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Mrs. Wilcox’s Media Centers
Week of April 23
Netsmartz Kids (Internet Safety) – explore the website
Content Objective: I can log into CLEVER and MYON or Typing.com and practice my independent reading or improve my typing skills.
Language Objective: I can tell my elbow partner how to log into MYON or Typing.com and how to practice my independent reading or improve my typing skills.
SeeSaw.me – your own digital portfolio
Choose Sign In and Choose “I am a Student”.
Draw a picture (about secretaries at our school)
Make a label (Happy Secretary’s Day)
Make a caption (Write a sentence about the secretaries)
Click Green Check Marks until your picture is turned in (and waiting for approval)
Week of April 16
MEL kids – (choose Storytime, then BookFlix)
Choose Animals & Nature (tab 13-16) and choose 1 set of stories to read
Google Classroom (We will respond to the stories read today in Google Classroom)
Week of March 19
Content Objective: I can sign in to SeeSaw and use it to draw a picture with a label and sentence about the picture included.
Language Objective: I can tell my elbow partner how to log in and draw a picture with a label and sentence about the picture.
(Uses to convey ideas and illustrate concepts – Common Core GLCES B-2195-2-3)
Read Dr. Seuss’ book The Cat in the Hat Comes Back
5th grade Dr. Seuss’ book The Butter Battle Book
SeeSaw.me – your own digital portfolio
Choose Sign In and Choose “I am a Student”.
Draw a picture (about today’s story)
Make a label (with the title of today’s story)
Make a caption (Write a sentence about today’s story)
Click Green Check Marks until your picture is turned in (and waiting for approval)
Week of March 12
Search the Library Catalog called Destiny
There’s a Wocket in My Pocket by Dr. Seuss
- Students will log into their computers using their IDs and passwords and go to the library’s database: Howe or Snow Elementary Library
- Using the My Info tab, students will find their current book check outs and be prepared to answer a question:
- What’s the title?
- Who’s the author?
- The book overdue?
Book Fair:
To celebrate March Is Reading Month, we are sponsoring a Scholastic Book Fair. Books from the Fair will be featured and discussed with students.
We’ll briefly review what a book fair is and watch Scholastic’s commercials .
And https://www.scholastic.com/bookfairs/spring-2018-es-commercials
Preview the Book Fair flyer: https://bookfairsfiles.scholastic.com/flippingbooks/S18-K6-booklist/S18-K6-booklist.html
Practice adding your money for the book fair with, “Learn to Count Money”: https://www.abcya.com/counting_money.htm
Or, Learning Coins: https://www.abcya.com/learning_coins.htm
Explore a game at Dr. Seuss’s site: The Cat in the Hat, Nocturnal Hal Hunt https://pbskids.org/catinthehat/games/nocturnal-hat-hunt.html
Week of January 29
Choose your school name from the list of Elementaries (Snow or Howe)
Choose “catalog”
Search by typing in the box at the top of the page.
Look up your favorite animal
Write down how many books we have about your animal.
Week of January 22
Click on Clever, then choose Typing.com from the bottom of the list
Week of January 8
Squirrel’s New Year’s Resolution
SeeSaw – Create your own New Year’s Resolution (drawing with caption or label)
about something you want to do to make life better in 2018.
Week of December 4
Content Objective:
I can learn to code.
Language Objective:
I can tell my elbow partner how to code.
Santa Tracker – coding plus games
Clever – for Myon or Typing.com
Week of November 27
Week of November 6, 2017
Content Objective: I can sign in to SeeSaw and use it to draw a picture with a label or sentence about the picture included.
Language Objective: I can tell my elbow partner how to sign in and create a picture with a label or sentence about the picture.
(Uses to convey ideas and illustrate concepts – Common Core GLCES B-2195-2-3)
SeeSaw.me – your own digital portfolio
Choose Sign In and Choose “I am a Student”. Try to join my class! I will give you the code.
Draw a picture of you. Write a sentence telling about you or things you like to do.
SeeSaw.Me – your own digital portfolio
Proud to Be an American Veterans Day Song
Week of October 23, 2017
Google Classroom – if you are not already in my Google Classroom, you will need the class code to join
Week of October 17, 2017
Choose your school name from the list of Elementaries (Snow or Howe)
Choose “catalog”
Search by typing in the box at the top of the page
(look up the words below by keyword to see how many we have for each of the words below)
Write them down on a piece of paper with the number of books to the side.
Grades 2-5 (Also write down a title found for each of the words below as well, and write IN or OUT meaning whether or not the book is here in the library today).
1. pumpkin
2. cat
3. Halloween
4. witch
5. ghost
We may watch this together: The Spider and the Fly
Week of October 2
Digital Passport – Miss Nellie’s class – You have a username and password.
Students will practice skills of a good digital citizen by playing the Digital Passport simulation games.
Week of September 25, 2017
Internet Safety:
Watch this video from Netsmartz Kids
Play Bad Guy Patrol for Internet Safety
Play one of the Netsmartz Games
Answer a question on Google Classroom
If there’s still time, go to Typing.com and
log in using your google login (as shown below)
Week of September 11, 2017
Happy Constitution Day! Miss Nellie’s Class performs the Preamble
5th Grade – Miss Nellie’s Class:
Go to Google Classroom
Join My Class (if you are not already signed up)
Answer the questions (all are short answer)
Week of March 20
Go to Myon to find and read a Fairy Tale, Fable, or Folk Tale.
When done, go to SeeSaw and draw a picture from your story.
Include a : label, caption, and voice recording. Tell us something that happened in the story in your voice recording.
Examples of what to say on SeeSaw:
Great Line Up Song for March is Reading Month
Week of March 13
Choose your school name from the list of Elementaries (Snow or Howe)
Choose “catalog”
Search by typing in the box at the top of the page
**Mrs. Wilcox will tell you what word to look up, based on today’s story.
Next go to Brainpop or Brainpop Jr. to look up the same word – see what else you can learn about today’s word:
Login for Brainpop at Snow Elementary: (you can search without logging in, but to try most extra activities, you will need to log in.
Mrs. Wilcox will give you the login info.
Week of February 27
Welcome to March is Reading Month!
Dr. Seuss’ birthday is March 2.
Choose 1 of the following 4 links to a Dr. Seuss book to read:
1. The Cat in the Hat Comes Back
3. Let’s See Who This Is! -Did you know famous people like to read to kids
for March is Reading Month too?
4. Green Eggs and Ham (with a hip-hop twist)
Let’s Visit Seussville – the Dr. Seuss website and click on “Books” to see a list of his books
Week of January 16, 2017
Typing Lessons at Typing.com. Make sure to log in to earn badges!
Typing Practice Through Games Click on a Typing Game listed for your grade
SeeSaw (to finish or edit your MLK drawing from last week). Click “Sign On” in top right corner, then click, “I am a Student”, then click Blue Bar at bottom of Screen (google sign on), then click white bar near top “Google Sign In).
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Week of December 4, 2016
I can learn to code computer games.
I can tell my neighbor how I coded a game.
This is Hour of Code Week worldwide! (Intro Video) (Meet the Programmers) (Code Stars)
Let’s try Hour of Code and learn to be a computer programmer!
Lego Bits and Bricks (good for younger students)
Make sure to find games for your grade.
Week of November 13
Search for an animal of your choice on one of the following websites:
Typing Practice Through Games Click on a Typing Game listed for your grade
SeeSaw Respond to one of today’s stories by creating a drawing and a caption to your drawing.
Sign up for My StoryBoardThat.com classroom
StoryBoardThat.com – Try to make your own story with these characters and word bubbles!
**StoryBoard created by one of the 3rd grade students this week
Week of October 31
VOTE FOR PRESIDENT! CLICK AND CHOOSE YOUR CHOICE ON THE SURVEY
Go to SeeSaw and draw a picture of you as president. It could show what you would do as president.
Write a caption to your drawing finishing this sentence stem:
If I was President, I would _______________________________________.
Copy this sentence and finish the sentence as your caption in SeeSaw.
You may need to join my class, if you weren’t here last year. I will give you the code.
Week of October 24
Check out Internet Safety at:
Watch at least one video and play at least one game on this site.
The red icon at the top is for videos, The green icon next to it is for games.
Notice for AOL Email Accounts
Dear Parents,
If you are an AOL email user, please be aware that you may not receive email notifications due to AOL policies. We are working to resolve this issue with AOL.
Thank you for your patience while we work with AOL to make sure you get classroom notifications from your teacher.
Sincerely,
Technology Department
Week of October 3
Practice your typing skills with some of these typing games
Try Typing skills at Typing.com as well!
Typing.com (use your 2 0 number as your login and 1234 as your password. If it doesn’t work, you can still type as a guest).
Pumpkin the Cat wants to say Hello!
He came from a great website for finding photos to use in your assignments for class
called Photos for Class
Week of September 19
Join my Google Classroom at googleclassroom.com You will get a code to join the class.
Use StoryMaker to draw a picture and write a response to today’s story. If you can, do this in Google Classroom.
Mrs. Wilcox’s Media Centers
Week of July 12
Summer Library Leaderboard – See who has the most points!
Snow Summer Library Leaderboard
500 points for performing a flannel board story. This is “The 3 Billy Goats Gruff” 100 points for making a video of their performance. 🙂
Video Player
Week of May 23
SeeSaw.Me – your own digital portfolio
Find a book that you have already read. Take a picture of it. Add either a voice note and/or a caption to say:
- The book’s title and author.
2. Whether or not you would recommend the book to other students.
3. What you liked or didn’t like about the book.
***Added Bonus – 4. Make a video of you reading the book aloud. Make sure you aren’t sitting too close to another student to help make sure that you can be heard. If it sounds pretty good, add it to your journal.
Week of May 9
We will be making a drawing using Google Drawing and turning it in to Google Classroom.
Week of May 2
Typing Practice with Typing.com
Make sure you log on to earn badges and get a reward!
SeeSaw.me – your own digital portfolio
Choose Sign In and Choose “I am a Student”. Try to join my class! I will give you the code.
Week of April 25
Choosing a Poem Assignment
- Choose a poem from a poetry book.
- Copy your poem onto paper.
- Include your name
- the poems name in quotes
- the author’s name
- the text of the poem
Go to Google Classroom and Find this Assignment – and Open It.
Next, Create a New Google Doc
Type everything from your paper onto the new Google Doc.
Lastly, click “Turn it In”
Week of April 11
For poetry month, we will make Acrostic poems at this link:
Acrostic poems use the first letter of a topic for each line of the poem. Here are some examples:
Week of April 4
April is Poetry Month!
Go to Myon.com and search for Poetry either by:
Search box OR
Choose Browse, Language Arts, POETRY (There are many SONGS included here- did you know that many songs are poems?)
Read at least one book of poems or book about poetry
When you’re done, read anything else on Myon (free choice)
Visit poet Shel Silverstein’s website – Games & Activities (or just explore)
Visit Shel Silverstein’s YouTube channel
Shel Silverstein’s Poem, “Sick” performed by a 6 year old
Shel Silverstein’s Poem “Boa Constrictor” text
Shel Silverstein Singing and Playing Guitar – poems “Boa Constrictor” “Unicorn”
Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven” (Simpsons)
Poems Kids Like – find one you’d like to read aloud!
Week of March 21
Read up book(s) of your choice on Myon.com today! At Snow School – remember that there is a March is Reading Month reading contest going on! Have you met your 20 minutes a day goal?
Also, go to Google Classroom and answer my question about what book or books you are reading today in Myon.
Another free time idea – read stories at the Michigan Electronic Library (www.mel.org) then click on “kids” and “storytime” or click on my link here Storytime
Week of March 14
Read up book(s) of your choice on Myon.com today! At Snow School – remember that there is a March is Reading Month reading contest going on! Have you met your 20 minutes a day goal?
Also, go to Google Classroom and look up what books you have checked out in the school library catalog.
Log in to the Destiny Library Catalog to see what items you have checked out. Use your 200 number as BOTH your name and password in Destiny.
You will try to write down what books you have and even the due date, before clicking “Turn it In”.
Do you know how to RIGHT CLICK on a Chrome Book?
Mrs. Wilcox’s Media Centers
Week of March 7
What are 3 kinds of books you like to read? You will list 3 kinds and look up all 3 in the library card catalog (called Destiny).
You will tell how many books we have for all 3 of your subjects.
Ex: cats, dogs, fish – list how many books the library has of all 3 of these subjects of books.
Week of February 29
Welcome to March is Reading Month!
Dr. Seuss’ birthday is March 2.
Choose 1 of the following 4 links to a Dr. Seuss book to read:
1. The Cat in the Hat Comes Back
3. Let’s See Who This Is! -Did you know famous people like to read to kids
for March is Reading Month too?
4. Green Eggs and Ham (with a hip-hop twist)
Let’s Visit Seussville – the Dr. Seuss website and click on “Books” to see a list of his books
Go to Google Classroom and answer the question for this week.
After answering and submitting the question(s) in Google Classroom, you may explore
Seussville or websites on my blog. OR
You can also go back and finish last week’s assignment using
Myon and Google Classroom when you’re done with the above.
Week of February 22
We will attempt to use Google Classroom to answer some questions about famous African-Americans for African-American History Month (February)
Go to classroom.google.com
Enter the code I give you to join the class.
Follow the directions and then answer the questions.
You will be going to Myon.com, searching for “African” or “Biographies” then choosing 1 person to read about that is an African-American
You will choose 3 facts to write down about your person.
Try to do it in Google Classroom.
If it doesn’t work, we’ll use paper and pencil.
Week of February 8
This week we will work on our keyboarding skills.
Go to www.typing.com and be sure to LOG IN (at the top right corner).
Login is your username (your 200 number)
Password is either 123 or 1234 (if you made account this year)
**If you’ve never logged into it before you will need to
CREATE A NEW ACCOUNT (at the right side of the log in screen)
Use the above information to create your new account and don’t bother with the email section (don’t fill out the email section).
Remember to keep your fingers on the home row keys!
(see picture above- those are the home row keys)
Once you’re logged in, go to Lessons and try to work from the beginning lessons to the end lessons.
There is a yellow arrow that is highlighted to show you where to click to start.
At the bottom of each completed screen, you will see “continue” and another yellow highlight.
You can track your progress at the bottom of the screen. Once you finish all the lessons shown on the line, you will earn a BADGE. Make sure to show me so you can get a blue ticket for each badge earned.
AFTER 20 minutes of typing, you may do the typing games offered in typing web. I will announce when that time comes.
Other keyboarding choices for free keyboarding time
Week of January 25
President’s Research Project
Go to Myon.com and search for the word “president” and choose 1 book to read about a president
Write down the title of the book and 3 facts
Next, go to KidRex.org and search for the President of your choice
example: Abraham Lincoln facts for kids
example: George Washington facts for kids
example: Obama facts for kids
Write down the President’s name and 3 facts
Enjoy!
Google a List of US Presidents to make your task easier
Week of January 18
Go to Myon
Click Browse, Genres, Fairy Tales
Choose 2 Fairy Tales to compare
(for example 2 versions of Snow White)
Write down 1 thing that is the same and 1 thing
that is different in the 2 versions of the story
Week of January 5
For Martin Luther King Jr. Day we will read about him on Myon.com
Myon.com Login with your student #, and your birthdate as your password MMDDYYYY
You will read one book about Martin Luther King, Jr. and one other book
about a famous person. What are books about famous people called?
a. non-fiction
b. graphic novels
c. biographies
Search for a, b, or c (correct answer above) in Myon’s search box
Read one other book about a famous person.
Finish up by practicing your typing skills on Typing Web.
Make sure to click “Student Login” at the top of the screen
Week of December 14
Go to abcya.com and use your arrow or mouse to scroll a little bit down
to choose “Games of the Week” including:
Author Jan Brett’s webpage to decorate:
a gingerbread house, gingerbread firend,
Christmas tree, and Christmas trolls
Week of Nov. 30
2nd & 3rd Grade:
Try the Tutorials for an Hour of Code – Start with
Beginner Level and Work Your Way Up!
Tynker – Hour of Code Tutorial Games
First Grade:
Go to Myon
Click on Library
Click on Genres
Choose Fairy Tales
Read a Fairy Tale
Go to StoryMaker
Write about your Fairy Tale
Draw a picture about your Fairy Tale
Save Your Story on Chrome
Name it your Fairy Tale’s Name
Example: Red Riding Hood
Week of November 16
Dance Mat Typing – Start With Level 1 – The Home Row Keys
Typing Web – Logon with your student number and password 123; save as a favorite on your computer
Keyboarding: The Home Row Keys Video
Keyboarding: How To Type Video 2
Mrs. Wilcox’s Media Centers
Week of November 9
Go to kids.mel.org/storytime
Click on BookFlix
Click on Family & Community
Choose Pairs 13-16 (or click forward until you get there
Choose Do Unto Otters – and read it!
Read We Are Citizens
Do the Puzzlers
WHEN YOU’RE DONE **
You may do anything on my blog for free time once you
have read the 2 books and completed the 3 puzzlers
Week of November 2
Choose your school name from the list of Elementaries (Snow or Howe)
Choose “catalog”
Search by typing in the box at the top of the page
Look up “turkey” and choose a title about real turkeys not the
country called Turkey. Then…
Answer the following questions on a piece of paper:
1. Your name and teacher name
2. Title of the book
3. Author of the book
4. Call # of the book
5. Is the book “In” or “Out” (meaning is it actually on the shelves)?
NEXT: Go to Typing Web, Login with Student #, Password 123 and try to win another trophy!
If you’ve never been on Typing Web, you will need to create an account.
Week of October 12
NetsmartzKids – Watch first 2 Internet Safety Videos
ABCYA Paint – Create 3 rules about Internet Safety after watching the 2 safety videos.
We will learn about Internet Safety this week.
We will visit the Dearborn Public Library to go to
“Kids and Teens” (on the top middle of the screen) then
“Elementary Schoolers” then
“Tumblebooks” to play the games to go with our Internet safety stories.
Once you are on the Tumblebooks website, click “Storybooks” then
Search for “Internet” in the search box at the top of the screen to find our stories.
Look for “games” as the choice to the right of the story we read to complete the game.
Afterwards, here are more Internet safety links you can explore:
NetSmartKids Internet Safety Games
NetSmartKids (whole website to learn about Internet safety)
FIrst Second and Third Grades
Log onto computers
Find Mrs. Wilcox’s blog
Make it a Favorite
Go to Myon (from the Links Menu)
Log onto Myon (same username as always, password is on your card
(a version of your birthdate)
Explore Myon (you can earn badges)
Log onto MobyMax (same login information as Myon)
Explore MobyMax (you will earn games after working for
a while).
Week of June 1
Try out MobyMax – a great new program to become a better student! All of the students in Dearborn Public Schools now have access to MobyMax. You can use it all summer and become so smart! Win badges as you progress just like in Myon.
Log in with your student #
Password is your birthdate MMDDYYYY
(month day year with no spaces)
***Password is the same one you use for MYON!
MobyMax tutorial video (student demonstration)
Remember to use Myon all summer too!
Most elementary libraries will be open all summer 2 days a week.
Snow will be open on Tuesdays 1-4pm and Thursdays 9-12 noon each week, all summer.
We will have reading contests and prizes for you as well as many activities, story time and book checkout time.
Week of May 25
Search for Animal of your choice and decide which website will be the best for an animal report, using the search engine below.
How do I know if I can trust what I find on a webpage?
Week of April 27
Myon – login, then search for a POETRY book. Read at least one!
April is Poetry Month
Visit author Shel Silverstein’s Website
Listen to U.S. Children’s Poet Laureate J. Patrick Lewis
Week of April 20
Mrs. Wilcox’s new iblog image (if you have to search for my blog)
Make your own Monster Drawing!
Play a Monster Game!
Where the Wild Things Are (picture scramble)
Monsterland – rescue the monster child
Choose 1 story set to read to yourself (all of them have one fiction and one non-fiction book
Can you tell which is which? (fiction vs. non-fiction)
Tell your neighbor what you chose and which was fiction and which was non-fiction
**Advanced – try to get it this way instead!
Go to Mel.org (Michigan Electronic Library – free to all Michigan residents and libraries)
Choose “Databases”
Choose “BookFlix”
Choose 1 story set to read to yourself (all of them have one fiction and one non-fiction book. (you might want headphones)
Week of March 30
Myon – Online Reading Program (www.myon.com)
Login with your student #, then your birthdate as your password (Snow students – your index card has this password with the word password next to it)
Make sure you are on Visual Search (picture search)
Choose “Genres” (types of literature)
Choose “Fairytales, Fables, and Folklore”
Choose 1 book from this section to read and retell
Grade 1 – retell story to student next to you
Grades 2,3 – Retell the story on paper or index card.
Include your name, story name, and at least 3 events in the story.
Example starters:
First ….
Next…
Finally…
(You fill in the details!) Try to use complete sentences.
Week of March 16
1. Search our School Library Catalog and look up Helen Keller in the search box. Next click ‘keyword’ or hit the ‘Enter’ key.
How many books do we have on Helen Keller?
2. Log in to the Destiny Library Catalog by clicking the Log In box at the top right corner, and using your student number (200…) as your name and password. You will see your name appear at the top right corner when you are logged in.
3. Click on ‘Universal Search’ on the top left side of your School Library Catalog search page. Type in Helen Keller and click the magnifying glass, or hit the ENTER key to get results.
4. Explore what results you get for Helen Keller under Universal Search. You will see results for: books, e-books (electronic books like Myon), and websites. Click around and try to learn a new fact about Helen Keller.
Week of March 2
Celebrate Dr. Suess’ birthday, by exploring the Seuss website,
Seussville.
Theodor Seuss Geisel was born on March 2, 1904, in Springfield, Massachusetts.
What is your favorite Dr. Seuss book?
Miss Nellie’s Class 4/5
Common Sense Media Digital Passport
Log On with your student ID and password 123 to try to earn your digital passport!
Week of January 26
Search our Library Catalog to see what books we have (called Destiny)
Choose your school name from the list of Elementaries (Snow or Howe)
Choose “catalog”
Search by typing in the box at the top of the page
(look up the words below by keyword to see how many we have for each of the words below)
All Grades K-5 (Write them down on a piece of paper with the number of books to the side).
Grades 2-5 (Also write down a title found for each of the words below as well, and write IN or OUT meaning whether or not the book is here in the library today).
1. snow
2. ice
3. gingerbread
4. igloo
5. blizzard
Week of January 12th
Book Flix – 2 Martin Luther King, Jr. books
Myon – Online Reading Program (www.myon.com)
Login with your student #, then your birthdate as your password (Snow students – your index card has this password with the word password next to it)
Go to: All books, then do a Text Search for:
Martin
Read at least one book about Martin Luther King, Jr. or a different famous African American (such as Rosa Parks).
Complete the Quiz, and Rate the book from 1 to 5 stars (how much you liked it)
(3rd grade and up): Write a one sentence book review for the book you read. You can write more if you want. You could start it with,
My favorite part of the book was _____________________________.
Make sure to save when you’re done!
Week of December 8, 2014
Myon – (Snow School) Online Reading Program (www.myon.com)
Week of December 1, 2014
Decorate your own Gingerbread Man
Week of November 10, 2014
1. Log on to Myon.com
Use your login card to login (remember: it’s your student # for username, your birthdate for your password – month day year
Example: If you were born January 1, 2000, your password would be 01012000
If your birthdate was June 7, 1999 your password would be 06071999
2. Explore and read books of your choice in Myon.com and try to see if you can figure out how to track how much reading you’ve done so far. (number of minutes, number of books read, etc…)
Week of 10-27-14
Search our Library Catalog to see what books we have (called Destiny)
Choose your school name from the list of Elementaries (Snow or Howe)
Choose “catalog”
Search by typing in the box at the top of the page
Week of September 22
Do you know how to put library books in the correct ABC order?
Try Library Shelver Game to check your skill
Practice your ABC (alphabetical order) here
Week of September 15
Happy Constitution Day! (September 17)
We the People – School House Rock
Mouse Skills Practice
https://www.tvokids.com/games/
https://www.kidspsych.org/eyes.html
https://www.nwea.org/warmup/
Week of June 9
1. Log on to Myon.com
Use your login card to login (remember: it’s your student # for username, your birthdate for your password – month day year
Example: If you were born January 1, 2000, your password would be 01012000
If your birthdate was June 7, 1999 your password would be 06071999
2. Explore and read books of your choice in Myon.com and try to see if you can figure out how to track how much reading you’ve done so far. (number of minutes, number of books read, etc…)
3. Last chance to hone your typing skills this school year on TypingWeb.com
Remember your login is your student # and your password is 123.
4. Check out Tumblebooks by going to the webpage for
Dearborn Public Library, click Kids and Teens, then click Elementary Schoolers, or click here
https://dearbornlibrary.org/youth/elementary-schoolers/
then click on Tumblebooks.
See what other things you can do from the Dearborn Public Library – Elementary Schoolers webpage.
On your own this summer:
1. Visit the Snow School Library on Wednesdays, from 1-4pm for book check out, computer time, Myon.com time, stories, and fun!
2. Visit the Dearborn Public Library to join their Summer Reading Club, attend presentations and actvities, check out books, movies, and more. Win prizes for their reading club!
3. Read every day!
4. Have a great summer!
Week of April 14
Spring for Sports! (thanks to Mrs. Harrison’s blog)
Go to our Library Destiny catalog and search for a sports book that is interesting to you
Answer the following questions on a piece of paper:
1. Your name and teacher name
2. Title of the book
3. Author of the book
4. Call # of the book
5. Is the book “In” or “Out” (meaning is it actually on the shelves)?
NEXT: Go to Typing Web, Login with Student #, Password 123 and try to win another trophy!
Week of March 31
Search our Library Catalog (Destiny) to see what books we have
First/Second Grade
Book Flix Bear Cub Grows Up
Then Puzzlers
Then Typing Web/Keyboarding Practice
3rd Grade
Book Flix Dinosaur Bones Dinosaur Dig
Then Puzzlers
Then Write 3 Things you Learned and Make a Drawing about dinosaurs
Then Typing Web/Keyboarding Practice
Week of March 17
Click on Imagination, then Puzzlers
then Explore the Web Try Recycle Roundup and Gabriela Cleans Up for starters
Search Our Library Catalog for words “Recycling” and Author, “Taback”
**Show me what you find!
Week of February 24
In celebration of Black History Month, we will learn about the life of famous athlete, Jackie Robinson.
BookFlix Click on People and Places, choose Jackie Robinson stories, then choose
When you’re done, you can explore the other links for our stories,
Week of February 10
For Black History Month we will explore the life of Martin Luther King, Jr.
BookFlix Click on People and Places, then “next page” at bottom right
choose the Martin Luther King, Jr. stories, then choose
When you’re done, you can explore the other links for our stories,
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Do you Love Your Library and Reading? Why?
Finish the sentence, “I love my Library because… ________________”.
Valentine’s Day Crossword Grades 3 and up
Week of January 20
Visit Our Library Card Catalog (Destiny) to Search for Books We Have
(look up the words below by keyword to see how many we have for each of the words below)
Search Fact Monster Dictionary to Search for the Following Words:
1. snow
2. ice
3. gingerbread
4. igloo
5. blizzard
Mrs. Wilcox’s Media Centers
Week of January 13
Interact with StarFall’s Gingerbread Man
Language Objective: Students will talk about acrostic poems and give ideas of favorite winter activities, as well as describing them.
Content Objective: Students will create an acrostic poem to illustrate their ideas about winter and favorite activities through poetry.
Make a Winter -Themed Acrostic Poem
Week of December 16
username: snowelem
password: books
choose Storybooks – then choose one of the stories we did today. To the right of titles see “Quiz” as well as “Book Report” and “Games” There are word search, hangman style fill in, and jigsaw puzzle game choices to select from.
(Use your library card number to log into Typing Web and continue learning how to be a champion keyboarder!)
Week of November 4
Tumblebooks – Login: snowelem Password: books Search in top left corner for “Internet”
INTERNET INTERNET INTERNET INTERNET INTERNET INTERNET
Week of October 28
We will learn about Internet Safety this week, as well as have some spooky fun.
We will visit the Dearborn Public Library to go to “Tumblebook Library”
on left side of menu) to play the games to go with our Internet safety stories.
Once you are on the Tumblebooks website, click “Storybooks”
Look for “games” as the choice to the right of the story we read to complete the game.
When you’ve completed the assigned tasks, practice your typing skills using the home row keys (see picture of where your fingers are always supposed to rest).
Play the typing game. picture from stjamesed.org
Week of October 21
Click Here for Ghost Typing Practice
Click Here for Other Halloween Activities
Do you know how to shelve library books? They are arranged in either alphabetical order or in number order using the Dewey Decimal system. Practice arranging books using link to the game below.
You can search what books we have in the Library Catalog called Destiny
Click Here to Search Library Catalog
Week of September 30
Keyboard practice at Keyboard Zoo
More keyboarding practice at Dance Mat Typing
Typing games at Fun to Type
Keyboard games at Beaver Trouble Typing
Week of September 23
Home Row Key Song (to learn where to place your fingers on the keyboard)
Home Row Key Informational Video
Practice your keyboarding skills (also called typing skills)
Click “Start Typing” then you will need to create an account.
You will use your student ID number as the name and password for your account. You will not put in any email address.
We will start with the first exercise.
Week of September 16
We will make acrostic poems with our names using the link below:
Make an Acrostic Poem with your Name
When you are done, raise your hand to let me see it.
After I have given you permission you may play a game from one of the web sites below:
Mrs. Acker ‘s lesson plans
April 30th-May 4th
1st Grade:
| Content Objective: I can use a variety of digital tools to learn, create, and convey ideas. |
| Language Objective: I can explain how and why we use technology. |
Procedure:
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2nd Grade:
| Content Objective: I can interact with internet based learning resources. |
| Language Objective: I can use technology to seek information, and convey my ideas/illustrate concepts. |
Procedure:
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3rd Grade:
| Content Objective: I can interact with internet based learning resources. |
| Language Objective: I can identify and follow the rules for digital citizenship |
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Battle of the Books 2018
Live Feed Link:
October 2nd-6th
McCollough: Content Objective: I understand the rules for alphabetizing words. Language Objective: I can put a list of words in alphabetical order.
- Review the various parts of a book
- Read aloud “Shiver Me Letters” (1st and 2nd grade) or “M is for Mitten” (3rd grade)
- ABC order presentation (more focus on words beginning with the same letter for 2nd and 3rd grade) ABC order lesson 2nd-3rd
- Whole group practice
- Library Shelver (if time allows)
Stout: I did the call number presentation with Mrs. Karaali’s 8th graders on Thursday, and her classes did “Escape the Library” on Friday. It went well. Had a couple teachers do check out in between escape games….NEVER again! I need every spare moment I can grab to set the game up for the next class. It takes at least 20 minutes to put all the clues back in the books. I might have to send a reminder that check outs can’t happen when the escape game is in progress. Sigh….if only I could be there more often.
September 25th-29th
McCollough: Objective: I can identify the different parts of a book.
- Assign permanent seats to students
- Treasure Chest discussion and preview
- Book Parts Presentation Book Parts Lesson
- Charley Chapters Video: All About Books (for 1st grade)
- Read Aloud: “No Pirates Allowed Said Library Lou” (for 2nd and 3rd)
Stout: We had our first “Escape the Library” program today, and it went very very well. The kids had a blast. It was a lot of work, but it was soooo worth it.
Escape the Library Presentation and Instructions:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1FSZxFvAzVKUjRwlJYFxwzvcKwPohkP0jEuaq-iPCxHo/edit#slide=id.p
Escape the Library Photos and Video Clips:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1rD8SrEgzAnPxNXjlobv2H9HwA4nqkag5mlIljh0Xixw/edit#slide=id.p
September 18th-22nd
McCollough:
Content Objective: I know about the different types of damage that can be caused to books. Language Objective: I know what I should and should not do with books I borrow from the library.
- Book Care Presentation. Book care lesson
- Damaged Books Demonstration
- Charley Chapters Video: “Be a Book Buddy”
Stout: In preparation for my “Escape the Library” game, students must receive a lesson call numbers and using Destiny. Today Ms. Wiacek’s 7th graders received that lesson. Call Number & Destiny Presentation
September 11th-15th, 2017
Unis: Middle school orientation and book check out.
McCollough:
- Introduction and Library Orientation. McC 2017 Orientation
- Tour of the media center and demonstration of proper book check out procedures.
- Charley Chapters Video Clip: rules of the library.
Stout:
- Media center orientation and book check out.
May 30th-June 2nd
McCollough:
1st Grade: Content Objective: I can use drag and drop objects in code.org Language Objective: I can read and utilize the corrective feedback provided by code.org
- Watch Introduction to writing code video “Code Stars” Discuss what programmers do.
- Introduction to Code.org: Course 1 Jigsaw
- Jigsaw drag and drop: Partner practice
2nd Grade: Content Objective: I can use blockly to create code commands and run a program on Code.org. Language Objectives: I can read and utilize the corrective feedback provided by code.org.
- Preview and demo the classic maze program on code.org. Explain how to correct mistakes made and make adjustments to code commands.
- Independent Practice.
3rd Grade: Content Objective: I can implement search strategies for locating information on a variety of topics. Language Objective: I can navigate print and online resources to locate the answers to questions on a variety of topics.
- Explain the rules and procedures for the resource scavenger hunt.
- Let the hunt begin! 5 stations: Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Thesauri, Atlases, and iPads (to access the various websites we have used to access information online). The team with the most correct answers gets to visit the treasure chest.
May 22nd-25th
McCollough:
1st Grade: Content Objective: I can navigate an iPad (open/close apps, websites, etc.) and access a variety of digital tools. Language Objective: I can measure lengths and reason with shapes and objects.
- Read aloud “Chicken Clicking” and discuss internet safety.
- Demonstrate how to use “Alarmy” on ABCya.com
- Independent Work
2nd Grade: Content Objective: I can use blockly to create loops and events to run a program. Language Objective: I can read and follow the corrective feedback provided by code.org
- Review the Minecraft Design program on Code.org
- Independent work
3rd Grade: Content Objective: I can implement search strategies for locating information. Language Objective: I can navigate online sources of information and locate and record facts on various topics.
- Introduction and demonstration of how to navigate Factmonster.com
- Independent Practice
May 8-12
1st Grade: Content Objective: I can navigate an iPad and access a variety of digital tools. Language Objective: I can measure lengths and reason with shapes and objects.
- Read aloud and discuss “Rosie Revere Engineer” (growth mindset)
- Introduce abcya.com “Lineum”
- Independent practice creating linear structures on “Lineum”
2nd Grade: Content Objective: I can use blockly to create loops and events to run a program. Language Objective: I can read and follow the corrective feedback provided by code.org.
- Preview a new hour of code program: Minecraft.
- Demonstrate the first few levels and watch the 1st 2-3 introductory videos.
- Independent practice building programs in Minecraft.
3rd Grade: Content Objective: I can identify search strategies for locating information Language Objective: I can navigate a print atlas and record information about the United States.
- Intro to Atlases Intro to Atlases color
- Independent Practice. Atlas Worksheet
May 1-5
Middle School media time has been slower than usual due to testing, but I recently placed some very large orders for both media centers, so it’s providing me with time to process the new materials.
McCollough:
1st Grade: Content Objective: I can navigate an ipad (search for websites, open/close apps) and access a variety of digital tools. Language Objective: I can follow instructions and piece together objects in the correct place to build a structure.
- Read aloud and discuss: “The Most Magnificent Thing” Great book about perseverance and the growth mindset.
- iPad Demo: Abcya.com “Daisy’s Plumber Puzzle”
- Independent practice building their own magnificent things.
2nd Grade: Content objective: I can use blockly to piece together javascript commands and build a program. Language Objective: I can can read and utilize the corrective feedback provided by code.org
- Review code.org “Star Wars” Stressed the importance of actually reading the instructions before attempting to code the program.
- Watch the Level 7 video: “Creating Events”
- Independent Practice (everyone should surpass Level 8 by this point)
3rd Grade: Content Objective: I can use print and digital tools to locate and organize information. Language Objective: I can use an online encyclopedia to find and record information on a variety of topics.
- Intro to online encyclopedias
- Demo on writing complete sentences.
- Independent practice.
Kindergarten to Fourth Grade Learning Programs
Books to Read
Picture Books from Tumble Books
https://www.abcya.com/kindergarten_computers.htm
Fun Math Programs
Reference Programs
https://www.worldbookonline.com/kids/home?subacct=O6106
Science Programs
Science is fun–cool simulations.
Fifth Grade Research Programs. (Use these only with permission and supervision.)
Ask Kids Search Engine for Older Kids
FactMonster Encyclopedia Search
FactMonster World Online Almanac
Google Search for Elementary Students
Kidrex Search Engine for Children
Michigan Electronic Library (serious researchers only)
MyMunka Marvelous Internet Search Engine
Searchy Pants Fun Internet Search
Typing Programs to maybe use with Kindergartners
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| Alphabetic Rain | Keyboard Triathlon | Spacebar Invaders | Outerspace Fleet Commander |
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| Save the Sailboat Race | Star Wars Fighter | Cup Stacking Typing | The Frogs are Off Their Diet |
| Keyman Typing | Bubbles Game | Trick or Type | Super Hyper Spider Typer |
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