Quarter 1
Quarter 1
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Find sample lessons for each grade under the dropdown menus.
New lessons added for the 2026-2027 school year are noted with a ⭐.
The chart of 1st quarter curriculum topics below indicates what students are learning in their classrooms. Use this information to look for opportunities to:
Collaborate with teachers to integrate information and technology skill into lessons;
Integrate, extend, or enhance curriculum topics, vocabulary, and skills into library lessons.
Kindergarten
Kindergarten
Book Care - Book Baby - contributed by Stacy Darwin, Abbotts Creek ES
Duration: 1 class period
Objective: Students will be able to identify ways to take care of library books.
Summary: Using a baby doll as a model, we will explore how to care for library books.
Tags: Library skills, Literacy
Kindergarten Library Circulation Procedures - Orientation - contributed by Stacy Darwin, Abbotts Creek ES
Duration: 1-2 classes per quarter
Objective: Kindergarteners will learn the procedures for book selection and checkout.
Summary: Kindergarteners will be learning how to select and checkout books throughout the year. They will start slowly with browsing tables and direct assistance with checkout, but the goal is to have them accessing a majority of the library and participating in self-checkout by the end of kindergarten. Revisiting and increasing student responsibility and autonomy is key to developing these skills.
Tags: Library skills, Literacy
Your Name is a Song - Community Building - contributed by Stacy Darwin, Abbotts Creek ES
Duration: 1 class period
Objective: Students will enjoy a read aloud and give the librarian and fellow classmates a chance to learn new names
Summary: This story reinforces names as a part of one's identity and the importance of them being pronounced properly.
Tags: Literacy
School's First Day of School - Book Joy - contributed by Stephanie Powell, Turner Creek ES
Duration: 1 class period
Objective: Students will gain an understanding of how a school functions (as they are part of the school community).
Summary: After reading School’s First Day of School, by Adam Rex and illustrated by Christian Robinson, students will create a model of their ideal/dream school.
Tags: Literacy
Goggles, Makerspace - contributed by Laura Nowak, Apex Friendship ES
Duration: 60 minutes (1-2 class periods)
Objective: Students will create their own goggles using maker materials. Students will understand expectations and procedures for using maker materials in the library.
Summary: Teacher will read aloud Goggles by Ezra Jack Keats. Students will create their own goggles using maker materials.
Tags: Literacy
Choosing a Good Fit Book (Inquiry/Media decoding) - from Project Look Sharp
Duration: 1 class period
Objective: Students can articulate what makes a book a good choice for them
Summary: This short video models using a guided inquiry approach to lead students to determine how to identify books that are a good fit for them to check out.
Tags: Library skills, Literacy
Exploring Elements of Community - Paletero Man - contributed by Susan Bock, Library Media Services
Duration: 1 class period
Objective: Students will identify how elements of culture can be found in our communities. Students will practice inquiry skills.
Summary: While reading the book Paletero Man, the librarian will lead students to identify elements of culture in the story. Students will practice inquiry skills as a group by investigating the recipe steps to making paletas.
Tags: Literacy, Inquiry/Research, Social Studies
Kindergarten Classroom Community: Intro to Coding - contributed by Star Davis, Underwood Elementary
Duration: 3-5 lessons; 30-40 minutes each
Summary: In this lesson, students will expand upon their knowledge of classroom procedures. They will play games and use vocabulary to explore procedures in the classroom.
Optionally they will use coding to connect to peers in order to solve typical examples of classroom problems.
Tags: Digital Literacy, Social Studies
Kindergarten Author Study - Mo Willems! - contributed by Susan Bock, Library Media Services
Duration: 1 class period
Objective: Students will be introduced to beginning library skills of selecting and locating material to read for enjoyment.
Summary: Students will enjoy read-alouds of Mo Willems books and learn to find other books by this author, or look for books with similar attributes, in the library.
Tags: Library Skills, Literacy
⭐What is Media? - Digital Literacy Progression Lesson
Duration: 30 minutes
Objective: Students will understand what media is, identify ways people watch, read, and listen to media, and share examples of media from their own lives.
Summary: This lesson combines a Common Sense Media lesson with an exploration of library books that contain students' favorite media choices (favorite characters or high-interest topics).
Tags: Digital Literacy, Literacy
⭐Caring for Our Classroom Devices - Digital Literacy Progression Lesson
Duration: 30 minutes
Objective: Students will use common vocabulary to explain expectations for taking care of class devices. They will practice logging in to a Chromebook, opening an app in their WakeID portal, and logging out.
Summary: Students make connections between what they've learned about book care and apply the same concepts (clean, dry, careful) to caring for classroom devices.
Tags: Digital Literacy
Kindergarten Digital Literacy and Well-Being Lessons from Common Sense Media
Kindergarten Digital Citizenship Lessons from Common Sense Media
1st
1st
Super Hero Book Care - Orientation - contributed by Stacy Darwin, Abbotts Creek ES
Duration: 1-2 class periods
Objective: Students will recognize environmental dangers to library books and problem solve ways to avoid them.
Summary: Students will enjoy the drama of identifying book hazards and become empowered to avoid them.
Tags: Library Skills, Literacy
1st grade Library Circulation Procedures (Beginning of Year) - Orientation - contributed by Stacy Darwin, Abbotts Creek ES
Duration: 1-2 class periods
Objective: Students will learn the library procedures for book selection and checkout.
Summary: First graders will be building on their kindergarten experience of selecting and checking out books. They will start with browsing one section and have direct assistance with checkout, but the goal is to have them accessing a majority of the library and participating in self-checkout in a few months (depending on students' mastery of skills). This lesson reinforces social studies vocabulary about rules, rights, and responsibilities in a community.
Tags: Library Skills, Literacy, Social Studies
Library Book Checkout Dance - Orientation - contributed by Susan Bock, Library Media Services
Duration: 1-2 class periods
Objective: Students will explain and demonstrate the steps for self check-out in the library.
Summary: Students will work collaboratively as a class to choreograph dance steps to help them remember how to check out library books.
Tags: Library Skills
Your Name is a Song - Community Building - contributed by Stacy Darwin, Abbotts Creek ES
Duration: 1 class period
Objective: Students will enjoy a read aloud and give the librarian and fellow classmates a chance to learn new names
Summary: This story reinforces names as a part of one's identity and the importance of them being pronounced properly.
Tags: Literacy
School's First Day of School - Book Joy - contributed by Stephanie Powell, Turner Creek ES
Duration: 1 class period
Objective: Students will gain an understanding of how a school functions (as they are part of the school community).
Summary: After reading School’s First Day of School, by Adam Rex and illustrated by Christian Robinson, students will create a model of their ideal/dream school.
Tags: Literacy
Goggles, Makerspace - contributed by Laura Nowak, Apex Friendship ES
Duration: 60 minutes (1-2 class periods)
Objective: Students will create their own goggles using maker materials. Students will understand expectations and procedures for using maker materials in the library.
Summary: Teacher will read aloud Goggles by Ezra Jack Keats. Students will create their own goggles using maker materials.
Tags: Literacy
Intro to eWISE: Deep and Shallow Questions - contributed by Susan Bock, Library Media Services
Duration: 1 class period (2 class periods, with extensions)
Objective: Students will evaluate questions to determine what types of questions are best for research.
Summary: Students brainstorm "wonders" they have on sticky notes, then evaluate their questions to determine if they are "shallow" or "deep".
Tags: Inquiry/Research
Choosing a Good Fit Book (Inquiry/Media decoding) - from Project Look Sharp
Duration: 1 class period
Objective: Students can articulate what makes a book a good choice for them
Summary: This short video models using a guided inquiry approach to lead students to determine how to identify books that are a good fit for them to check out.
Tags: Library Skills
Exploring Elements of Community - Paletero Man - contributed by Susan Bock, Library Media Services
Duration: 1 class period
Objective: Students will identify how elements of culture can be found in our communities. Students will practice inquiry skills.
Summary: While reading the book Paletero Man, the librarian will lead students to identify elements of culture in the story. Students will practice inquiry skills as a group by investigating the recipe steps to making paletas.
Tags: Literacy, Inquiry/Research, Social Studies
Jabari Tries: Force and Motion - contributed by Amy Galvan, Stough Elementary
Duration: Two 45-minute class sessions
Objective: By connecting a character’s experience in a story with a hands-on experience in class, students will identify/discover elements of a design or research process. I specifically used the vocabulary of “wonder,” “investigate,” “synthesize,” and “evaluate” relating to our eWISE model, but it could easily adapt to any design process.
Summary: After reading Jabari Tries, students will work in teams to build a track where a marble will roll from the beginning into a cup at the end.
Tags: Literacy, Inquiry/Research, Science
⭐Managing Device Distractions - Digital Literacy Progression
Duration: 45 minutes
Objective: Students will practice strategies for managing distractions when using a classroom device.
Summary: This lesson helps students acknowledge that everyone gets distracted sometimes when using technology. Students learn strategies for managing distractions that can help them stay focused on the application they are using for learning. Strategies include a stoplight visual cue, “quick-calm” strategies like tab checks and close-the-curtain breaths, and creating short scripts to help cue a distracted friend to focus. The lesson is anchored by a read-aloud of the picture book That Always Happens Sometimes.
Tags: Digital Literacy, Literacy
1st grade Digital Literacy and Well-Being Lessons from Common Sense Media
1st grade Digital Citizenship Lessons from Common Sense Media
2nd
2nd
Super Hero Book Care - Orientation - contributed by Stacy Darwin, Abbotts Creek ES
Duration: 1-2 class periods
Objective: Students will recognize environmental dangers to library books and problem solve ways to avoid them.
Summary: Students will enjoy the drama of identifying book hazards and become empowered to avoid them.
Tags: Library Skills, Literacy
School's First Day of School - Book Joy - contributed by Stephanie Powell, Turner Creek ES
Duration: 1 class period
Objective: Students will gain an understanding of how a school functions (as they are part of the school community).
Summary: After reading School’s First Day of School, by Adam Rex and illustrated by Christian Robinson, students will create a model of their ideal/dream school.
Tags: Literacy
New Name - Community Building/Book Joy - contributed by Laura Nowak, Apex Friendship ES
Duration: 45 minutes
Objective: Students will learn more about their peers and build community.
Summary: Teacher will read aloud Thunder Boy Jr., by Sherman Alexie. Students will create a new name for themselves along with an illustration that represents why they chose that name.
Tags: Literacy
Goggles, Makerspace - contributed by Laura Nowak, Apex Friendship ES
Duration: 60 minutes (1-2 class periods)
Objective: Students will create their own goggles using maker materials. Students will understand expectations and procedures for using maker materials in the library.
Summary: Teacher will read aloud Goggles by Ezra Jack Keats. Students will create their own goggles using maker materials.
Tags: Literacy
Intro to eWISE: Deep and Shallow Questions - contributed by Susan Bock, Library Media Services
Duration: 1 class period (2 class periods, with extensions)
Objective: Students will evaluate questions to determine what types of questions are best for research.
Summary: Students brainstorm "wonders" they have on sticky notes, then evaluate their questions to determine if they are "shallow" or "deep".
Tags: Inquiry/Research
Library Orientation Scavenger Hunt - contributed by Felecia Washington, Sanford Creek ES
Duration: 30 minutes
Objective: To familiarize students with the Library Media Center
Summary: This lesson is a fun way for students to become familiar with the Library Media Center
Tags: Library Skills
Changing States of Matter - contributed by Laura Nowak, Apex Friendship ES
Duration: 2-3 45 minute classes
Objective: Students will be able to describe specific examples of how matter changes.
Summary: After reviewing states of matter and how matter changes (from solid to liquid, liquid to solid, etc.), students will create a booklet depicting changing states of matter.
Tags: Inquiry/Research, Literacy, Science
Using Destiny Discover to Find Books - contributed by Susan Bock, Library Media Services
Duration: 1 class period
Objective: Students will understand how to use the online catalog and will evaluate when it can be most helpful.
Summary: Students will be introduced to Destiny Discover. After a brief explanation of how the library is organized, students will practice looking books up in Destiny Discover and using the call numbers to try to locate the books. Students will reflect on when using Destiny is helpful, and when it might be faster to just browse the shelves.
Tags: Library Skills
Using Britannica School to Find Information - contributed by Susan Bock, Library Media Services
Duration: 1 class period
Objective: Students will identify Britannica School as a safe and reliable online resource for information
Summary: Students will practice navigating to Britannica School to explore an article about Matter. After identifying the features in Britannica (headings, read aloud, video, images), they will practice searching and learning about a topic of their choice.
Tags: Digital Literacy, Inquiry/Research, Science
⭐Device Free Moments - Digital Literacy Progression
Duration: 30 minutes
Objective: Students will identify how it makes them feel when they, or others, are distracted by a device. They will identify when we should be device free in our communities.
Summary: This lesson from Common Sense Media helps students understand how it makes them feel when they, or others, are distracted by a device. They will identify times we should be device free in our communities.The lesson is paired with a read aloud of Blackout by John Rocco.
Tags: Digital Literacy, Literacy, Social Studies
⭐Being a Digital Citizen - Digital Literacy Progression
Duration: 45 minutes
Objective: Students will be able to explain how being a good citizen of their school and community extends to being a good citizen online. They can identify ways to stay safe and be responsible when online.
Summary: This lesson combines two simple digital citizenship lessons from Common Sense Media in which students are introduced to the concepts of being safe, responsible, and respectful online. Students watch short videos with Common Sense Media characters and have the opportunity to draw pictures and create badges showing good digital citizen behaviors. Students also use a Venn diagram to sort examples of behaviors to show how many digital citizenship skills overlap with general good citizenship skills.
Tags: Digital Literacy
⭐Who is in Your Online Community? - Digital Literacy Progression
Duration: 30 minutes
Objective: Students will be able to explain how they are connected to others both in-person and online
Summary: This lesson from Common Sense Media helps students think critically about the different ways they connect with others, both in person and online. Extension activities help relate the lesson to 1st quarter curriculum topics in ELA and Social Studies.
Tags: Digital Literacy (if extensions are used: ELA, Social Studies, Inquiry/Research, Literacy)
⭐That's Private - Digital Literacy Progression
Duration: 30 minutes
Objective: Students will be able to explain what information they should keep from sharing online.
Summary: This lesson from Common Sense Media helps students recognize the kind of information that is private and understand that they should never give out private information online. The lesson connects general privacy concepts to the practice of keeping their student ID private and logging out of accounts.
Tags: Digital Literacy,
2nd grade Digital Literacy and Well-Being from Common Sense Media
2nd grade Digital Citizenship Lessons from Common Sense Media
3rd
3rd
New Name - Community Building/Book Joy - contributed by Laura Nowak, Apex Friendship ES
Duration: 45 minutes
Objective: Students will learn more about their peers and build community.
Summary: Teacher will read aloud Thunder Boy Jr., by Sherman Alexie. Students will create a new name for themselves along with an illustration that represents why they chose that name.
Tags: Literacy
Library/Maker Self Portrait - Community Building/Orientation - contributed by Laura Nowak, Apex Friendship ES
Duration: 30 minutes
Objective: Students will find and discover items in the library that represent their interests.
Summary: Students will get to know one another and library materials by creating a self portrait using objects in the library.
Tags: Literacy, Digital Literacy
Welcome Back: Library Orientation - Orientation - contributed by Sharon Hart, Forestville Road ES
Duration: 1 or 2 sessions
Objective: Students can share what they know about the library's rules and procedures.
Summary: Students work together to define how they think they should behave in the library as it pertains to our PBIS slogan. They will also work together to create a map of the different areas of the library, which includes where they should go for different drills.
Tags: Library Skills
Book Talks - Community Building/Book Joy - contributed by Laura Nowak, Apex Friendship ES
Duration: 90 minutes (3 class periods)
Objective: Students will create Book Talk videos for K-2 students.
Summary: Students will record a Book Talk video on book they would recommend for younger students (picture books, early chapter books, easy non-fiction books, etc.).
Tags: Literacy, Digital Literacy
eWISE with Wonderopolis - Intro to eWISE - contributed by Stephanie Powell, Turner Creek ES
Duration: 2 class periods (ongoing is used as a center throughout the year)
Objective: Use the eWISE model to investigate/research a topic.
Summary: Students will use Wonderopolis to investigate (using eWISE structure) ideas that may cause them to wonder.
Tags: Inquiry/Research
Ways to School - Intro to eWISE/EL Curricular Connection - contributed by Stacy Darwin, Abbotts Creek ES
Duration: 1 class period
Objective: Students will recognize global challenges some students have getting to school.
Summary: Using the suggested nonfiction book, or Creative Commons photos, students will make observations and ask questions (I Notice/I Wonder) about the images they see. Librarian will also use this opportunity to introduce the “Wonder” aspect of eWISE.
Tags: ELA, Inquiry/Research, Literacy
Library Orientation Scavenger Hunt - contributed by Felecia Washington, Sanford Creek ES
Duration: 30 minutes
Objective: To familiarize students with the Library Media Center
Summary: This lesson is a fun way for students to become familiar with the Library Media Center
Tags: Library Skills
Using Destiny Discover to Find Books - contributed by Susan Bock, Library Media Services
Duration: 1 class period
Objective: Students will understand how to use the online catalog and will evaluate when it can be most helpful.
Summary: Students will be introduced to Destiny Discover. After a brief explanation of how the library is organized, students will practice looking books up in Destiny Discover and using the call numbers to try to locate the books. Students will reflect on when using Destiny is helpful, and when it might be faster to just browse the shelves.
Tags: Library Skills
⭐Protecting Our Online Accounts - Digital Literacy Progression
Duration: 20 minutes
Objective: Students will understand criteria for creating strong passwords and will be able to evaluate example passwords to determine the degree to which they are safe.
Summary: This Common Sense Media lesson helps students understand how to create strong passwords. It addresses the essential question for this grade level by framing strong password creation as a smart, responsible choice.
Tags: Digital Literacy
⭐Stop, Notice, Think: Evaluating and troubleshooting tech issues - Digital Literacy Progression
Duration: 20 minutes
Objective: Students will use observational skills to notice common tech issues and attempt simple troubleshooting steps.
Summary: This brief lesson encourages students to notice what they see on their screen when tech doesn’t work the way they expect, and try simple trouble shooting tips to resolve the issue. Sample scenarios include issues with Destiny checkout, keyboard malfunctions, device not turning on, and applications running too slowly.
Tags: Digital Literacy, Literacy
⭐Using Britannica to Find Information - Digital Literacy Progression
Duration: 30-40 minutes
Objective: Students will navigate Britannica Elementary to find articles, images, and videos of interests and apply strategies for determining whether information is relevant and reliable.
Summary: This lesson builds upon the skills students have practiced in previous grades (using keywords, evaluating information) by guiding students to understand how a database search function works, how to navigate Britannica to find information that fits a specific need, and how to verify that the resource is reliable.
Tags: Digital Literacy, Inquiry/Research, Science
3rd grade Digital Literacy and Well-Being Lessons from Common Sense Media
3rd grade Digital Citizenship Lessons from Common Sense Media
4th
4th
Library/Maker Self Portrait - Community Building/Orientation - contributed by Laura Nowak, Apex Friendship ES
Duration: 30 minutes
Objective: Students will find and discover items in the library that represent their interests.
Summary: Students will get to know one another and library materials by creating a self portrait using objects in the library.
Tags: Literacy, Digital Literacy
Book Talks - Community Building/Book Joy - contributed by Laura Nowak, Apex Friendship ES
Duration: 90 minutes (3 class periods)
Objective: Students will create Book Talk videos for K-2 students.
Summary: Students will record a Book Talk video on book they would recommend for younger students (picture books, early chapter books, easy non-fiction books, etc.).
Tags: Literacy, Digital Literacy
eWISE with Wonderopolis - Intro to eWISE - contributed by Stephanie Powell, Turner Creek ES
Duration: 2 class periods (ongoing is used as a center throughout the year)
Objective: Use the eWISE model to investigate/research a topic.
Summary: Students will use Wonderopolis to investigate (using eWISE structure) ideas that may cause them to wonder.
Tags: Inquiry/Research
Library Orientation Scavenger Hunt - contributed by Felecia Washington, Sanford Creek ES
Duration: 30 minutes
Objective: To familiarize students with the Library Media Center
Summary: This lesson is a fun way for students to become familiar with the Library Media Center
Tags: Library Skills
Hour of Code: Poem Art, a Code.org lesson - contributed by Lori Cavaco, Cary ES
Duration: 1 hour
Objective: Code an original poem
Summary: Students will animate a poem with code to illustrate the mood of the poem. Students will read and detect the mood of a poem, then find corresponding effects and images to help illustrate the poem's mood. Finally, students will use events (code) to illustrate a shift in mood or animate the introduction of new images in a poem.
Tags: ELA, Digital Literacy, Literacy
Review: Finding and checking out books in our school library - contributed by Susan Bock, Library Media Services
This slide deck can be incorporated into any beginning of year lesson to review how to use Destiny to find books in the library and how to check out library books.
Tags: Library Skills
⭐Personally Identifiable Information/What's the risk factor? - Digital Literacy Progression
Duration: 40 minutes
Objective: Students will understand what Personally Identifiable Information (PII) is, practice identifying it in real situations, and understand how to protect their own PII.
Summary: This lesson combines 2 Common Sense Media lessons that help students identify personally identifiable information and evaluate the privacy risks in different scenarios. This lesson concludes with discussion board practice in Canvas where students can share fun facts about themselves that are not PII. This lesson is a good fit for the start of the year when students are learning about their classmates.
Tags: Digital Literacy
⭐Media & Our Emotions - Digital Literacy Progression
Duration: 40 minutes
Objective: Students will analyze how media makes them feel and why, recognize how content creators influence our emotions and choices, and identify different techniques used in media creation.
Summary: This lesson incorporates a Common Sense Media lesson in which students explore the relationship between media and emotions by identifying how content creators influence their feelings and choices through rhetorical appeals (logos, ethos, and pathos). The lesson continues with a read aloud of the first few chapters of Killer Underwear Invasion and concludes with an activity where students analyze examples of NC news stories.
Tags: Digital Literacy, Literacy, Inquiry/Research
4th grade Digital Literacy and Well-Being Lessons from Common Sense Media
4th grade Digital Citizenship Lessons from Common Sense Media
5th
5th
Library/Maker Self Portrait - Community Building/Orientation - contributed by Laura Nowak, Apex Friendship ES
Duration: 30 minutes
Objective: Students will find and discover items in the library that represent their interests.
Summary: Students will get to know one another and library materials by creating a self portrait using objects in the library.
Tags: Literacy, Digital Literacy
Book Talks - Community Building/Book Joy - contributed by Laura Nowak, Apex Friendship ES
Duration: 90 minutes (3 class periods)
Objective: Students will create Book Talk videos for K-2 students.
Summary: Students will record a Book Talk video on book they would recommend for younger students (picture books, early chapter books, easy non-fiction books, etc.).
Tags: Literacy, Digital Literacy
eWISE with Wonderopolis - Intro to eWISE - contributed by Stephanie Powell, Turner Creek ES
Duration: 2 class periods (ongoing is used as a center throughout the year)
Objective: Use the eWISE model to investigate/research a topic.
Summary: Students will use Wonderopolis to investigate (using eWISE structure) ideas that may cause them to wonder.
Tags: Inquiry/Research
Library Orientation Scavenger Hunt - contributed by Felecia Washington, Sanford Creek ES
Duration: 30 minutes
Objective: To familiarize students with the Library Media Center
Summary: This lesson is a fun way for students to become familiar with the Library Media Center
Tags: Library Skills
Review: Finding and checking out books in our school library - contributed by Susan Bock, Library Media Services
This slide deck can be incorporated into any beginning of year lesson to review how to use Destiny to find books in the library and how to check out library books.
Tags: Library Skills
⭐Tracking You: Taking Control of Your Privacy - Digital Literacy Progression
Duration: 40 minutes
Objective: Students will identify common types of tracking data collected by apps and websites, evaluate which app permissions are necessary for certain apps, and understand that they can adjust privacy settings to help control what information they share.
Summary: This Common Sense Media lesson helps students understand common types of data that apps and websites may track. They practice evaluating whether an app or website needs a particular type of data to function. Then, students examine the WCPSS Technology Acceptable Use policy to understand that the district is able to track everything they do on school devices and school networks.
Tags: Digital Literacy, Social Studies
⭐Invisible Audiences - Digital Literacy Progression
Duration: 30 minutes
Objective: Students will reflect on how online posts can reach invisible audiences and consider the potential impacts of going viral online.
Summary: This Common Sense Media lesson helps students consider what can happen if an unintended audience sees something they post.
Tags: Digital Literacy
⭐Spotting Media Influence - Digital Literacy Progression
Duration: 40 minutes
Objective: Students will understand what media influence is and why it’s important to recognize, and will practice using 4 questions to identify media influence: Who's telling the story, and why? What's being included or left out? How is this trying to make me feel? Is this actually true?
Summary: This lesson integrates a Common Sense Media lesson and a read aloud to help students understand how to evaluate media to determine how the creator might be trying to influence them. The Common Sense Media lesson uses an advertisement as an example. The read aloud gives an example that is similar to a fitness influencer. Students are also given the opportunity to share examples of influencers they are aware of and the media they create. Students practice investigating 4 questions to help them evaluate media: Who's telling the story, and why? What's being included or left out? How is this trying to make me feel? Is this actually true? An extension activity connects this skill to students’ social studies unit about thinking like a historian.
Tags: Digital Literacy, Literacy (if extension is used: Social Studies, Inquiry/Research)
⭐Don't Take the Bait! - Digital Literacy Progression
Duration: 30 minutes
Objective: Students will understand what clickbait is, identify common clickbait techniques used to grab our attention, and apply strategies to evaluate content before we tap or click.
Summary: Students work with a partner to read an article to help them define clickbait and explain why people use it. Then, they participate in a Common Sense Media lesson to practice identifying clickbait.
Tags: Digital Literacy, Inquiry/Research (if extension is used: Social Studies)
5th grade Digital Literacy and Well-Being from Common Sense Media
5th grade Digital Citizenships Lessons from Common Sense Media
ECS I and II
ECS I and II
Adapted Lesson Ideas for Little Ruby's Big Idea series - contributed by Susan Bock, Library Media Services - shared by Courtney Walker and Brenda Maier at Inclusive Libraries for Students with Special Needs session, ALA Annual 2024
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