Introduction
This lesson was designed for 2nd graders who are looking for a challenge. In the 2nd grade California State standards students learn about fossils. An extension of this is learning about dinosaurs. The Magic Tree House books are a great way to introduce students to science in a fictional setting. This Webquest incorporates research and literature in a fun way for students.
Task
Answer the following questions using complete sentences. What kinds of books do you think Jack and Annie will find in the tree house? What would you do if you found a treehouse in the woods?
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Process
Is Frog Creek, Pennsylvania a real place? Yes or No
Find Pennsylvania on the map. Find your home state on the map. Color Pennsylvania blue and color your state yellow.
Evaluation
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points
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Narrative
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Answers questions clearly.
Writes in complete sentences without grammatical errors. Creative and original thoughts
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Answers questions. Has minor errors in sentence structure and grammar, but they do not interfere with readability. Some creativity
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Does not answer all questions. Has quite a few sentence and grammatical errors. Lacks originality
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Does not answer questions. Errors are numerous and distract from readability.
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Map/ Drawings
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Map is labeled correctly and drawings are neat in visual appearance and relevant to the work
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Map is labeled with few errors and drawings are fairly neat in appearance and relevant to the work
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Map is mislabeled or unlabeled and drawings are not neat in visual and fairly relevant to the work
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Map is incomplete, mislabeled and drawings are sloppily done and lack relevance to the work
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Dinosaur journal pages
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4 dinosaurs worksheet areas are correctly completed
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4 dinosaur worksheets are not fully completed, but are most of the way done
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4 dinosaur worksheets are incomplete but some attempt was made
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4 dinosaur worksheets are incomplete and almost no attempt was made
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Book Reading /
Online Quiz
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Participated fully in book reading and passed online quiz
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Participated in book reading and nearly passed online quiz
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Did not actively participate in reading but passed online quiz
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Did not participate in book reading and failed online quiz
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Group
work
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Group worked together for reading, research, and journal work
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Group worked together for some of the reading, research, and journal
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Group did not work well together, but completed some elements of the work
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Group did not work together and work was incomplete
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Total Points
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Conclusion
Conclusion
You have done a great job! There is so much more to learn about dinosaurs. There are many books in the library that can help you. You can also ask your teacher for additional information.
Congratulations on a job well done!
