Week of September 20-24, 2004
This week we will be working on a research project called "folder research." Your child will do all work in class. There will be three grades given for this project. The first grade will be a participation grade. The other grades will come form the research folder and the completed paper. Your child will be researching an animal. This project is intended to enhance the Social Studies Fair that is coming up soon. We will research, complete note cards, source cards, write a rough draft and a final draft.

Notes taken on Monday:
RESEARCH

THESIS STATEMENT: states the purpose of the research
study.
INTRODUCTION: grabs the reader's attention. Use
startling information or a story that
illustrates a point.
BODY: The paper is written using your note cards.
You should have at least one paragraph for each
topic.
CONCLUSION: brings closure by summing up your points-
do not restate the points exactly as they
are in your body.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: identifies the sources used for
information.

OUTLINE:
Name of animal
I. Food
II. Social behavior
III. Reproduction
IV. Enemies
V. Habitat

You must have at least three sources.
a book, an encyclopedia, and an on line source

NOTE CARDS
Heading- use one of your topics for the heading.

Written in your own words:
brief information
a main idea
facts or statistics

The source:
should be written in the bottom right-hand corner
(author's last name and page number)

Your initials in the upper right corner

BIBLIOGRAPHY CARDS
Every source will have a bibliography card.

Title of source
Author's name
Publisher
Copyright year/ Date published
Place of publication
page numbers
original source(on line)
Database used(on line)

Tuesday and Wednesday- we will be in the library completing research.
Thursday- we will write the rough draft.
Friday- we will go to computer lab to type the final draft.

I hope that your child will use his/her time wisely, and that this will be a positive learning experience.