Topics include

• how to navigate safely online, 

• what personal information not to share

• what's real and what might be fake, 

• how to choose what to view 

• how to recognize good sources of information

•  how give credit to the work of others.

The Black-Eyed Susan Book Award is a Maryland student choice award that has been awarded a picture book, a graphic novel and a chapter book since 1992. The award seeks to promote literacy and lifelong reading habits by encouraging students to read quality, contemporary literature.

For more details on how we participate and a list of this year's nominees, click here. 

Read-a-thons/read alouds of supplemental materials;

Enrichment lessons that allow students to work individually or in small groups

Learning games to build thinking skills that apply to all subjects

Practice with typing, research and other classroom support skills

Finch Robots: 2nd graders are introduced to coding through these bird shaped devices that they program to move toward specific targets