Information Skills — Grade 3

Graphically organize a biography

This lesson is a good ending to a unit on biographies. The students will work together in small groups to create a poster that displays the information from a biography in a graphic organizer.

Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Information Skills and Social Studies)

By Ellen Benton.

Books we've read

This lesson plan creates a classroom database collecting information on books that students have read over a period of time determined by the teacher and/or students. By sorting and filtering, students evaluate the data and can later create other products from their findings.

Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Computer/Technology Skills and Information Skills)

By Mary Rizzo.

Beginning biography research

Encyclopedia research skills will be taught using biographies of famous people. This is one lesson in a collaborative unit taught by both the classroom teacher and the library media coordinator.

Format: lesson plan (grade 2–3 English Language Arts and Information Skills)

By Joan Milliken.

Resources on the web

Using timeline games and Mexican history to improve comprehension

This lesson offers teachers a step-by-step plan for using interactive technology to explore Mexican History. Teachers model comprehension skills to help students identify major historical events and put them in a logical order. After conducting online research... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts and Information Skills)

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