Performance+Objectives

**Instructional Goal**: Third grade students will identify a relevant topic for an assigned research question.

**Terminal Objective**: In an active class participation environment, third grade students will identify relevant topics for a given research question, using interactive diagrami﻿ng instruction.

**Major Step 1**: Describe the main or key concept in the given research question **Subordinate Objective**: In an active classroom participation environment, while using Kidspiration, interactive diagramming software, students will identify the main concept for the research question in a brainstorming activity.

**Major Step 2**: Determine prior knowledge, in relation to the main or key concept ﻿identified in the research question. **Subordinate Objective**: In an active classroom participation environment, students will establish prior knowledge of the key concept identified in Step 1.
 * Substep 2.1 Identify what is already known regarding main or key concept.
 * Substep 2.1 Objective: In an interactive classroom participatory environment, teacher/librarian will model provoking questions to identify students’ prior knowledge of subject.

**Major Step 3**: Describe the relevant content, based on prior knowledge, associated with the main or key concept identified in the research question. **Subordinate Objectiv**e: In an interactive classroom participation environment, using Kidspiration interactive diagramming software, students will identify relevant concepts associated with the research question, utilizing a teacher/ librarian led, interactive brainstorm activity.
 * Substep 3.1 Define “relevancy.”
 * Substep 3.1 Objective: In an interactive classroom participatory environment, teacher/librarian will model provoking questions to define the word relevancy. SMART interactive whiteboard will be used to record the definition.

**Major Step 4**: Identify relevant keywords associated with the research question. **Subordinate Objective**: In an active classroom participation environment, using Kidspiration interactive diagramming software, students will generate list of relevant keywords associated with the research question, utilizing a teacher/led, interactive brainstorm activity. **Subordinate Objective**: Using teacher/librarian constructed “Connections” handout, in a small three-person group setting, student will list keywords **Subordinate Objective**: Using teacher/librarian constructed “Connections” handout, in a small three-person group setting students will identify keywords that are not related to the research question. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">**Subordinate Objective**: Using teacher/librarian constructed “Connections” handout, in a small three-person group setting students will identify possible keywords that are connected to the research question.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">**Substep 4.1.4** Define “keyword”
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">**Substep 4.1.4 Objective**: Students will be asked in an active classroom participation environment, to identify the meaning of keyword.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">**Substep 4.1.3** Describe the characteristics of good keywords in one’s own words.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">**Substep 4.1.3 Objective**: Students will be asked in an active classroom participation environment, to generate a list of what constitutes a good keyword.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">**Substep 4.1.2** Distinguish good keywords from bad keywords in a list that contains both.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">**Substep 4.1.2 Objective**: Students will be given a list, generated by the teacher/librarian, of good and bad keywords, and asked to distinguish the good from the bad, through an active classroom participation environment.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">**Substep 4.1.1** Make-up several of your own keywords that are relevant to the research question and have a personal interest.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">**Substep 4.1.1 Objective**: Students will write down keywords that are personal to their interests and relevant to the research topic using the teacher/librarian-generated handout “Connections,” while in small group cooperative environment.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">**Substep 4.1** Select keywords for research topic.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">**Substep 4.1 Objective**: Students will identify a keyword for research topic, using the teacher/librarian-generated handout “Connections,” while in a small group cooperative environment. Students will be encouraged to actively suggest ideas for others in their group after reviewing each other’s identified topic.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">**Major Step 5**: State a topic that is identifiable to the learner and relevant to the research question. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">**Subordinate Objective:** In an individualized activity, with small group cooperation, students will identify a topic for the research question that is of interest to the learner and relevant to the research question.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">**Substep 5.1** Identify what the learners’ interests are.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">**Substep 5.1 Objective**: Students will be asked provoking questions to stimulate connections of personal interests and needs with the keywords being addressed. The teacher/ librarian, on the SMART interactive whiteboard, will record relevant answers.