The 15 lessons in Unit 3 focus on the reading and writing skills scientists use while observing, researching, and recording information in field journals. The unit begins with young scientists learning how to observe and to write precise field notes. Groups practice these skills as they research insects found in the rainforest. They then write narratives in the form of a rainforest explorer’s field journal. The mid-unit and final assessments ask learners to demonstrate what they have learned by examining unfamiliar information texts and creating field journal pages on the howler monkey.
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English Language Arts, 21st Century Skills
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summarizing, summaries, organizing information, details, illustrations, revision, labeling pictures, peers, feedback loops, science journals, evidence, textual evidence, inferences, making inferences, informational texts, evaluating sources, multiple sources, note-taking skills, paraphrasing, scientific research, essay structure, sorting & categorizing, direct quotes, key details, photograph analysis, academic vocabulary, narratives, venn diagrams
