Trash or Treasure? You have to DIG to find out!!! TRASH!!!!! TREASURE!!! ONE TREASURE amid lots of TRASH Working Together… We can sift through the trash to find those few gems. OR….. Treasure!!! TRASH AND TREASURE NOTE TAKING A QUESTION tells us what to look for…… In Mi Barrio, My Neighborhood, we will look for answers to these two questions: 1. What can a person see in the this neighborhood? 2. Who lives in the neighborhood? Read each question three times. Read ONLY one sentence at a time. After reading the first sentence, ask yourself, “Does it answer one of my questions? If the answer is "No," then the sentence is TRASH. Go on to the next sentence. If the answer is "Yes," then re-read the sentence carefully. Identify and write down the words that are needed to answer the question – these are your TREASURE words!!! Move on to the next sentence. And do the same thing. and You should write down ONLY the TREASURE words – words that will help you answer your research question(s). YOU SHOULD NOT WRITE DOWN ANY TRASH WORDS OR SENTENCES. How do we organize and take the notes??? 1. What can a person see in the neighborhood? 2. Who lives in the neighborhood? Answers are our Treasures found in the Story: You can see… These people live here…. Page _____ Page _____ Page_____ Page _____ Read on and have fun!!!!