5th GRADE LESSONS
Every other week, 5th grade students will have a 30 minute library mini-lesson from one of our 4 Units: Empowered Learner, Knowledge Constructor, Innovative Designer, or Digital Citizenship units.
Week 1: Orientation
Welcome to the Library! Learn the expectations for this room, the procedures and policies about taking out books, and what you can find here and where things are.
Week 2: Book Fair Authors & Titles, Review of Fiction Genres
Today we will watch the Fall Elementary School Author Videos for the featured books at this year's Scholastic Book Fair.
Week 3: Typing.com
Today we will create our Perry Hill TYPING.COM accounts so you can practice your typing skills and build muscle memory in your fingers .
Week 4: Using DESTINY to Locate Fiction Books
Use the libraryĹ› online catalog DESTINY to locate fiction books by title, author, and Lexile number. Use DESTINY to browse through book titles and read their descriptions.
Week 5: Keyboarding Tips & Techniques
Today we will learn some tips and techniques to improve your keyboarding.
Week 6: Non-Fiction Dewey Decimal Numbers
Today we will learn about the Dewey Decimal Classification system and how it works so you can more easily locate Nonfiction books.
Week 7: Using Primary Sources
Today we will learn how Thanksgiving became a national holiday by examining primary and secondary sources and learning how they tell about historical events.
Week 8: Hour of Code
The Hour of Code started as a one-hour introduction to computer science, designed to demystify "code", to show that anybody can learn the basics, and to broaden participation in the field of computer science. Today you will join millions of students and teachers in over 180 countries in an hour of code activity.
Learn to Code: Code Your Own Dance Party
Learn to Code: Minecraft Voyage Aquatic
Weeks 9-12: Coding
In these lessons, we will learn what sequential algorithms are and create code for them. We will also learn about debugging and variables.
Week 10: Keyboarding
In today's lesson, we will take a midyear typing test to see our progress toward our goal speed. We will also review a touch typing technique.
Weeks 13-16: Makerspace
In these lessons, we will experience hands-on STEM topics, such as building and engineering, robotics, circuits and electronics, and video and animation.
Week 17: Keyboarding
In this lesson, we will take our final typing test and have fun racing our friends in Nitrotype.
Week 18: Copyright & Plagiarism
In this lesson, we will learn what copyright is and how not to plagiarize.
Weeks 19-21: Internet Safety
There are some very important safety tips you need to keep in mind when you are on the computer at home or at school. Use these tools to learn safety advice and tips for going online.
3. Safe Online Surfing - 5th Grade
6. Safety Land
7. Iggy & Rapster's Internet Safety Game