El Camino a America del Sur

Mr. Cullen's 3rd Grade Class Web Study

Introduction:
In this project students will research and study countries in South America. You will be assigned to a group of three students. You will be asked to find information on a variety of subjects. The information will be found at various Internet sites. You will then write a report based on the information you gathered. The report will be broken down into paragraphs according to each subject. In addition, since we study Spanish in our class, certain parts of the report will be written using a select group of Spanish words. So, not only will you learn a lot about the country you are researching, you will also build on the vocabulary of Spanish words will already know.

Task:

to research a country,
work with other students cooperatively &,
write a report on your research.

Process:
I will divide the class into groups of three students.

One student will be the "Daily Recorder" of information. That person has to clearly write down the necessary information. It must be clear because other students will be using this information to write their reports. Although the information will be gathered as a group, the reports will be written individually. Look at the Report Sheet to know what you have to do.
Another student will be the "Technician". That person will be the keyboard person. He or she must be open to suggestions from other committee members.
The third person will act as the "Daily Leader" of the group, making sure that all information is properly recorded and that important sites are bookmarked to return to later, if necessary.

*The group will gather all necessary information in about four sessions.*

**Country Resource Table:**
Kid's Search Engines Videos of So. American English-Spanish Dictionary	Columbia	Ecuador	Peru	Bolivia
Argentina	Chile	Paraguay	Venezuela	Take a Quiz on South America
Animals of South America	Food of South America	Satellite Views of South America 1.Maps on South America 2. More Maps on South America 3. Compton's 3D Atlas Online	Countries of the World Recipes, etc	South America for Visitors South America

Evaluation:
Each student’s report will be evaluated on the basis of proper paragraph formation, completeness, writing full and interesting paragraphs, spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and presentation to the class. Prior to presentation, the report should be read several times to parents and other committee members to familiarize the reader with all names and words in the report. The report should flow smoothly from the reader and the reader should be ready to answer questions from the class.

Conclusion:
You will each present your finished reports. In addition, a luncheon consisting of foods from the various countries will be given. You will each pick a dish to create and bring in to share with your classmates and teacher.