Literacy and Inquiry Skills Made Easy: The sea

Name: Literacy and Inquiry Skills Made Easy: The sea
SKU: 5582
Price: 9.95 NZD
Availability: InStock
Author: Selma Owbridge
ISBN: 9781927143209

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Selma Owbridge

Realise the potential. Inquiry learning offers exciting opportunities and this resource's focus on the sea provides a stimulating topic that takes students through the inquiry process from planning to assessment. It pays particular attention to the importance of written and visual presentation of research findings. Graphic organisers, a sea fact file and a host of ideas for teaching students how to record and summarise findings are also included. This book links to the science, English and health curriculums.

Ages: 8-11 | Pages: 60 | Code: 5582 | ISBN: 9781927143209

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Selma Owbridge

An experienced and passionate teacher, Selma Owbridge has enjoyed teaching at all primary levels for the last 18 years, as well as working as a literacy leader/facilitator for an initiative with the New Zealand Ministry of Education. Selma is always thinking up new ideas and resources to help children learn. After completing a Computer and Business Administration Diploma, she wanted to use the computer knowledge she had gained to write inquiry learning books to support and teach children to use the computer skills they need to present all their wonderful ideas to an audience.

Contents
Introduction	4
Learning outcomes	4
Making decisions about your sea inquiry	5
What will I do in my sea inquiry?	5
My research plan	7
Alphabet word chart	8
Fishbone diagram	9
Fishy sea facts	11
Sea fact file	13
The inquiry process and visual presentation	17
Concept map	17
Plus, Minus, Interesting chart	19
Ocean food pyramid	21
Venn diagram	23
Cause and effect diagram	25
Sea life introduction cards	27
Sea creature retrieval chart	29
The inquiry process and written presentation	31
Report writing	32
Procedural writing	35
Explanation writing	38
Narrative writing	41
Recount writing	44
Exposition writing	47
Environmental poetry	50
Descriptive writing	52
Re-crafting	54