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!