Kindergarten+Research

During Kindergarten year, students become beginning researchers. Students learn that research is an investigation and they generate questions based on what they want to know about a topic. Here is an example: A variety of sources are important for any research project and students use nonfiction books, magazines, an online encyclopedia and a documentary video clips. Learning to take notes with bulleted notes, sketches and graphic organizers are explored too. Here are some examples of note-taking from a variety of non-fiction books: