• 5th Grade

    • What Fifth grade is learning in the library:

      • Internet Safety Instruction!
      • Advanced level of Google Application Instruction: Drive, Classroom, Docs, Slides, Sheets using photos and video capabilities.
      • Improving skills on the Mac computer laptops: i.e. using a touch/click mouse, word processing, website browsing, and portaportal.
      • Locating their library assignments in their classroom folders through network access.
      • How to use the Alameda library catalog. Searching for books from home and at school.
      • Movie Making using iMovie.
      • Exploring references and their many uses and forms; i.e. print versus web-based.
      • Understanding plagiarism and why bibliographies/reference citing is important.
      • Accessing and locating a variety of web-based resources that will aid in research, writing, and locating skills without 'drowning' in an excess of information.
      • Information gathering skills / Note-taking skills
      • Slideshow presentation skills.
      • Blogging
      • Composing music using Garageband software. Using their music in their slideshow presentation.

      5th graders write book reviews where we post on a shared website as a student resource.  I encourage student to student book suggestions always gets books read!