Choice Resource Project –

My Topic: CHILDREN IN POVERTY

Choose a theme or topic that you feel will benefit you at this stage of your journey. Develop a resource bank (annotated bibliography) of 20 quality resources that would be helpful to use in the elementary classroom setting.

Each resource bank can include a combination of the following (this is not an exhaustive list -only recommendations):
• Annotated bibliography of quality children’s books, newspapers or magazines. This will be categorized by genre (nonfiction, historical fiction, poetry, newspaper, magazine, etc.)
• Annotated bibliography of quality videos or video clips
• Annotated listing of quality web resources (include URL for each website)
• Annotated list of social media resources
• Annotated listing of quality artwork for teaching this theme (include photos of art)
• Recipes, realia, games and activities
• Any other resources you may find interesting

Rubric:
 Are your resources developmentally appropriate for the intended grade level(s)?
 Are resources accurate and from reputable sources?
 Do your resources portray various diversities in a positive way?

Goals
To plan and implement an investigation which is customized specifically to your interests in
needs in an attempt to become more knowledgeable about one of the following: a specific
cultural group, children in poverty, experiences of ESOL students, a specific religious group,
a specific academic or physical challenge.
To provide professional development to your peers by sharing your project findings with the
use of emerging technologies.

 Did you include resources that are helpful for struggling readers and ELL
students? (Differentiate by type of material and level)

Thoroughness
 Do your resources cover your topic fully? (Breadth of content)
 Were you specific in discussing why each resource was important to include in
your resource bank?
 Are your annotations complete and informative? (Highlight key features, info
about author/illustrator, awards won)
 Do you show evidence of personally having explored each resource?

Writing Conventions
 Do your annotations conform to stylistic, grammatical, and syntactical
conventions?
 Are your annotations clear and logically written?
 Did you use APA formatting to cite your resources?
 Did you include at least 20 separate entries

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