Thursday, March 4, 2021

Subject: LA Grade: 5 Time: 10:30 – 11:50

Outcomes
Outcomes:
Specific
Record information 
Learning
record information in own words; cite titles and authors alphabetically, and provide
Outcome(s)
publication dates of sources 
Learning Objectives:
Objective(s) The students will use worksheets to find citation information.

Assessment
Discussion
Summative Formative Observations
Assessment Assessment Worksheets

Lesson Procedures
 PowerPoint
Resources to  Citation Worksheets
Bring  Laptops
 Books ( country, weather, space, event, person)
Time Content/Description Notes
Introduction
 Do daily warm up with the kids
 Remind students that we talked about plagiarism yesterday and we
started practicing how to take notes, so we are not copying exactly
5 min
what the books and websites say.
 Today we are going to do a bit more work on this and then talk about
how anytime we take information off a website or book we need to
cite it.
Taking Notes
 Explain to students that the first thing they will do is to write their
notes about pigs as pets into a paragraph.
 Have a few students share this information.
 Show students the information online about Malawi languages
15 min
CultureGrams Online Database | Kids Edition: for Malawi
 Go over the key words and have them write down key words. Then
put it away and have them write a few sentences in their own words.
 Have students share their writing with a partner.
 Review why it is so important to put things in your own words.
Lesson on Citations
 Ask students if they know what citations are.
 Go over slides about citations.
10 min
 Give an example on the board (PowerPoint) of an online source and a
book. Really emphasize where we can find the information.

20 min Citation scavenger hunts If students are

 Hand out the books to half the kids (2 on 12 desks) and have the other done quickly
kids go and get laptops and sign in. Then all kids sanitize their hands. have a few
 Hand out the worksheets and show the kids that the one side is for extra
books and the other side is for online. worksheets that
they can
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 They will go around the class and fill in the proper information in each
box. Show them the categories that they need find stuff for.
 Remind students that they can go on kiddle or learn alberta (project
the website paper onto the whiteboard)
 Review expectations of going around the class and finding the practice this
information. Remind them that they must keep working. skill
 Circulate as students work through their worksheet.
 At 11:25 have the students clean up the books and sanitize and put
away the laptops.
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Review
5 min  Have all students sit in their desk and share some of their results.
Taking one or two from each category.
Closure
 Review that we do citations to show where we get the information
from – so we are not stealing other peoples words/ information. Tell
5 min .
them that lots of people do research and follow all these steps when
doing it. Then explain that Mrs. Wall is going to tell them about the
research she has done.