Rosanne Parry Visits 5th Grade. Learn more her books and her visit
Visit Linda Sue Park's website to learn about her other books.
Can you find any of her books to download from your local library?
Is there a book that has changed your thinking or inspired you to take action? Share your response with Ms. Lora on our shared Google Album.
Think about all the books by and/or about Native Americans that we read this spring. Remember when we did during the Coretta Scott King Award Unit and we noticed that most of the stories were historical, about heroes, or were stories of struggle? What themes did you notice in these books representing Native American cultures? What kind of stories were told? What kind of stories are missing?
Can you find another version? What search terms did you use? What website did you find it on?
Remember to share your learning with me by placing it in the library folder in SeeSaw.
"Commissioned by the Oregon Symphonic Band in Portland, Bridge of the Gods is a dramatic three-movement symphonic poem presenting the colorful legend told by the Native American Klickitatst about the origins of the volcanic mountains of the Cascade range and legendary bridge." (Michael Burch-Pesses, conductor)
I made this video using my Multnomah County Library, but Libby is also available for other public libraries and can be used on a phone, laptop, or desktop computer.
If you don't have a library card or access to Libby, write your own summer reading list and share it with me!
Remember to share your list on SeeSaw!
Remember: STOP, WALK, TALK. It works face to face and it works online.
Remember: STOP, WALK, TALK. It works face to face and it works online.
If you missed these last week,
here are two stories both by Paul Owen Lewis
And here are two biographies.
I hope you enjoy these books!
Listen to Ms. Lora read a book by Elizabeth Rusch. Notice the great writing in this story. Click here to listen to more information on Maria Mozart!
Listen to author, Elizabeth Rusch, read from her newest picture book biography! Does this book remind you of any other scientist/heroes we've read about?
Elizabeth Rusch also writes comics, non-fiction books, and more! Listen to a sample here. And check out her book "Muddy Max" on Epic!
Bonus material: If you're looking for another picture book biography, here's one. Or check out the movie of it here. There's more books like this on the Beverly Cleary Children's Choice Award site.
Follow up on what you learned about using different search engines.
Watch this video for finding great books to read on Epic and Junior Library Guild.
Listen to the opening of this book, which is on next year's OBOB list for grades 3-5.
Listen to the opening of this book, also by Rosanne Parry, and available on EPIC!
You are doing a lot of research and work on the internet, but how much do you know about how the internet works? And how do you know if what you find on the internet is reliable?
Watch this video on evaluating websites, then try out this activity:
Google is only one search engine. Let's try some others. Go to kidrex.org and kiddle.co. Try searching for a topic related to what you are studying in class. How do your search results compare to the same search on Google? What do you like or dislike about the different search engines.
Now try searching Mississippi ice cream on both google.com and bing.com. Are your results the same? If not, why do you think they're different.
And remember the 4th/5th Zoom Open Mic (Tuesdays 11:30-12:00)! Sign up here if you'd like to share!
Let me know what you discover and what you think of the different search engines . Post your response in our Google Album.
Read more about Spain on Epic! Take a virtual trip to Spain and see some of Gaudí's buildings using Google Maps. Here's a video that shows you how to do this.
You can also draw a picture of your own design inspired by nature!
Learn more about Zaha Hadid and/or Iraq by searching Iraq on Epic!
You can also use Google Maps to visit some of her buildings, or do a Google image search to see photos of some of them.
Olympic medalists, siblings, and authors, Maia and Alex Shibutani, celebrate National Library Week! Learn more about them and their new book here.
Dav Pilkey, author of "Dog Man" and "Captain Underpants" celebrates school libraries! Here's a link for drawing with Dav Pilkey!
Jason Reynolds, author of the "Track" series and the new book "Look Both Ways" celebrates school libraries!
Megan McDonald, author of the "Judy Moody" and "Stink" series celebrates school libraries!
Pick one of these people to research. You can use biography.com for your search or any search engine. Let me know on SeeSaw what you discover in your search. Can you imagine going to the Schomburg Center in New York? That's what Amara does in Renee Watson's book "Some Places More than Others," traveling from Beaverton to NYC to learn more about her family and her heritage. Check it out!
We've been hearing a lot in the news about heroes in health care. Here is a story of a doctor, who's famous not for his heroics as a doctor (though he was a very good doctor), but for the beauty he brought to the world as a poet.
April is National Poetry Month. Write a poem about your hero or write a poem about what you see outside your window. If you're inspired, you could even make a collage illustration to go with it.
Post your work in SeeSaw. I'd love to see what you create!
Here are three prompts. Pick one to share your response on SeeSaw:
In the story, many people in Jenna's family help her to make her jingle dress. Draw or write a story about something special someone in your family has given you.
Jenna dances for people who aren't able to dance in the PowWow. What is something you've done for someone else?
The jingles on the dress give the dress a voice. Do you have a special piece of clothing like Jenna does? If that clothing had a voice, what story would it tell?
If you would like to read more about China or pandas, or read more biographies, check out Epic or National Geographic Kids. And if you want to share your results post it in the library folder in Seesaw.
Here's how to search Epic! Try searching China instead of Puerto Rico.
Here's how to search National Geographic Kids. Try searching pandas.
You are doing a lot of research and work on the internet, but how much do you know about how the internet works? And how do you know if what you find on the internet is reliable?
Watch this video on evaluating websites, then try out this activity:
Google is only one search engine. Let's try some others. Go to kidrex.org and kiddle.co. Try searching for a topic related to what you are studying in class. Perhaps try women U.S. revolution or African Americans U.S. revolution. How do your search results compare to the same search on Google? What do you like or dislike about the different search engines.
Now try searching Mississippi ice cream on both google.com and bing.com. Are your results the same? If not, why do you think they're different.
Let me know what you discover and what you think of the different search engines . Post your response in FlipGrid here.
And remember the 4th/5th Zoom Open Mic (Tuesdays 11:30-12:00)! Sign up here if you'd like to share!
Fourth graders, Let me know what you think of these poems!
These poems are a clever and sophisticated way of synthesizing a fairytale into two short poems, from two different perspectivies! Feel free to try it out, or just see if you could retell a favorite story as a short poem. Share what you come up with on our Google Album! You're welcome to read it at our 4th/5th Zoom Open Mic (Tuesdays 11:30-12:00)! Sign up here if you'd like to share!
Post a message in SeeSaw of what you are grateful for. Make a picture, a video, or your own story or poem!
-OR- Share your thoughts in SeeSaw about how this interview connects with what we've been talking about in library class!
April 15, 2020
Read a book about Puerto Rico or about another Puerto Rican hero on Epic. Here's a video to show you how to find these books.
Write or draw a thank you note for Miss Alma and upload it to this Google Album. She misses you all! I will share your thank you notes with her next Tuesday, which is National Library Workers Day. (If you post your thank you in SeeSaw, I cannot share it with Ms. Alma, so please use the Album).
Make a post in SeeSaw about what you think makes Pura Belpré a hero. Remember to be specific and give evidence from the story!
Fourth grade, post your book talk to the 4th grade Google Album.
Fifth grade, post yours to your Library Folder in SeeSaw.