WIN Time Research Project

5th Grade Research Project

You will be working on a research project independently during your WIN time, one day a week for the next 9 weeks. 

Week 1: Choosing a Topic/Reviewing the Rubric 

Choosing a topic:

You will be given a list to choose from or your teacher may assign a topic to you.


You will be graded based on the rubric that is linked to below.

Click Here to see the topics for this 9 weeks

Click here to see the informative/explanatory rubric for writing

Weeks 2 & 3 - Note Taking

You will open the note taking document in Google Docs and save it to your Google Drive.

You will rename it with your name, note taking and the topic you are researching; for example:

"Jenifer Fraker- Note Taking- George Washington"

Make sure to find the answers to all of the questions in your form

Click here to open the note taking document and save it into your Google Drive

***Websites/Resources to be used for research: 

Kidz Search

Kidtopia

Kiddle

Brainpop

Weeks 4 & 5-- Writing Organizer

You will open the writing organizer and using the note taking form from last week you will begin to organize your writing. Open the writing organizer and save it with your entire name, topic and Writing Organizer for example:  "Jenifer Fraker- George Washington- Writing Organizer"

Click here to open the writing organizer and save it to your Google Drive

Weeks 6 & 7  Writing your Paper

Using your writing organizer, type your paper as a Google Doc and save it to your Google Drive.

Make sure you cite your sources, answer all of the questions in your writing organizer, and write a strong introduction and conclusion.

Also make sure you whisper read your paper to yourself and fix your errors.

Save it to your drive with your name, topic, and Research Paper, for example:  Jenifer Fraker- George Washington- Research Paper

When you are finished, your teacher will ask you to share your paper with them for grading.

Weeks 8 & 9

Using the information and images collected for your paper, create a Google Slides presentation to share on the blogspot. You will save your Google Slides presentation with your name, topic and Google Slides; for example: Jenifer Fraker- George Washington- Google Slides

You should cover all of the major points from your paper, include at least 4 images, and have a title page and a resources page in your slide show. You will share it with Mrs. Fraker by using her email address:  jenifer.fraker@knoxschools.org and she will add it to the blogspot if you met all of the criteria. 

Finished? 

Create a Kahoot Quiz about your famous person using the information from your research.

Create an informative poster all about your person for display in the hallway. 

Write a poem about your person.