We use the Quest!

Mrs. Mack's first graders had a wonderful experience using the Tech-no Teen's Web Quest!
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   The class formed into groups of three students.  The Quest required a strong reader, Internet navigator and one student that became the groups' recorder.

The girls enjoyed assisting the first grade students in using their Quest!

Terrific Maine Trees Quest

The first grade groups worked together to find the answers to the quest's questions and filled out a sheet provided.  The Tech-no Teens noticed that the students could use a formatted worksheet to ease the task of recording answers.  The sheet provided was lacking in structure, so they created the "New Worksheet" and have it downloadable from their Quest.  It is a PDF file.

Adobe Acrobat Reader Required

Upon completion of the questions, students began to create a picture of their chosen tree, (step 3 of the quest) using KidPix3 software on the lab computers.

                               
    Maple Tree Kayla            Maple Tree Doria            Oak Tree Brittany      

 They worked on step 5 in their classroom, writing a poem.  Students can use pencil and paper or use word processing software to create their poems. 

Step 4, the tree (bark) rubbing was done at a later date in the school yard using masking tape, paper and wax crayons.

The first graders learned to read and respond to informational text, how to use the Internet and about trees in the Maine forest!

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