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Grade 5 Biome Research Project:



The Biome resource list above was complied specifically to provide __differentiated resources__ to the Grade 5 students who have varied reading abilities. The classroom teacher and the library media specialist determined that there was a shortage of research materials for students reading at the lower lexile levels. The magazines and books with lexiles levels between 790 and 830 were acquired to close the gap. The most recent acquisitions had publications dates of 2007. These materials were purchased this fall specifically to offer materials with lower lexile levels to students who aren't reading on grade level.

For Library Media Specialist (LMS) and Classroom Teacher The Final Project for this class allowed the Library Media Specialist to participate in a Level 5 Interaction with the Classroom Teacher. Please refer to the Collaboration Rubric for explanation. This Collaboration Rubric was first created by the Londonderry, NH School District - under the direction of Susan Ballard. Ms. Ballard is now president of the American Association of School Libraries (AASL)

and Brief Outline

__Library Media Specialist will:__
 * provide instruction on searching with online public access catalog
 * provide instruction with website evaluation strategies
 * collect and organize print, digital, and audio resources for students to access for research
 * post links on website for students to access for research
 * demonstrate the steps involved in embedding video into Power Point Presentations[[image:199905139_orig.png width="411" height="315" align="right" caption="Citation: Cordese, blog. 11 Feb. 2011. .24 Jan. 2013 http://mscordesclass.weebly.com/1/post/2011/02/cmmon-topics-surrounding-educational-technology.html"]]
 * video record the students reading their current event news related to their biomes
 * demonstrate how "Works Cited" bibliography pages can be hyperlinked to Power Point Slide
 * organize a collection of biome photos to display on an interactive whiteboard to use as a backdrop for the taped current event video segments.
 * compile all Power Point Slides into a long presentation and save in a format that can be shared with the school community

//Classroom Teacher will://
 * begin the unit by matching students with one of seven biomes
 * provide instruction in writing guiding questions for research and current event segment
 * Current Event Essential Questions:
 * What current events have been taking place in your biome?


 * Who is a person/people/organization that is having an effect on your biome?
 * What effect are they having?
 * provide instruction in creating bibliographies - explaining the MLA format
 * provide instruction in creating webs
 * plan additional activities and lessons within biome unit that link to skills across at least two additional content areas. (Ex. Write a biome poem for a Language Arts activity)

LMS and Classroom Teacher will:
 * create a checklist of good communication skills that should be present in the Current Events video that will be embedded into the Power Point slides
 * evaluate all videos according to the [[file:Power Point Current Event Rubric final.pdf|Power Point w/embed Video rubric ]]
 * assist students with paraphrasing their research facts