Reagan

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Curiosity Collectors All GREAT reasearchers and scientists are CURIOUS. They are always wondering, connecting, thinking about "what if"...as you embark on this journey, use this page to collect your CURIOSITY!

1.   Why don't people know by now that they are hurting and killing the sea life.

2. If people know they are hurting and killing the sea life ,then why won't they just STOP polluting the ocean.

3. Why do people pollute in the first place?

4. Why can't people make things that are not going to hurt the ocean !

Responsibility -- Educate -- Lead -- Choice

5. Why do China and India pollute the most ?

6. How do the animals swallow the plastic in the first place?

Today we watched videos that helped us see WHY this work is important. Review the videos below, along with your notes. 1. Add more questions to the PADLET WALL 2. Start to THINK about what PIECE of the TOPIC you: **care about most **what PIECE of the TOPIC do you want other people to be INFORMED about **what PIECE of the TOPIC do you want to EDUCATE others about?

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zrn4-FfbXw">Video #1: </a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Our5CZz5qoU">Video #2:</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGBpHYLNtRA">Video #3:</a> <a href="https://www.4ocean.com/pages/our-impact">Video #4:</a> <a href="https://flipgrid.com/8fdd09b4">Video #5:</a>

<a href="https://padlet.com/coffeechug/j69odanmgec93n9d">I added new questions to Padlet</a>

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Why will the trash choke the animal?

Cause/Effect Statement

If People buy things things that decompose, then it will not hurt the ocean if the plastic gets dumped into the ocean .

Did you have any other stronger pictures/images to use? &#160;I'm not totally sure what that garbage is in the picture?

That trash is going to be washed into the ocean and then it will float out to sea where it will choke an animal or join a big garbage patch . If it decomposed it would not choke an animal or join a garbage patch because it would be too small .

Pollution QR codes (Turtles) Click the link

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Cause and effect statement - connected to "my why" (RI.3.3)

If I buy things that decompose , then it will not hurt the ocean if it gets dumped into the beach and oceans  .

INFORM

As a CITIZEN SCIENTISTS it is our RESPONSIBILITY to LEAD conversations with others in an effort to EDUCATE and INFORM. We all have CHOICES to do better and be better. Ideas can CHALLENGE &#38; CHANGE our head and heart.

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Strategies:  How Do We DETERMINE the MAIN IDEA?

#1: Underline and Spider Leg The MOST IMPORTANT information in the text. Read your notes, what are ALL of your notes mostly about? #2: Subhead Read the subhead. What is the section going to be mostly about? Spider Leg ideas that SUPPORT the subhead. Can you use the subhead to create a main idea? #3: ONE WORD Read each paragraph. Write 1-2 words about what each paragraph is about. (make sure you are using different words). Now, can you put the words together to create a main idea?

Write a sentence: WHO/WHAT...WHAT is this piece of text about?

1. Justine is trying to tell us this pollution can be stopped if we all work hard and together as a team .

2. Justine wants us to help each other to help the world because we can but we must all want to help so bad that we do help .

RI.3.3 (Describe relationships of scientific ideas or concepts: cause/effect) DOK 2 Specify, explain, show relationships;&#160;explain WHY (e.g., cause-effect) I can articulate events in order. I can explain a cause and effect relationship. I can use language that connects events or ideas together. (linking words ex: because, therefore, led to)

RI.3.6 (Point of View) DOK 2,3 Establish the reader&#8217;s (own) point of view Identify author&#8217;s point of view Determine and analyze the author&#8217;s point of view using supporting evidence from the text Establish and analyze the reader&#8217;s (own) point of view using supporting evidence from the text Consider both points of view to seek more, ask questions, OR reevaluate (ideas can challenge our heads and hearts)

Dear Readers, Today we will explore more resources that will help us add to our background of information. As researchers, we collect information from others, text such as books and articles, and we can also collect information from media sources. Today we watch and listen to experts and scientists explain the cause and effect of ocean pollution (plastics). We will also hear these experts explain the multiple problems caused by ocean pollution and the possible solutions that have been created. Today we find our WHY, what MATTERS most to US!

Informed citizen scientists can DETERMINE the main idea from a text. They can DETERMINE what is most important to share with others. 

Hi Reagan, You did a great job. If I am being picky, could you be specific in describing what KIND of trash is hurting animals?

Plastic in the ocean  is bad for the ocean animals .

LIST : can't digest dangerous to animals stomachs get blocked

PROOF #1 Ocean trash is also dangerous to animals who mistake it for food .

PROOF #2 The animals can't digest the garbage and their stomachs get blocked .

If_____, then, _____ Because _______(this happend), ____________ (this was the result)

# 1&#160;CAUSE/EFFECT statement.&#160;Use the cause/effect statement in your notebook and add to the next page in book creator.&#160;If you DO NOT have a statement written in your notebook, then create one today.&#160;Remember:&#160;Specific, Visual, Important

THESE are done! You already wrote these in your notebook!

#2&#160;TITLE.&#160;Be CReAtiVe!&#160;Can you think of a catchy title or short phrase for this section of your infographic?&#160;Here is an example:&#160;A student from the A-Team loves baseball and titled his section "STRIKEOUT POLLUTION!".&#160;Another student was talking about how the pollution hurts the turtles and her title was "OUCH, That Hurts!" -- you create your OWN ideas for a catchy title today (make sure it connects to your cause/effect statement!) and type it in Book Creator

What was a MAIN IDEA from the Polluted Oceans book?

Sometimes, people on boats dump the trash in the sea .

Trash that is dropped on the beach can be carried into the water by the waves.

Can you add key details you've learned about this main idea?

EXAMPLE

Process How do I CREATE a MAIN IDEA?

DO NOT start your sentence with these words:&#160; HOW, WHERE, WHAT, WHEN, or WHY

1. UNDERLINE or CIRCLE the most important WORDS or PHRASES 2. ASK YOURSELF - "What do all of these ideas have IN COMMON"? 3. WRITE a sentence that tells the reader what the ideas have in common 4. JUSTIFY your thinking by adding EVIDENCE - KEY DETAILS

Use the SUB HEADING - and think to yourself "what is most important about.....(the subheading)"?

These are the pieces you already underlined!&#160; Just REUSE them.&#160;&#160;

A Call to Action (type your sentences here) Instead of.....Think about.... Think twice before...Try... Next time.... Do.....

1. Instead of throwing away plastic bowls wash them and reuse them. 2.Instead of useing plastic cups use glass cups or reuse the plastic ones . 3.Instead of throwing away plastic groceries bags use it has a lunch bag . 4.Instead of throwing away milk jars use it has a plant pot. 5.Think twice before throwing away extra tooth brushes try donating it instead .

Resources: A Plastic Ocean: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zrn4-FfbXw How Does Plastic End Up In Our Oceans?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Our5CZz5qoU Plastic Pollution, Our Oceans, Our Future: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGBpHYLNtRA What Happens To The Plastic We Discover? https://www.4ocean.com/pages/our-impact Waste Management Expert: https://flipgrid.com/8fdd09b4 Polluted Ocean by Ellen Lawrence The Problem of Plastics by Justine Ammandolia https://explorermag.nationalgeographic.org/trailblazer_september_2019/the_problem_of_plastics

Where are YOU in the PROCESS?  What will you need to FINISH today?

Most of you are ready to start part 3 and part 4!

Use the notes on the pages before (in Book Creator) as reminders for your work today. Use the checklist on the next page to hold yourself ACCOUNTABLE!

Writing to INFORM

HOW: 1. We created an "umbrella statement" (main idea/topic sentence) 2. You selected 5-6 notes that would "fit" under your umbrella statement.

You chose statements you could: ** talk about/ have a conversation about ** explain and justify ** add specific details

YOU organized your notes like this: ** Umbrella statement at the top, notes (WITH SPACE) below ** CITE your information (where did it come from?) by writing the NAME of the video, article, or book of where you found your information. We are RELIABLE &#38; RESPECTFUL

You are writing in 3rd person, AVOID... we, you, us, them, they, I, he, she

Use linking words and phrases to CONNECT or EXPAND your ideas:

In addition to... Most importantly... As a consequence of... Also,..... For this reason.... Therefore... For example,.... Leads to.... Since.... As a matter of fact... As a result of...... Not only ____, but also, ____

Main Idea: *What is the text MOSTLY ABOUT? *What MATTERS MOST? (WHO or WHAT........what about it)

Use your resources. Think about what matters most/what is the whole text about? Write a main idea and support with key details.

MAIN IDEA Trash can badly effect the ocean .

Anything that is underlined is a key detail.

Dear Readers,&#160; Today as curious researchers, we will analyze our thinking and our questions.&#160; When we analyze, we reflect to make sure we have high quality information! &#160; Today we will also give our thinking a label...a main idea will help us generalize information and our ideas.&#160; It will help us identify what is MOST IMPORTANT!

Reagan, You did a nice job close reading all three sections. Can you take one note and change it into a sentence? We can talk about how to do this tomorrow...this way you have a little bit of thinking from the text and then you can draw your own conclusions as well.

Justine reaches out to others to try to get more answers to the problem because she does not know everything.

Justine reaches out to others to see a new problem from a new perspective.

Read the notes on page 31 and 32 -- then, work on this page and see what you can do!

I'm still confused by what pollution drools...means?

Some oceans , beaches and forests have plants living on trash . When the plants suck up the deadly chemicals they die .

What do you mean by 'decompose for a longer time'? Do &#160;you mean trash that takes a long time to decompose?

Do the plants die because of the germs? &#160;Look back at your notes and make sure it is accurate.

1. There are many ways to stop pollution. One way is to study it so you can find WHERE its coming from .

2. Justine uses new data finders called relabeled recourses so she can find lots of data and use it to stop pollution .  

Reagan, I see you have underlined some important ideas. I see you underlined: 1. garbage patches 2. plastic 3. doesn't decompose 4. be in the ocean forever Now can you use these words to create ONE sentence? This sentence will be your MAIN IDEA. Then, we will look at your key details.

Garbage patches have lots of plastics in it, and plastics doesn't decompose so they can be in the ocean forever !

Reagan, You used your feedback and made great changes! Way to go!

1. Garbage patch 2. plastic 3.doesn't decompose 4.be in the ocean forever

PROOF #1 In parts of the ocean, floating trash gathers into huge areas called a garbage patch.

PROOF #2 The plastic in a garbage patch may be in the ocean forever .That's because plastic doesn't decompose or rot away .

Dear Readers,&#160; Today we will continue to identify what matter most ina&#160; piece of text.&#160; When we can do this, we are better writers, better thinkers, and better at speaking/presenting in front of others.&#160; We will use a process to helpus organize and pull out the most importnat ideas - our brains like ti when we can give it a clear path for undertanding the work!~

Day 1:&#160; Our brains engage and appraoch text differently.&#160; As great reader we need to understand HOW to approach nonfiction text so our brain knows what to expect.&#160; When is already knows what to expect, it can spend more energy on processing and understanding ideas!&#160; Today we we will examine NF more closely...what is it?&#160; How is it organized?

Day 2:&#160; Today, as researchers, we will dive into reading as we collect information, wrestle with new ideas, question, and understand how garbage affects our natural world (oceans). Great readers and researchers always have PURPOSE in mind as they read. We will identify our purpose and use the &#8220;author&#8217;s gifts&#8221; to help us make meaning of our text as we collect ideas and information around our purpose!

As you read with PURPOSE, record your ideas about this question: What are the affects (of the garbage) on the natural world? **record ideas directly from the text **record your OWN ideas after reading the text

WHY is garbage so dangerous AND what are the effects (of the garbage) on the natural world?

1. Lots of trash ends up in the sea so some sea turtles think the trash is there jelly fish food so they try to eat it but they get sick or die from it instead.

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3. chemicals are as bad as pollution because they kill off all of the plants and fish and the sea life it does not kill dies of hunger because the chemicals have killed off all of their food !

4. 17,600,000,000 pounds of trash get dumped in the ocean every year PS. I found this out on the QR assignment.

5.If we keep this polluting up by 2055 99% of all sea birds will have eaten plastic and died. PS. I got this information from the QR assignment!

Reagan you have really pulled out EVERYTHING that was important about microplastics. With this information, do you think writing a main idea would be easier or harder -- do you have too much information to use or is it a good fit for you? This is just another strategy you could use to help you develop a good main idea for nonfiction text.

Bits and Pieces What is this mostly about? Synthesize ideas and record your thinking.

Main idea: All about microplastics !

RI.3.2 (Main Idea &#38; Key Details) DOK 2 Identify main ideas or accurate generalizations of texts Distinguish relevant/irrelevant information (determine importance)

RI.3.1 (Ask &#38; Answer) DOK 2,3 Explain and show relationships, explain why, cause-effect. Make basic inferences from data or text. Locate information to support explicit-implicit central ideas.

GRAPHIC:&#160;Start with a picture.&#160;Be very careful and purposeful in what you choose.&#160;Your picture should connect to your cause/effect statement.&#160;Use the Google search IN Book Creator.&#160;Do not go to a Google tab and search.&#160;Search very specific words to find the best picture.&#160;&#160;

Caption

This caption is "captian obvious" -- it tells me exactly what I can see and does not add any new information.

CAPTION:&#160;A caption supports your graphic, but can ADD new information also.&#160;A caption should not be "captain obvious" - it should not tell me what I already know and can see.&#160;Here is an example.&#160;&#160;

The sea turtle is stuck in the net and can't get out.

Dolphins, sea turtles, and other marine life get tangled in nets, making it impossible to move.  These animals get exhaused, drown, or are eaten by predators. 

This caption supports the picture BUT also ADDS new information that is connected to the picture.&#160;

Reflection: The part of this topic I CARE about the most is.... because.... I think other people need to be INFORMED about... I want to EDUCATE others on...

The part of this topic I care about the  most is stopping the people of Huawei from dumping 50thousen pounds of stirofome into the ocean each day .

I think other people need to be informed about Huawei dumping 50thousen pounds of Styrofoam in to the ocean if Huawei can dump that much think about how  much a huge city can dump in to the ocean. 

Styrofoam is a BIG problem...a lot of our styrofoam comes from packaging.  I wonder if you could think about other ways to package items, ways that aren't harmful to our natural world?

I want to educate others on Huawei dumping 50thousen pounds of Styrofoam into the ocean that effects us and it effects Huawei when we dump trash into the ocean . 

A garbage patch is a big space of garbage. It can sometimes look like a island of trash. One garbage patch in the Pacific Ocean is twice the size of Texas. Also plastic in a garbage patch never decomposes or rots away. As a matter fact garbage patches are dangerous to animals .Garbage patches are bad for this reason. Animals eat the plastic then their stomachs get blocked. As a result they starve to death.

Hi Regan,&#160; Your first sentence is great.&#160;&#160; Do you think you should define "garbage patch" - You said it is a big space of garbage.&#160;&#160; Could you describe that and give more specific details so the reader can visualize this patch?

Finish SELECTING 5-6 notes to go under your umbrella statement

Cite your notes (Where did the information come from?  Name the resource)

Take your note and add DETAILS. EXPLAIN how or why.

Add linking words (use examples from the page before) to make your writing connect and flow

Dear Readers,&#160; Today we will look at some exapmples of main ideas and key details.&#160; Noticing great work helps guide our thinking and causes us to reflect on our work.&#160; Today we will also close-read a new article.&#160; Great scientists use more than 1 RELIABLE RESOURCE to collect understanding, questions, and ideas.&#160; We might even "meet" an expert today, also a reliable resource!&#160; Thsi work helps us PREPARE for the global work that lies ahead!

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