• Orientation: Rules & Expectations - We talk about school and library rules and expectations and good choices.  We also review library procedures and expectations.

• Beanstack and Destiny - I read a book to the students and then lead them step-by-step in how to log their minutes in Beanstack, including how to use the timer function.  We also look at Destiny Discover and practice searching by keyword, placing a hold, etc.

I read from the following titles:

• The Boy Who Grew a Forest: the True Story of Jadav Payeng by Sophia Gholz

• Rescue & Jessica: a Life-Changing Friendship by Jessica Kensky and Patrick Downes

• The Rooster Who Would Not Be Quiet! by Carmen Agra Deedy

• The Talking Eggs by Robert D. San Souci

• We Don't Eat Our Classmates! by Ryan T. Higgins

• Yoshi, Sea Turtle Genius by Eric A. Kimmel

• Introduction to Stations & Stations - I will introduce students to the stations they will be rotating through in the coming months.  Students will work on a designated station after I read-aloud from The Superteacher Project by Gordon Korman or Elf Dog & Owl Head by M.T. Anderson.

Stations:

• Fiction:  Students will locate specific fiction shelf ranges and then they will locate specific fiction titles (of interest to 5th graders) on the shelves.

• Nonfiction:  Students will locate specific nonfiction shelf ranges and then will locate specific books about given nonfiction topics.  Students will use nonfiction signage (words and pictures) to help them locate the topics and books.

• Destiny Discover:  Students will use Destiny Discover, the library's online catalog, to answer specific questions and become more familiar with using the online catalog.  They will write their answers and use them to spell out the answer to a joke. 

• MakerSpace/STEM Challenge – Aluminum Foil:  Students will select a challenge card of an object to create using aluminum foil.  They will plan and then make their creation.

• Artificial Intelligence:  Students will gain information about the basics of AI by completing an Ocean Activity or Dance Party: AI Edition or a Music Lab: Jam Session.

• Unplugged Station:  Students will select an activity that they will enjoy from the choices given.  Not everyone can work on the same choice.  They will need to have more than one backup choice.  Choices include:  Read/self-checkout, Building activities (straws, Brainflakes, craft sticks with Velcro, Plus Plus blocks, KEVA planks, Magnetic tiles, Legos), Marble run on whiteboard, Jenga, Chess, Checkers, Jigsaw puzzles, Uno, Early finisher crate: copy paper (drawing), lined notebook paper, coloring sheets, extreme dot-to-dot.  Additional choices may be added based on student input.