5th Grade

Library Topics

• Welcome to the Library

• Book Care

• Reading Genre Personality Quiz 

• Newsroom Broadcasting

• READ Green Screen Bookmark Creation

• Storytelling 101

• Biographies Topic 

• Library-Opoly (Ms. Cummings Edition) 

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Reading

• Storytime

• Independent Reading Time - During library class students are given time to read independently. 

• ESFIC - Key Words from Background Information Lesson

• ESFIC - Effects of Different Perspectives Lesson

• ESFIC - Determining  Important Ideas Lesson

• ESFIC - Mapping the Main Idea & Supporting Facts Lesson

• ESFIC - Communicating Ideas Lesson

• ESFIC - Impact of Author's Point of View Lesson

• Create Your Own Graphic Novel

• Eclipse - A Few Beautiful Minutes

Research

• ESFIC - Writing Questions Lesson

• ESFIC - Predicting Answers to Inquiry Lesson

• ESFIC - Using Predictions Thesis Lesson

• ESFIC - Using Predictions Hypothesis Lesson

• ESFIC - Evaluating Sources Lesson

• ESFIC - Selecting the Right Sources Lesson

• ESFIC - Evaluating Information within a Source Lesson

• ESFIC - Notetaking to Answer Questions Lesson

• ESFIC - Reflective Notetaking Lesson

• ESFIC - Notetaking Grid Lesson

• ESFIC - Using Evidence to Support Opinions Lesson

• ESFIC - Claim, Reasoning, & Evidence Lesson

• ESFIC - Bibliography Worksheet

MakerSpace

Once a makerspace item is introduced to the class the items are then incorporated into Library Lessons.    

• Introducing the Sphero Indi Cars

• Introducing Sphero Bolt

• Baseball in the Library 

• Makey Makey Controller lesson Minecraft 

• Intro to 3D Printing - Create a Keychain

• Tamagotchi Micro Bit Introduction

• 3D Print Chess Piece Challenge 

• Photo Editing - Burger & Ice Cream

• Playing Card Bingo 

• Introduction to OzoBots

• Introduction to Squishy Circuits 

• Introduction to Wonder Workshop Robots Dash & Dot

• Create Your Own Board/Card Game

• Snap Circuits lessons 

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Digital Citizenship

Common Sense Media

• Digital Passport    E-volve (Upstander). Students respond to cyberbullying scenarios and are prompted to make choices to "evolve" into an upstander.  (RETIRES JUNE 2024)

• Digital Passport   Mix-n-Mash (Creative Credit). Students remix media content to create a new creative piece, while giving proper credit to the artists whose images and sound clips they use. (RETIRES JUNE 2024)

• Digital Compass   Digital Compass by Common Sense Education teaches students the fundamentals of digital citizenship through a choose-your-own-path interactive game (RETIRES JUNE 2024)

Be Internet Awesome! 

Interland

• Reality River - Don't Fall for Fake

• Mindful Mountain - Share with Care

• Tower of Treasure - Secure Your Secrets

• Kind Kingdom - It's Cool to Be Kind

Digital Detectives

• Becoming a Digital Detective - Your Badge

• More lessons to come

Lego Digital Citizenship