Mrs. Thomas Flat Stanley Project

What is the Flat Stanley Project?

The basic principle of The Flat Stanley Project is to connect students with communities across the world by sending out "flat" visitors, through the mail.

Students can talk about, track and write about their flat character's journey and adventure!  Flat Stanley is an enriching and engaging activity. 

The sender and the recipient already have a mutual friend, Flat Stanley. Writing and learning becomes easier, flows naturally, and tends to be more creative. Flat Stanley is an “authentic” literacy project, in that students are inspired to write of their own passion and excitement about the project, and given the freedom to write about many things through the rubric of the Flat Stanley character.

Where has Stanley Visited?

Assignment:  You will have an opportunity to discover where Flat Stanley has visited across the United States and even across the globe as we work on our project!  Stanley has been a very busy traveler and he has a lot to teach us…

Part 1:  Click on the following link Lassiter Library Pinterest

 Part 2:  Create an account on Pinterest to explore the states and countries Flat Stanley has visited.  

Part 3: Mrs. Thomas will assign you a state and country to explore.

Part 4:  Complete your handout on your state and country by using the Lassiter Library Pinterest links provided.  Be as detailed as possible, because you will be sharing your discoveries with the class!

Four Components to Art

Today we will be pulling knowledge from our notes and discussion to 

complete research on our Art Project.

You will be focusing on the Power Point from yesterday’s lesson:

FourComponentS of Art created by Mrs. Scanlon

In order to complete your research, you will need to find credible sources to site as references.  Please see the sample reference provided in the power point.

You may use search engines or the LassiterPinterest Page, which has several sites already marked for you including timelines to help you make your choice of art work. 

Be sure you are choosing arts you are passionate about or feel a strong 

connection too while you are researching.  

Remember your four tasks throughout this project:

1.        Describe

2.       Analyze

3.       Interpret

4.       Judge

Evaluating Websites

Evaluating Websites

How do we know if the information we are 

getting off the internet is legit?

Over the next two days, we will understand how to evaluate and collect information from a variety of sources. 

We will understand that the accuracy, relevance, appropriateness, comprehensiveness, and bias of electronic information sources can not always be trusted. 

After our lesson, I will be able to evaluate the validity of  information.

I will be able to explain as well as apply the importance of evaluating the source and validity of information.

Assignment One:  Together we will answer the checklist on the following two sites to determine if these sites are reliable and why.  We will be discussing this as a full class, so be ready to support your answers!

http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/

http://www.buydehydratedwater.com/

Challenge Activity:  Take some time to find a reliable website and bring it to me tomorrow in class on a sheet of paper with your name.  We will test to see how reliable your source is together.

Assignment Two:  Based on what we learned yesterday, browse the two sites below.  You will have fifteen minutes to complete the survey about each site:

http://www.clubpetresorts.com/

http://www.thedogisland.com/

 Critical Writing:  Answer the following two questions in detail.

1. Why is it important to evaluate the source and validity of information?  Support your answer.

2. Which of the questions in the checklist do you think are most important when making research decisions? Why? Be sure to support your answer.