The third grade report
I wrote my first report in the third grade. My research on honeybees led me to the card catalog at the library, and I read several books on honeybees, encyclopedia entries, and I might have even tracked down a periodical. My paper took up about twenty pages of double-lined, giant kid handwriting. My dad red marked the paper, and I rewrote it. Dad didn't trust me with the electric Smith & Corona in the garage, so I had to write it out by hand. I think I wrote that paper twenty times before it passed dad's inspection.
My daughter is now in the third grade and she's started her first report. She chose to learn about anteaters. I told her about my experience writing my first report in the third grade, and she immediately asked if she could use the computer to write it. "Of course," I told her.
She learned of this report when we were at the library. I told her to find a book on anteaters, and she went to the computer, typed in anteaters, wrote down the Dewey Decimal number, and located the physical book. As a kid, I never did figure out the card catalog, so I had the librarian help me.
She asked the librarian if the library had more information on anteaters since they only had one book. The librarian pulled up online encyclopedias complete with videos. Anna developed a list of questions she couldn't find answers too. So, we went down to the Denver Zoo and talked to the curator of the primate exhibit, which also houses the anteaters. Then she watched anteater videos on Animal Planet.
So far, her report is taking just as long as mine did to create. I suspect she'll have a better end product than I did. She has learned a bunch about these bizarre animals. When at the zoo she told me, "See mommy how they walk on their knuckles? That's to protect their claws so they can tear up termite mounds."
My daughter is now in the third grade and she's started her first report. She chose to learn about anteaters. I told her about my experience writing my first report in the third grade, and she immediately asked if she could use the computer to write it. "Of course," I told her.She learned of this report when we were at the library. I told her to find a book on anteaters, and she went to the computer, typed in anteaters, wrote down the Dewey Decimal number, and located the physical book. As a kid, I never did figure out the card catalog, so I had the librarian help me.
She asked the librarian if the library had more information on anteaters since they only had one book. The librarian pulled up online encyclopedias complete with videos. Anna developed a list of questions she couldn't find answers too. So, we went down to the Denver Zoo and talked to the curator of the primate exhibit, which also houses the anteaters. Then she watched anteater videos on Animal Planet.
So far, her report is taking just as long as mine did to create. I suspect she'll have a better end product than I did. She has learned a bunch about these bizarre animals. When at the zoo she told me, "See mommy how they walk on their knuckles? That's to protect their claws so they can tear up termite mounds."