste is available, but how do you get the
  students to take notes?
• What To Note
• Main points, supporting detail, glossary words,
  key phrases, one or two examples, diagrams,
  formulas

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Bibliography

• Citing Sources - MLA or APA
• Linda LaClair and Lorna Smith shared their
  PowerPoints and handouts
• Annotated Bibliography Project by Karen Ursino
• Magical Library Lessons A Beastly
  Bibliography Citing Your Source uses a Harry
  Potter theme

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Websites

• Searching
• http//searchengineshowdown.com/strat/basicsearch.
  html (this is a tutorial)
• Evaluation
• Marci Almon created PowerPoints for teacher and
  student lessons
• Lorna Smiths PPT is Evaluating Info Sources

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Other

• Mastering the Thesaurus by World Almanac
  Education - grade specific editions available
• Fantastic worksheets!