20 PLAN A PLAYGROUND
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Project Portfolio P
Reading Connection
Research
Day 5
Using Text Features
Display a website you selected for today’s instruction. Tell students that, as
they locate websites on the Internet, they should use text features such as
headings and captions to help them locate the information they need.
Next, model asking the following evaluation questions:
• What navigational features will help me find what I need?
•Is there a search engine?
•Is there a menu?
• What sizes of the items I need are offered? (What size do I need?)
• What features does each item have?
• What is the price range of the item?
• What do the ratings and customer comments say about the item?
Then display a new webpage or website, and guide students in answering
the questions.
1. Research Playground Equipment and Costs
Tell students to locate their Research Organizer in their P Project Portfolio
and reread Questions 2 and 3. Have project teams research information
about the types of equipment they might like to include in their playground
and its cost. Then ask students to record the key details they find about
types of playground equipment and their costs in their Research Organizer.
As they research, have students pay attention to how authors use reason
and evidence to support their points. Support as needed. Prepare
students to transition to research about health and safety information
related to playgrounds.
WHOLE CLASS 5
Mins
PROJECT TEAM 10
Mins
Remind students
that it is important to
use the text features of
research information in
order to determine if it
is useful before writing
it in their Research
Organizers.