Fall independent study opportunity.
All identified GT students must do a fall and a spring independent study.
Everyone in second grade has the opportunity to do an independent study if
he/she
desires to do it. It will be for extra credit and will not affect their grade
if they choose not to do it. Four grades will be given: written report, oral
presentation, 2 projects
Dear Parents,
Attached is a form to guide your child in choosing an independent
study and a
guide to activities he or she might like to do. If your child would like to
participate, I suggest that the topic be kept rather narrow. For example:
‘Penguins’ rather than ‘Animals!’ Any topic your child is interested in and
would like to find out more about is fine. The topic should be about
something he/she does not really know much about yet. This is to be done at
home and can be a family project, though the activities should be “kid
produced!” When your child completes his/her project, he/she may bring it to
show the class . You will be invited to his/her presentation. This provides
an opportunity for your child to study something he/she chooses, and then the
child has the opportunity tell about it and show it to others, speaking to a
group and answering questions.
Have your child chose a subject and two of the activities on the grid
or any
project thing you might think of! The product’s grid will come home
separately as I do not have it to send online.
Again, this is strictly optional – meant to be a fun opportunity but
not to
bring more stress to busy schedules!!
Mrs. Rawson, Second grade
Parent guided, kid produced!!
Independent Study Project
Beginning in October, second grade ACCEL students will start an
independent
study on a topic of personal interest. The topic of study should be
something that is of high interest to the student.
Parents are encouraged to help
students select an appropriate topic, but please do not do the work for them.
Your child WILL need your guidance to stay on schedule! It is important that
the topic be specific enough that the available information is not
overwhelming. Feel free to take your child to the public library or to use
other sources (internet, encyclopedia, interviews, etc.) to gather further
information.
Choose a topic that you are interested in but have not studied before
and
right now you don’t know very much about. You are just curious and want to
find out more.
The following is a list of steps in planning for the final
presentation:
1. Select a topic – Due October 26
2. Ask questions –Due November 2
3. Collect information
4. Develop two projects:November 16
Present the information in the form of two projects
Also due: A written report (this can be used for the oral presentation) and an
oral presentation: We will begin the week of November 30. You must make and
extra
copy of your written report that you can keep at home for practicing your oral
presentation. Your oral presentation should be smooth and fluent. It does
not have to be memorized, but it needs to be well practiced.
The final products should be something that displays what the student has
learned about the topic. In other words, the products/projects are not the
study. The written and oral report will explore the study.
I’ve designed this packet so that the last page is the first item to
be
turned in. It can be torn off and returned to school. The due dates are
important. The oral report can be written on a separate sheet of paper and
turned in with the projects.
Learning to meet a deadline is a practical skill that most people
need in
everyday life.
Please read through this information with your child. If you have any
questions, please let me know. I hope this will be a positive learning
experience.
You will be invited to watch your child give his/her presentation. I
will
send out a calendar letting you know a couple weeks ahead of the
presentations.
Mrs. Rawson
Explanation
(Due with final product on November 16)
This page is NOT the written report.
Name ___________________________
Topic ____________________________
Write about what you studied and why it is important.
______________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
Resources
(Due with final product on November 16)
List at least three resources that you used.
1.____________________________________________________________________________
______________________________
2.____________________________________________________________________________
______________________________
3.____________________________________________________________________________
______________________________
Products/Projects
the written report and the oral presentation are not counted/graded as
projects
(Due November 16)
Name_______________________________
Topic________________________________
What two products are you going to present and why did you choose these
products?
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
Questions
(Due November 2)
Write at least three questions that you want to find out about your topic.
1.____________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
2.____________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
3.____________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
Topic
(Due October 28)
Name______________________________
Topic_______________________________
What have you chosen to study and why did you choose that topic?
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
__________________
Product List For Independent Study
Advertisement
Advice Column
Almanac
Anecdote
Award
Ballad
Bibliography
Billboard
Biography
Blueprint
Board Game
Book Jacket
Book Review
Bulletin Board
Bumper Sticker
Business Card (with logo)
Card Game
Cardboard Relief
Cartoon
CD-ROM Entry
Celebrity Card
Chalk Talk
Character Sketch
Chart
Choral Reading
Classified Ad
Collage
Comic Strip
Commemorative Stamp
Conversation
Costume
Critique
Crossword Puzzle
Dance
Debate
Demonstration
Diagram
Diary
Dictionary
Diorama
Directory
Display
Drama
Dramatic Set Design
Editorial
E-Mail
Encyclopedia
Epilogue
Experiment
Experts in the Field
Fable
Fact File
Fairy Tale
Fax
Flip Book
Folk Tale
Family Tree
Filmstrip
Glossary
Graph
Greeting Card
Illustrated Story
Index
Interview
Invitation
Internet
Journal
Jump Rope Rhyme
Legend
Lesson
Letter
Limerick
Logic Puzzle
Lyrics
Magazine Article
Map
Melodrama
Memo
Memoir
Menu
Mobile
Model
Monologue
Motto
Mural
Museum Exhibit
Myth
Narrative Poem
Newscast
Newspaper Article
Non Fiction Books
Nursery Rhyme
Painting
Pamphlet
Pantomime
Paper Folding
Parable
Parody
Pamphlets
Picture Dictionary
Piñata
Postcard
Political Cartoon
Poster
Professional Magazine
Prologue
Promotional Brochure
Prototype
Proverb
Puppet Show
Puzzle
Quiz
Questionnaire
Radio Serial Episode
Readers' Theater
Recipe
Reference File
Relief Map
Resume
Review
Rhymed Couplet
Role Playing
Riddle
Rubbing
Sales Pitch
Sandwich Board
Satire
Sale Drawing
Scavenger Hunt
Schedule
Scrapbook
Script
Sculpture
Silhouette
Silk Screening
Singing Telegram
Slide/Tape Presentation
Skit
Slogan
Sonnet
Speech (formal and informal)
Stencil
Storyboard
Survey
Syllabus
Tall Tale
Taped Recording
Terrarium
Textbook
Timeline
Transcript
Transparency
Travelogue
Travel Brochures and Guides
Tribute
TV Program
Video Game
Videotaped Production
Vocabulary List
Want Ad
Wanted Poster
Will
Window Display
Wordless Book
