Nonfiction Class Project: Sharks

After our character units, we moved into nonfiction during the month of November and continue to work on this unit.  Part of the Reader's Workshop unit included a class research project in which the class decided on a topic they were interested in.  From there, students discussed and came up with the subtopics to be researched.  My class was so interested in this project.  Their topic was sharks and they came up with some great ideas for subtopics.  

After researching and becoming experts on their subtopic, students added post-it notes of their learning to our class anchor chart so that we could share the information with one another.  They also completed the Post-it Note Organizer that I found from Sarah's blog.  Even though it was posted for a 1st grade class, it worked perfectly for our research project.  Lastly, students chose begged to use the green screen app to create a video of their learning.  Each partner chose the background picture for their recording and I recorded them sharing their expertise.