Dear Oscar and Oscar's parents,

Oscar had a strong English research lesson today. He was fully engaged, actively participated, and worked very hard to succeed in his learning. Really wonderful work today, Oscar. Very well done!

For today's lesson, we covered Lesson 49 - Task 1 - In Class - Research Part 1.  

We covered the following research concepts and strategies:

1) When to use research

2) What do we research

3) Facts only or Facts & Opinions

4) Sources: primary, secondary, tertiary

5) Evaluating Sources Checklist

6) Credible Sources

7) Attribution: citing your sources

8) Boolean Operators: for Google or other search engines

9) Writing Practice

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For HOMEWORK, can Oscar please complete the following:

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Writing Exercise

Choose a country in the world, OTHER than Canada or your family’s home country. It should be a place you don’t know a lot about.

Use the research tips we’ve discussed to write a country profile that could be used to educate Social Studies students in grade 4. (So don’t get too complicated!) This should include the country’s population, top exports, most popular religion, and some facts about climate and culture.

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Create an Annotated Bibliography

- find at least 3 websites with facts about your Slide 26 country

- create an annotated bibliography (cite your sources)

- type out the APA citations for each website

- under each citation, explain in 2-3 sentences what you learned from that website

** Refer to Slide 34 and Slide 35 to guide you with APA citations.

Thank you.

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Have a wonderful week, an enjoyable family long weekend, and I look forward to seeing Oscar next Wednesday. 

My very best regards are with the entire family, as always.

Mr. Grande