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Where can I Find it?

Created by: Gina Rubino
Title/Role: Teacher Librarian
Organization/School Name: Stonebrae Elementary School
Location: California

Grade Level: 1
Type of Lesson: Lesson in a unit
Type of Schedule: Fixed
Collaboration Continuum: Intensive
Content Area:
Science
Content Topic: Functions of Teeth

Standards for the 21st-Century Learner

Skills Indicator(s):
1.1.1 Follow an inquiry-based process in seeking knowledge in curricular subjects, and make the real-
world connection for using this process in own life.
1.1.4 Find, evaluate, and select appropriate sources to answer questions.
1.1.7 Make sense of information gathered from diverse sources by identifying misconceptions, main and
supporting ideas, conflicting information, and point of view or bias.
Dispositions Indicator(s):
1.2.1 Display initiative and engagement by posing questions and investigating the answers beyond the
collection of superficial facts.
1.2.3 Demonstrate creativity by using multiple resources and formats.
Responsibilities Indicator(s):
1.3.5 Use information technology responsibly.
2.3.1 Connect understanding to the real world.
Self-Assessment Strategies Indicator(s):
1.4.4 Seek appropriate help when it is needed.

Scenario: This lesson is part of a collaborative unit with the classroom teacher. The classroom teacher is
doing a unit on the functions of different types of teeth. The project focuses on learning about incisors,
canines and molars. The classroom teacher and the SLMS worked collaboratively to create the unit. The
students meet twice weekly for 25 minutes with the SLMS. The SLMS will be teaching the students where
to locate information in the library media room and how to locate online reference sources within the
confines of the school media lab.

Overview: Essential Questions: Where can I learn more about the different functions of teeth? What is the
difference between an encyclopedia and a dictionary? What is the difference between digital reference
sources and print reference sources? What are the primary functions of the incisors, canines and molars?
How can looking at an animal's teeth help us determine what types of food they eat?

Final Product: The final product will be completed in the classroom. Students will write three sentences
about Incisors, Canines, and Molars. Students will also create a three dimensional teeth diagram using
marshmallows for incisors, corn for canines and beans for molars. In the library students will know to utilize
an encyclopedia, to get information on a specific topic, and to utilize a dictionary to look up the definition of
words. Students will demonstrate their knowledge by participating in a game called "Where can I Find it?"

Library Lesson: Students will learn the difference between online reference sources and print reference
sources. Students will also learn that an encyclopedia is used to find information on a topic, while a
dictionary is used to look up the spelling and definitions of a word. Students will also learn where to locate
these sources online and in the school library.

Estimated Lesson Time: 15 minutes

Assessment
Product: The final product of the three dimensional teeth diagram and sentences about the incisors,
molars, and canines will be assessed by the classroom teacher using a rubric created by the classroom
teacher and SLMS. Students demonstrate their ability to tell the difference between a digital and print
reference sources and the difference between encyclopedias and dictionaries through playing a game
called "Where can I Find it?"

Process: The process of learning the difference between a digital and print reference sources and the
difference between encyclopedias and dictionaries will be assessed by the SMLS through playing a
game called "Where can I Find it?" Students will be divided into teams of 4. Each team will take turns
choosing cards with questions such as "Where would you look to find out information about spiders?" or
"Where would you look to find our how to spell spider?" "Where would you look to find recent discoveries
about spiders?"

Student self-questioning: Was I able to select the appropriate reference source for the task
presented? Was I a valuable contributor to my group?

Instructional Plan
Resources students will use:
Dataset (ie. lists, tables, databases)
Interactive Resource (i.e. webpages, multimedia learning objects, chat services)
Physical Object
Text (books, letters, poems, newspapers, etc.)
Interactive Resource URL: http://msrubinopathfinders.wikispaces.com/Teeth

Resources instructor will use:

Projector
Laptop
White board
Other

Other instructor resources: Print Encyclopedias and Dictionaries

Instruction/Activities
Direct instruction: DAY 1: Engage students by showing them the encyclopedias and dictionaries in the
 library. Tell students an encyclopedia is where we look to get information about a topic. For example, if
we wanted to know what elephants eat we might start by looking in the encyclopedia. Look up with
students elephants and discover what elephants eat. Show students a dictionary and tell them this is
where we look to find out about how to spell a word or find it's definition. Look up elephant and read the
definition to the students. Day 2: Bring students into the media lab. Tell students another place we can
find encyclopedias and dictionaries is online. Sometimes when we want current information it is helpful
to look online.

Modeling and guided practice: Day 1: Students will brainstorm with their groups a list of topics they
would like to learn more about and a list of words they would like to know the definition and spelling of.
SMLS will use these lists to create questions for the game. Day 2: SMLS will show students the
pathfinder link by projecting the site onto the whiteboard and read the online encyclopedia entry which
explains the different types of teeth.

Independent practice: Day 1: Students will play the "Where Can I Find it?" game. Day 2: Students will
explore the pathfinder and interact with the online resources.

Sharing and reflecting: SMLS will ask the students to share with their groups what they learned about
teeth. Students will then volunteer to share out what their group learned. SMLS will also ask students to
share in their group the name of two reference sources in the library. Students will take turns
volunteering their answers after they have shared out with their group.

Have you taught this lesson before: No

Strategies for differentiation: One strategy for differentiation is to make answer sticks with a picture of
an encyclopedia, a dictionary and a computer on them. When students are playing the game the non-
verbal students can lift up one of the answer sticks to show their answer. Another strategy for
differentiation is to have students who are advanced look up the topic in the appropriate source. For
example, if the question card reads, "Where can i find information about incisors?", the student would look
up incisors in the encyclopedia. The student could also read one or more facts about the topic to their
group.

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