11/26 - 11/29: Internet Safety Inventory & Introduction

5th - 4th grade: Internet Safety Inventory




3rd Grade:Internet Safety part 1 Using The Safe Side video, students will watch chapters 1-3. Students will discuss how the internet is like a place.


Kindergarten: The Gingerbread Man - English Talking Books Create virtual gingerbread men on abcya.com

11/13-11/26: Trimester Wrap Up

5th & 4th Grades: It's the beginning of a new quarter!  Are all your books turned in? Do you have an outstanding fine for a lost book?  Today we're going to find out, and take care of all our library problems.  We'll also be reading aloud a biography: Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade by Melissa Sweet.

Third Grade: It's our last week together!  Let's see what we've learned.  Take a few minutes to complete this online quiz to show what you know!



Kindergarten: This week we're reading Gracias the Thanksgiving Turkey by Joy Cowley.  We'll also be making our own Thanksgiving Turkey online!

11/6 - 11/12: Blogs & Passwords

5th & 4th Grade students will do a scavenger hunt using my blog: Miss Media and learn about the use of User Names and Passwords.
Kinders will have a read aloud, The Ugly Pumpkin, then explore ABCYa

10/30 - 11/5 Quiz Review & Cyber Snakes

5th & 4th Grade students will be reviewing their Dewey Decimal quiz. As well as have a short story read aloud from, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark.
3rd Grade will learn about Cyber Snakes and other Internet Villans with John Walsh's video.
Kinder will have a read aloud It's Pumpkin Time, as well as carve virtual pumpkins.

10/23 - 10/29: "Do We" Know Dewey, and Internet Safety?

10/23 - 10/29

5th & 4th Grade:
Students will show their understanding of the Dewey Decimal system by completing an assessment.

3rd Grade:
Students will be introduced to Internet Safety through John Walsh's Internet Safety Video, chapters 1-3. Students will Venn Diagram how the Internet is like/unlike their own neighborhood.

Kindergarten:
The "Queen of the Library" will review library rules, computer parts and use rules.  We will read aloud Hallo-Weiner by Dav Pilkey.  Students will carve virtual pumpkins on www.abcya.com.

10/16 - 10/22: Dewey Review, Internet Safety Quiz

Lessons 10/16 - 10/22 5th - 4th Grade: Review Dewey Decimal System, finish presenting Dewey Superheroes. View: Fearless Felix Baumgarter's Stratosphere Skydive Discuss different books that might be written about Felix's feat. In which Dewey section would each book be placed? 3rd Grade: Internet Safety Quiz Kinder: Dora & the Fruit Bats, Introduction to Computers, ABCYa.com

10/10 - 10/16: Superhero Presentations, Cybersnakes & other Internet Villains, and Tech Intro

Lessons 10/10 - 10/16

5th & 4th Grade:

Students will virtually meet Felix Baumgartner - modern day superhero and daredevil.  They will discuss what kind of book might be written about Felix that would be placed in their Dewey section, which their superhero would need to defend.  Students will present their superhero.

3rd Grade:

Internet Safety - Cybersnakes and other Internet Villians.  Students will watch chapters 7 to the end of John Walsh's Internet Safety video.  Students will create a cause and effect chart showing the effects of giving out personal information on the internet.

Kindergarten:

Library Computers Introduction - The "Queen of the Library" will review library rules with the students.  We will read aloud the second half of Library Lion and discuss the consequences of breaking the rules in the library.  Students will be introduced to the different parts of the computer, and how to care and use them.