Week of November 16
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)