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Research Notes: Busy Beavers

Practice a short research project: choose a question, gather facts from an animal fact sheet, take brief notes and share what you learned.

Grade 3ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toW.3.7

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  • Single worksheet
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  • 1 Common Core standard
  • Printable answer key
  • 11 questions
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Details

Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 3
Subject
ELA
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students choose a research question that a source can answer.
  • Students gather facts from a short text and record them as brief notes.
  • Students sort notes by topic and write what they learned in their own words.

How to use

Introduce the steps of a short research project, then have students read the fact sheet and answer the questions. Use Section 3 to turn the notes into a few sentences.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

W.3.7

Conduct a short research project that builds knowledge about a topic.

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Research Notes: Busy Beavers

Gather facts from a short text and record them as notes.

Plan your research

A research project helps you learn about a topic. Your topic is beavers.

1.
You are starting a research project on beavers. What should you do first?
  • A. Share what you learned with your class.
  • B. Draw a picture to go with your report.
  • C. Write the last sentence of your report.
  • D. Write questions you want to answer about beavers.
2.
Which source is best for finding true facts about beavers?
  • A. A made-up story about a talking beaver
  • B. A nonfiction book about wild animals
  • C. A song about a dancing beaver
  • D. A cartoon about a beaver who flies

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