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November 2011 Lessons

2012-01-01T18:57:00.000-08:00

Grade 5
We learned how to write a friendly letter and practiced using gmail accounts to send email to our teachers. We continued to review internet safety skills.

Grade 4
We continued to review the Fiction section by having students go to the shelves and find books by various authors and then put the books in alphabetical order by authors last name. We also read the book Alpha Betti by Carlene
Morton. As we read the book we alphabetized different things that Betti had to put in order such as items in her closet, kitchen, bedroom. We also viewed the video the Fiction Puzzle and discussed the different genre realistic, classic, Newbery Award Winner, Adventure, Mystery historical, and science fiction

Grade 3
We continued to work on Using Atlases. We also learned about Arctic animals. American Indians, Lewis and Clark and the Corps of Discovery. We reviewed parts of a book.
Grade 2
We learned about the 300 section by exploring the holidays Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Day of the Dead. We also learned about Money and jobs, which are also part of the 300 section. We also touched on the 900 section by learning about Sacajewa, Lewis and Clark, and the Corps of Discovery.
Grade 1
We learned about the 500 science section as we explored the Lifecycles of Butterflies (Insects) and Frogs (Amphibians). For American Indian Month we read The story of Jumping Mouse, How Raven stole the sun, and The Rainbow Crow. We also learned about Migration and other animal kingdom family members including reptiles, fish, and Mammals.
Grade K
We learned about Trains by reading the following books: The little Engine that could, Freight Train, Dinotrain,and the Little Red Caboose. We sung train songs and learned the parts of a train: Engine, boxcar, and caboose.

October 2011 Lesson plans

2011-11-01T21:10:00.001-07:00

Grade K

Read-alouds: I took my frog to the Library, "Stop said the Library Book", Aunt Sarah and the Amazing Power (electrical safety), Spookley the Square Pumpkin, A very Scary Jack o'Lantern
Circle Games: Colors, Hokey Pokey, Pass the Ball
Videos: Charley Chapters: How to behave in the library, Kato's Electrical Adventure Game ( review not playing with outlets in media), Scrubby Bear Handwashing program through American Red Cross, Katura and the Cat: Halloween Fairytale

Grade 1

Videos: Petunia( classic about caring for a book), Be a Book Buddy with Charley Chapters, Very Elementary Bats, Stellaluna, Katura and the Cat: A Halloween Fairytale, Little Beaver finds a Friend
Games: Glad Book, Sad Book, We're gong on a bookhunt
Read-alouds: Mr. Wiggle's Book, Book Robot:Don't Knock a Book, Bats in the Library, Bat's Big Games
Unit on Bats

Grade 2

Read-alouds: Shelf Elf Helps out
Review section 500 Science, 600 Technology
Review Fiction sections Easy and 398.2, Halloween Fairytale: Katura and the Cat
Introduction to Aesops Fables
Unit on Elephants ( DVD: Elephants never cry) Book New Pet by Mr. Mike
Introduction to 700 section ( arts and sports)
Introduction to 300 section ( Day of the Dead, Money, Jobs) Book Bennie's Pennies

Grade 3

Review of Dewey Decimal System (non fiction Books)
Parts of Book Video and Games
Using Zoobooks to find Dewey section, title, author, publisher. place published, copyright date. Also using table of contents and index to find Information
Continuing parts of book using State books "hello USA" series
Introduction to using an Atlas (book of maps)
Reviewing continents, oceans, countries, capitals, map symbols

Grade 4

Review of Reference books: Atlas, Almanac, thesaurus, dictionary, encyclopedia
Using Heinemann First Encyclopedia to find information on Rat, Mouse. Guinea Pig, hamster such as Where they live?, What they eat? What activities they do? How big are they? Who are their enemies?
Learning about the San Francisco Bay area's own Salt Harvest Mouse
Using World Book Encyclopedia to find out about our State of California
Learning about Alphabetizing Fiction and Easy books by Author's last name and how to find them on shelves

Grade 5

Learning about Owney the mail pouch pooch
Using www.50states.com and Almanacs to find fifty state nicknames
We used Netsmartz Kids Routers Birthday Suprise DVD to learn about Internet Safety
We used www.ikeepsafe.org to watched the videos Faux Paw the Techno cat and the Dangerous Download and Faux Paw the Techno Cat Adventures on the Internet
to learn more Internet Safety and about Viruses
Review of Dewey Decimal System using Fribble Mouse comics and Help! I'm locked int the Library Webquest
Learning about copyright and registered Trademarks

Lesson Plans September 2011

2011-09-30T17:43:00.000-07:00

Grade 1

Read-alouds: Teacher from Black Lagoon, I took my frog to the library, Stuart Little in the Library, Librarian from Black Lagoon,
Johnny Appleseed Day Stories
Videos: How to behave in the library, Alastair in Outer Space ( Book care, Library of Congress, maps, library cards)
Circle Games: Colors, Pass the Ball

Grade 2

Review of Fiction sections ( Easy and 398.2)
Review of 398.2 legends, Fairytales, folktales
Introduction to Greek myths sometimes also found in 398.2
Review of nonfiction sections 500 Natural Science and 600 Technology
Johnny Appleseed Day stories
Video: Charley Chapters in Be a Book Buddy
Read-aloud: Library Lion. The Shelf Elf Helps out,

Grade 3

Video: What's a media center? ( Review fiction, nonfiction sections)
Review of Melvil Dewey and Dewey Decimal system categories (10), Table game
Review of Fiction section (Easy, and 398.2 Fairytales, Folktales, Fables, Mother Goose, Legends and Myths. Tall Tales)
Video: Media Mania Parts of a book
Websites to go over parts of a book: call #, title. author, Dewey section, Publisher, place Published, Copyright Date, Glossary, Index, Table of Contents
Go over nonfiction books to indicate knowledge of Parts of Books

Grades 4 and 5

Video: Media Mania Fiction Nonfiction
Review of Fiction section: Chapter Books, Easy, 398.2, Story Collection (SC)
Video: Sharps Wits in Dewey Decimal Dilemma
Table Games to review Nonfiction Dewey Decimal Sections
Introduction to Fiction Genres: Realistic, Science Fiction, Historical Fiction,
Newbery Medal books, Caldecott Medal Books, Classic, mystery
Train game to review library terms
Review of Good Fit books
Review of Reference materials: Dictionary, Thesaurus, Almanac, Atlas, Encyclopedias

June 2008 Media Happening Grades K-5

2008-08-14T23:44:00.000-07:00

End of the school year. Only five books lost and not paid for. Not too bad. It will be interesting to see what new additions we will get from BWMS as they are closing. Field day and 5th grade activities limited media time. Our last student day also featured kinders who will be 1st graders next year.

Kinder Day
We watched a short DVD to learn about Catch the Reading Bug Summer Reading Program at the Union City Library. We also watched a short video called How to behave in the Library and learned about media center rules, We walked around the media center and had a tour. We also got to move around and sing a song called did you ever go fishing and did movement activities. ( Standards 1.1.5 Understands how to follow library procedures, 1.1.6 Understands difference between school library and public library).

1st Grade
A. Warm up
1. Go over definitions for
a. Community (where you live)
b. Citizen (person who lives in community)
2. Ask students where they CAN go in their community
3. Ask students where they CANNOT go in their community
B. Read aloud or show video: "Officer Buckle and Gloria" by Peggy Rathmann (copies at ALV, CCMS, HVC, EML, EAS)(There is a video at ESC)
1. Ask
a. What is the name of the community? Napville
b. How did the students in Napville keep safe? Officers Buckles safety tips
c. Ask some comprehension questions about book
d. Who were main characters?
e. What did Gloria do to make safety presentations interesting?
f. What were some safety tips?
C. Show clip: "What to do on the web?" from www.netsmartzkids.org
1. Go over what you can do on web. (educational things, communicate, play games, go shopping but ask a grownup before you buy)
2. Ask students
a. What are other names for web? (World Wide Web, www, Internet, cyberspace)
b. When you are on web you are in a cybercommunity, you are cybercitizen.
D. Introduce iBuddy from www.isafe.org
1. Tell students
a. iBuddy is a friend to keep you safe in Cyberspace.
b. iBuddy means Internet buddy.
c. I use I-buddy doll. We point out www.isafe.org (What does WWW mean? What does ISAFE mean? ISAFE is an organization to help you have fun and be safe on Internet.)
2. Go over what I-safe means
a. Sing iBuddy song
b. Make iBuddy stick puppets
Standards:
LA: 2.4 Ask clarifying questions about essential textual elements of exposition (e.g., why, what if, how). 2.5 Restate facts and details in the text to clarify and organize ideas
Media: 1.9 1 Identifies problem or questionthat needs information. 1.9.2 Uses presearch strategies such as brainstorming, mapping, or recalling prior knowledge
Tech: B Social,Ethical, and Human Issues

Grade 2 Media
We continued our map skills by learning about the two ends of the world: The North Pole or Arctic and The South Pole or Antarctica. We viewed the following website
Enchanted Learning Antarctica and Enchanted Learning Arctic
We talked about why animals in the Arctic are usually white in color and we also reviewed the countries and continents near the Arctic and the ocean near Antarctica.
We also watched a video EyeWitness Antarctica . We stopped during the video to answer general knowledge questions and after the movie we constructed a Venn diagram to compare and contrasts how the two poles were alike and different.
(Media Standards: 3.3.3 Orally shares information with peers, 1.9 1 Identifies problem or question that needs information. 1.9.2 Uses presearch strategies such as brainstorming, mapping, or recalling prior knowledge

Grade 2 Music
We watched a Silver Burdett Ginn Music video about Singing games. We played "The French Musician" and "Here comes Valerie" and practiced Pantomiming different instruments such as the guitar, violin,harmonica, drum and others. Music standards completed were: 2.2 Sing age-appropriate songs from memory, and 3.2 Sing simple songs and play singing games from various cultures.

Grade 3
We continued to review the Fiction section by having students go to the shelves and find books by various authors and then put the books in alphabetical order by authors last name. We also read the book Alpha Betti by Carlene
Morton. As we read the book we alphabetized different things that Betti had to put in order such as items in her closet, kitchen, bedroom. We also viewed the video the Fiction Puzzle and discussed the different genre realistic, historical, and science fiction (Media Standards 1.2.1 and 1.2.2 Identifies parts of a book, 1.3.1 Understands difference between fiction and nonfiction, 1.5.1 Learns that Fiction section is organizied alphabetically by Author's last name, 1.5.2 Identifies the call number in the Fiction section as the Author's last name alphabetized to the first letter, 1.5.3 Alphabetizes to the second letter to locate books by call number, 1.3.6 Locates fiction in different formats)

Grade 4
We basically just discussed Internet safety as described on Blog post dated 1/3/12/08
Grade 5
We reviewed plagarism that we learned in the Weekly Readers Crime Fighting Canines Unit buy using the I-SAFE Donny the Downloader program. This program is a featuring fast-paced animated videos starring themisadventures of Donny. Donny is a 14-year old who’s tech-savvy, but unaware of thebigger picture of why illegal downloading hurts the same performing artists andsongwriters whose music he loves. The program centers on the negative reactions fromthe other kids and adults in his life who he tries to impress with his access to supposedly“free” music, while demystifying the process of how music is created.In addition to the animated "Donny" segments, the assembly also features compellingv ideo segments that introduce real-life, 17-year-old aspiring music creator, Sonya Bender. The videos follow Sonya as she meets with music creators, producers andpublishers to get an unfiltered perspective on how illegally downloaded music negativelyimpacts their ability to make a living from being creative. (from www.isafe.org/imgs/pdf/outreach_press/DonnyAnnouncemt.pdf)

Media Standards ( 8.1.1 Understands the purpose of an intellectual commons and fair use, and why plagiarism, violating copyright and other illegal or unethical use of information and technology are unacceptable: 8.1.6 Understands the value of an intellectiual commons, as well as the consequences of plagarism, for self and society)

May Happenings Grade 1-5

2008-07-11T12:13:00.000-07:00

May was a crazy month as HVC. We had 6 days of STAR testing ( 3 in April and 3 in May), so some classes did not get to visit the media center for 2 weeks. The highlight of May was the District Young Author Fair held on May 22 at James Logan High School. This year featured author Dean Pitchford and he talked about his book for tweens The Big One-oh.

Mrs. Coppini and Mrs. Morris-Wong set up the display for Hillview Crest. The following classes participated in the 2008 YAF and received certificates of participation. As follows: Kinders [Room 1AM & PM Mrs. Fogel and Mrs. Morneau, Room 2 AM Ms. Baumback, and Room 3AM Mrs. Kemp, Grade 1 Room 6 Mrs. Coppini (as usually the fairytale puppets were one of the highlights of the Fair), Grade 2 Room 13 Ms. Pederson, Grade 3 we had 100% grade level participation ( Room 18 Mrs. Ly, Room 19Mrs. Hodgson, Room 25 Mrs. Manha, Room 28 Mrs. Catson, Room 30 Mrs. Keane, and Room 31 Ms. Huber), also 100% participation from Grade 4 ( room 20 Ms. Leung, Room 26 Ms. Lieu and Room 29 Ms. Hill) and 5th grade Room 39 Ms. McIntosh and Room 40 Mr. Speakman).

All classes also viewed a DVD from the Union City Library that introduced the 2008 summer reading program entitled "Catch the Reading Bug for students in Grades K-6. Graduating 5th graders were encouraged to consider becoming a Kid Power volunteer at the Union City Library during the summer.

Grade 1

We continued to review fiction and nonfiction and learned about the 700-799 section (Arts, Music, sports) We read the book and viewed the video for Camille Saint-Saëns' Carnival of the Animals. This allowed the students to hear different musical instrument sounds, see different musical instruments, and think of music books being in the 700 section. (Standard 1.3.1 Understands difference between fiction and nonfiction and 1.3.6 locates fiction and nonfiction in a variety of formats).

We also celebrated National Bike Safety month by reading David Shannon's Duck on a Bike and viewing a movie called "I'm no fool with a Bicycle". Since Memorial Day falls on the last week of May, we viewed a video on Memorial Day and also learned about the Challenger space shuttle disaster and the first teacher in space , Christa McAuliffe.

Grade 2 Media
We spent this month learning about the atlas, which is a book about maps. We saw a video called The Animated Atlas . We had the following books read to us: Me on the Map by Joan Sweeney and There's a map on my lap: all about maps by by Tish Rabe and Aristides Ruiz. We talked about the difference between a city/town, state, and country. We also learned what a continent was and looked at pictures of all 7, the four oceans, and we also learned how to identify difference symbols on a map. We also practiced some skills using the primary atlas from Rand McNally. This tied in nicely as many of our 2nd grade classrooms were doing Flat Stanley activities. (Standard 1.2.2 Identifies parts of a book: table of contents and page numbers, Standard 1.2.4 Understands the general organization of an Atlas).

Grade 2 Music
We read the book and viewed the video for Camille Saint-Saëns' Carnival of the Animals. We identified the different instruments and families by picture and sound.(Standard 1.5 Identify visually and aurally individual wind, string, brass, and percussion instruments used in a variety of music).We also learned about the Voice family and talked about different singing styles in a choir.

Grade 3 Media
We already knew that Fiction books were books that were not true and that books in the easy and 398.2 section were examples of fiction books. We were introduced to the chaper book section. We reviewed that many chapter books may be hard to us to read and we need to open the book to the middle and use the five finger rule. We also viewed a Media Mania Fiction Nonfiction video. If 5 or more words are too hard for us to read, then we need to select another book. We also learned that all chapters books are arranged in Alphabetical order by Author's last name and we practiced putting cards in Alphabetical order and also lining up by last name in Alphabetical order.

We continued to work on using an encyclopedia to answer questions.We also were introduced to another Reference book called the Almanac. We viewed a video called All about the Almanac and learned that an Almanac is a reference books all about facts and statistics. We also got to practice using both the index and table of contents in an Almanac to find answers to questions.

We completed the following Media and Information literacy standards: 1.2.3 Identifies the parts of a book: dedication, glossary, index, and table of contents;1.2.4 Identified the general organization of a print dictionary, theasaurus, encyclopedia, and almanac; 1.3.1 Understands the difference between fiction and nonfiction; 1.3.4 Identifies Reference Materials; 1.5.1 Learns that the fiction section is organized alphabetically by the author's last name, 1.5.2 Identifies the call number in the fiction section as the author's last name alphabetized to the first letter, 1.5.3 Alphabetizes to the second letter to locate books by call number; and 2.1 Identifies and compares characteristics of fiction and nonfiction.

Grade 4
Students continued to work on reference worksheets that we have been working on for the past few months. We also were introduced to the Big Six reserach skills through the website Big Six Kids. We also listened to a book and cd-rom called Rappin’Ronni, Research Rat,
by Michael and Valerie Charbeneau. We practice some scenarios that we could use big six steps such as deciding what movie theater to go to and how to make ice cream sundaes. We also review a past animal project that was done which can be located at 5th Grade Animal Project 2003 We also reviewed all nonfiction and reference books plus magazines that we could use to find animal resources and the students worked with the 4th grade teachers in the classroom on animal projects.

The following media and information standards were completed: 1.3.4 Identifies Reference materials, 1.3.9 knows and locates general contents of the reference section, 1.3.12 Identifies appropriate sources for classroom assignments and personal use and locates them idependently, 1.4.2 Uses Dewey Decimal system to locate resources independently, 1.6.3 performs a basic search by title, author, and subject using an automated library catalog (CATS),1.9.9 Uses a variety of printand digital reference materials to locate information, and1.9.13 Uses scanning and skimming skils to locate information.

Grade 5
We also practiced District Technology Standards 3D Using email with teacher for instructional purposes, 4D Sending and replying to email, and 5D using email.
Students also learned how to change their password and how to make a signature.
We also discussed that our email account is owned by New Haven Unified School District and talked about what we can and can't send via district email. We also learned that email is a priviledge and not a right (District Technology standards for Grade 5B 1 and 2).

We also reviewed plagiarism as we heard the story When Marion Copied: Learning about Plagiarism By Brooke Berg and Nathan Alberg. We did not get to go into citations in great deal but we talked about to be sure to make a reference page and to list title, author, publisher, place published and copyright date for books: include volume, title, name of article and pages for Encyclopedia:
and list name of website and webaddress for websites. We also were shown how just typing in a copied sentence from a website a teacher can find that you plagiarized and did not do your own work. We also went over Cybersmart manners; respecting the law which can be found at CyberSmart: Whose is it anyway?(Standards 1.9.23 records author, title, and other citations elements systematically while accessing information sources and 8.1 Respects copyright and fair use.)

We also had some fun watching the following videos at Netsmartzkids Tunes (District technology standards 5B 1 and 2 Social, Ethical and Human issues).

Grade 4 and 5 Media Happenings April

2008-04-30T16:48:00.000-07:00

Grade 4

Students are still working on reference centers on encyclopedia, online card catalog (CATS), Almanac, and thesaurus. They are completing the following standards:
1.2.4 Understands the general organization of a print dictionary, thesaurus, encyclopedia, atlas, almanac
1.3.5 Identifies reference materials
1.3.9 Locates and knows general contents of the reference section
1.9.9 Uses a variety of print and digital reference materials ( dictionary, atlas, thesaurus, encyclopedia, almanac) to locate information.
1.6.1 Understands the general purpose of the automated library catalog
1.6.2 Uses computer software graphical elements and navigation tools (e.g. buttons, icons, and fields) to search automated library catalog 1.6.3 Performs a basic search by title, author, subject, and keyword using the automated library catalog

For encyclopedia centers, students are either reading an article on California and answering questions using a time line or finding the answer to a question in a Heinemann First Encyclopedia , recording volume and page number, and writing the answer in a complete sentence. We are also making use of the thesaurus feature of
www.dictionary.com and practicing finding synonyms that fit properly into various sentences. Those doing Almanac centers are using the index and table of contents of the World Almanac for Kids 2004 edition to find answers to facts on countries, animals. and computers. Almanacs are becoming so popular that they are a favorite for the students to check out even old editions.

Grade 5

We are continuing to practice getting information on the 50 United States by doing scavenger hunts using the World Alamanac for Kids 2004 edition and Toucan Valley 50 states fact cards also with the Internet sites www.50states.com and Enchanted Learning
(Standard 1.2.4 Understands the general contents of an Almanac, Standard 1.3.5 Learns location of source types, Standard 1.3.11 Locates relevant sources for class assignments and personal use independently)

We also practiced District Technology Standards 3D Using email with teacher for instructional purposes, 4D Sending and replying to email, and 5D using email. All students in Room 36, Room 39, Room 40, Room 41 and Room 42 have had pracice using email. We also viewed the Netsmartz Kids video on why it's important to change your password and the students are using the options feature in Groupwise to change their passwords.

We are also continuing to learn about Plagiarism and Internet and Digital Piracy by using Weekly Readers Crime Fighting Canines Unit.
Crime Fighting Canines The students are learning about plagiarism, intellectual property, digital piracy, copyright laws, Internet piracy, where they can go for legal downloads, and Lucky and Flo, the Motion picture Association of America (MPAA)'s Crime fighting canines. ( Standard 8.1.1 Understands the purpose of an Intellectual common and fair use, and why plagarism, violating copyright and illegal or unethical use of information are unacceptable., Standard 8.1.6 Understands the value of an intellectual commons, as well as the consequences of Plagarism for self and society)

We have used the Motion Picture Association of America site and view some clips about the high cost in fine that can happen from downloading movies and games illegally. We also learned about what sites its safe to download movies at.

April Grades 1,2,3 CYRM nominees

2008-04-29T19:36:00.000-07:00

We spent time listening to and discussing these three books. Grade Three did Readers theater plays for these 2007-2008 Primary Nominations. (tandard 5.1.1 Understands the purpose of Childrens and Young Adult book awards (California Young Reader medal)

Grade 1 continued to review the difference between fiction and nonfiction and was introduced to the 600-699 Technology section ( human body, transportation, gardening, pets, cooking, buildings)(Standard 1.3.1 Understands difference between fiction and nonfiction and 1.3.6 locates fiction and nonfiction in a variety of formats).

Grade 2 was introduced to the reference section of the media center. We watched the video Media Mania: reference and read the book Mr. Wiggle looks for answers. We discussed why reference books can't be checked out and talked about dictionaries, atlas, almanac, encyclopedia, and thesaurus. We plan to explore the atlas further since many of the second grade classrooms are doing Flat Stanley projects (Standard 1.3.9 knows general contents of the reference section).

For each CYRM nominee books that we read, 3rd graders had to identify the title, author, illustrator, title page call #, publisher, copyright date and dedication
(Standards 1.2.1, 1.2.2, and 1.2.3). We also reviewed www.dictionary.com to use an online dictionary and thesaurus (Standard 1.3.5)

Dex: The Heart of a Hero
by Caralyn Buehner, illustrated by Mark Buehner
Dexter is a little dog. He's so little that the other dogs forget to invite him to play, and Cleevis the tomcat bullies him. But little Dexter has dreams –– big dreams. He wants to be a superhero. So Dexter starts a superhero training program. And suddenly, even Cleevis needs his help!

In Superdog, husband–and–wife team Mark and Caralyn Buehner have created a timeless story about a true superhero. Dexter has determination, spirit, and heart as he proves, above all, that no matter how little you are, you can still do very big things.

Henry and the Buccaneer Bunniesby Carolyn Crimi
About the Book
Henry, a young bunny, is different from the other bunnies on the ship Salty Carrot. While the other pirates relish stealing jewels from other ships and admiring their tattoos, Henry favors reading books. But when a big storm arrives, Henrys favorite activity saves the lives of the pirates, especially Henrys scornful father, Barnacle Black Ear.

Traction Man is Here!!! by Mini Grey
Traction Man—wearing combat boots, battle pants, and his warfare shirt—comes in a box, but very quickly finds the way into the imagination of his lucky boy owner. This superhero searches for the Lost Wreck of the Sieve as the boy makes a game of doing the dishes, and later in the bathtub, he conquers the Mysterious Toes that are stealing his pet, the brave little Scrubbing Brush. These are just a few of the action-packed adventures played out by the boy and his new toy that may not be able to leap tall buildings in a single bound, but can vanquish all manner of villains lurking around the house. Mini Grey’s story in words and pictures is an irresistible invitation to the private world of a child’s play.

We voted for our favorites. Here are the fina1 votes by Grades 1,2,3
Dex: the Heart of a Hero- 168 Votes This was the 2007-2008 Winner
Traction man is here!!! -61 Votes
Henry and the Buccaneer Bunnies-27 Votes
The Giant Hug -19 votes
I wanna an Iguana -13 votes

Grade 2 Music

We had a visit from Mr. Dennis Finnigan, one of the children's librarians at the Union City Library. Mr. Finnigan spoke about programs that the Union City Library will be offering to help the kids learn about different instruments and appreciate them. We also were introduced to folk dancing and got to see what a line dance, square dance, and circle dance were. We got to try a Mexican dance called la raza. We also continued to review the Instrument families through listening to CD's and playing Instrument Bingo. (Standards Music 1.5 Identify visually and aurally individual wind, string, brass, and percussion instruments used in a variety of music. Standards Dance 3.1 Name and perform social and traditional dances from various cultures)

March Grades 1-5

2008-03-29T23:23:00.000-07:00

Media Grade 5

Rooms 39, 36 (grade 5), 41 and 42 have all finished learning how to Use Groupwise Email. Room 40 and the 4th graders in room 36 are now learning about email. We also used >www.netsmartzkids.org/activities/index.htmto view videos about how not open unknown files or click on you have won a contest because they may cause computer viruses. We are learning to UYN (use your netsmartz) when using the Internet for email.

STANDARD 4: The student who is an independent learner is information literate and pursues information related to personal interests.
4.1 Uses School Library Media Center and Public Library Resources to Pursue Personal Interests (K1)
4.1.1 Independently selects print, nonprint, and digital resources to satisfy recreational goals and pursuits
4.1.2 Uses telecommunications to communicate with others
4.1.3 Observes proper etiquette for using telecommunications
4.1.4 Uses information and communication technologies for recreational purposes (K1)

The students are also practicing using the World Almanac for kids 2004 edition to find information of the 50 states of United States and the two commonwealths Puerto Rico and Guam. (Standard 1.2.4 Understands general organization of an almanac and Encyclopedia, Standard 1.3.1.2 Locates resources for class assignments and uses them independently, Standard 1.9.9 Uses a variety of reference materials to locate information).

We are also learning about Plagiarism and Internet and Digital Piracy by using Weekly Readers Crime Fighting Canines Unit .
Crime Fighting Canines The students are learning about plagiarism, intellectual property, digital piracy, copyright laws, Internet piracy, where they can go for legal downloads, and Lucky and Flo, the Motion picture Association of America (MPAA)'s Crime fighting canines. ( Standard 8.1.1 Understands the purpose of an Intellectual common and fair use, and why plagarism, violating copyright and illegal or unethical use of information are unacceptable., Standard 8.1.6 Understands the value of an intellectual commons, as well as the consequences of Plagarism for self and society)

Grade 4

Students are still working on reference centers on encyclopedia, online card catalog (CATS), Almanac, and thesaurus. They are completing the following standards:
1.2.4 Understands the general organization of a print dictionary, thesaurus, encyclopedia, atlas, almanac
1.3.5 Identifies reference materials
1.3.9 Locates and knows general contents of the reference section
1.9.9 Uses a variety of print and digital reference materials ( dictionary, atlas, thesaurus, encyclopedia, almanac) to locate information.
1.6.1 Understands the general purpose of the automated library catalog
1.6.2 Uses computer software graphical elements and navigation tools (e.g. buttons, icons, and fields) to search automated library catalog 1.6.3 Performs a basic search by title, author, subject, and keyword using the automated library catalog
Grade 3
Standard 5.1.1 Understands the purpose of Children s and Young Adult book awards (California Young Reader medal).
We heard the book orally, viewed the illustrations, did readers theatre plays, and discussed the following books: I wanna Iguana and The Giant Hug As we viewed each book, we practiced our knowledge of parts of a book (Standard 1.2.1 Identifies parts of a book cover, title, title page, author, illustrator, spine, and spine label. Standard 1.2.2 Identifies parts of the book
publisher, page numbers, copyright date, and call number. Standard 1.2.3 Identifies parts of a book dedication).
We also learned about Theodore Seuss Geisel "Dr. Seuss" for read across America Day,
reviewed the reference materials of dictionary and thesaurus, and started learning about another reference material/book the Encyclopedia .
Standards 2.4 Understands the general organization of a print dictionary, thesaurus, encyclopedia, atlas, almanac
1.3.5 Identifies reference materials
1.3.9 Locates and knows general contents of the reference section
Grade 2 Media
We celebrated and learned about several of the March holidays--Dr.Seuss Read Across America Day, St. Patricks Day, Women's History Month ( Amelia Earhart and Florence Nightingale)and Cesar Chavez day. This helped us to review the biography section (Standard 1.3.8 locates and knows general contents of the biography section.) we discussed poisons and poison prevention and we celebrated national Poison Control Week.
Standard 5.1.1 Understands the purpose of Children s and Young Adult book awards (California Young Reader medal).
We heard the book orally, viewed the illustrations, did readers theatre plays, and discussed the following books: I wanna Iguana and The Giant Hug.

2nd Grade Music
Standard 1.5 Identify visually and aurally individual wind, string, brass, and percussion instruments used in a variety of music.

The media center just received the Disney's World of Music Discovery Video series, This series has been great for reviewing the percussion, keyboard, brass, woodwinds, strings, and woodwinds family. We also listened to the different instrument sounds and identified the different instrument families.

1st Grade
Standards
1.3.1 Understanding the difference between fiction and nonfiction
1.3.6 Locating Fiction and nonfiction in a variety of formats ( easy and 398.2)
1.9.8 Selects and reads unfamiliar and familiar material independently
2.1.1 Compares characteristics of Fiction
2.1.4 Comprehends basic plot and structure of imaginative literature
5.1.3 Reads and understands a variety of genres ( fiction, fairy tales,Biography, Nonfiction)
Standard 5.1.1 Understands the purpose of Children s and Young Adult book awards (California Young Reader medal).
We heard the book orally, viewed the illustrations, did readers theatre plays, and discussed the following books: I wanna Iguana and The Giant Hug.
We celebrated and learned about several of the March holidays--Dr.Seuss Read Across America Day, St. Patricks Day, Women's History Month ( Amelia Earhart and Florence Nightingale)and Cesar Chavez day. We learned that books about people and holidays are fiction or true. We also talked about what we learn in Science class and the Science fair and learned about the 500-599 Section (Science)

February Media Grades 1-5

2008-03-10T21:35:00.000-07:00

Grade 1
Standards
1.3.1 Understanding the difference of fiction
1.3.6 Locating Fiction in a variety of formats ( easy and 398.2)
1.9.8 Selects and reads unfamiliar and familiar material independently
2.1.1 Compares characteristics of Fiction
2.1.4 Comprehends basic plot and structure of imaginative literature
5.1.3 Reads and understands a variety of genres ( fiction, fairy tales,Biography, Nonfiction)

The shortest month of the year had one extra day with 2008 being a leap year. We had so many holidays to celebrate. Groundhog day came on February 2nd. We learned about how the groundhog predicted weather, sang groundhog songs, watched a movie about groundhog day and read the book Geoffrey Ground Hog predicts the Weather

Then came the two week long holiday of Chinese/Vietnamese/lunar/ New Year/ Tet Spring Festival. We got to hear the legend about how the rat came first, the Chinese Zodiac Animals, nonfiction books about Chinese New year, and we also heard the folk tale The Empty Pot By Demi. This led us into a discussion as to what were fiction books ( books that are not true) and introduced us to the 398.2 or fairytale section.

Then came Presidents day and we learned about our first President George Washington and our 16th President Abraham Lincoln who freed the slaves and ended the war between the North and South regions of our country United States of America.

We are continuing to explore the Fiction sections ( easy and 398.2) and have fun as we are hearing and learning some different versions of famous fairy tales like Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Hansel and Gretel and Rumpelstiltskin. We also know that Fiction books are not true and the two places that we can find Fiction books in the media center are Easy and 398.2 Fairy tales.

Grade 2 Media
Standards
1.3.1 Understands the difference between Fiction and Nonfiction
1.3.6 Locates Fiction and Nonfiction in a variety of formats
1.3.7 Knows that books and videos may be located by subject in the Nonfiction section
1.3.8 Knows the general contents of the biography section
1.4.1 Understands the basic organization of the 10 major Dewey Decimal system classes
1.4.2 Uses Dewey Decimal System to locate resources independently
1.8 Selects appropriate Library materials
5.1 Learns about children's literature, authors and illustrators

We continue to check the students understanding of Fiction ( easy and Fairy tales, Folktales, Tall tales, Fables, Mother Goose) and the Dewey Decimal System (000 to 999). we saw the video The Dewey Decimal Delimma and read the books:What Marion taught Willis and The Shelf Elf helps out .

We also learned about the biography section by hearing books about our first president George Washington and our 16th president Abraham Lincoln. We also learned about African American/ Black History month by hearing biographies about Harriet Tubman and Molly Banneky and also watched the video Follow the Drinking Gourd

We also were introduced to the 2007-2008 California Young Reader Medal nominations and heard the first book I wanna Iguana by Karen Kauman Orloff.

Grade 2 Music
Standard 1.5 Identify visually and aurally individual wind, string, brass, and percussion instruments used in a variety of music.

The media center just received the Disney's World of Music Discovery Video series, This series has been great for reviewing the woodwinds and brass families, percussion, and keyboard families. The series comes with lots of questions and we get quizes to check our listening comprehension. We also are finding out that we recognize a lot of music pieces like Peter and the Wolf , The Nutcracker, and and are able to know the different sounds of many instrument families.

Grade 3 Media
Standards
1.2.1 Identifies parts of a book: cover, title page, author, illustrator, spine, and
spine label.
1.2.2 Identifies parts of a book: table of contents, publisher, page numbers, copyright date, and call number
1.2.3 Identifies pars of a book: glossary, index, dedication
1.2.4 Understands general organization of a dictionary and
thesaurus
1.2.5 Identifies online terms and their uses ( browser, world wide web, URL)

We continued to review reference materials such as the dictionary and thesaurus and practiced looking up definitions, synonyms, and antonyms on
http://www.Dictionary.com
We also read the book Boy who cried Fabulous by Leslea Newman.

Grade 4 Media
Standards
1.2.4 Understands the general organization of a print dictionary, thesaurus, encyclopedia, atlas, almanac
1.3.5 Identifies reference materials
1.3.9 Locates and knows general contents of the reference section
1.9.9 Uses a variety of print and digital reference materials ( dictionary, atlas, thesaurus, encyclopedia, almanac) to locate information

We also are learning about and reviewing reference books that we learned about in grade one such as the Encyclopedia. ( Standard 1.3.9 locates and knows general contents of the reference section). We are practicing reading an article on "California" from the Student Discovery Encyclopedia and answering questions about the state we live in. (standard 1.2.4 Knows the general organization of an encyclopedia. We are also using the Heinemann First Encyclopedias to search for information and write the answer to the questions in complete sentences.

We also viewed the following vidoes Media Mania Catalog, Charley Chapters Thesaurus Synonyms and Antonyms,, and The animated Encylopedia and Almanac . We are using the media center computers
http://www.Dictionary.com to practice using a thesaurus, and the World Book Encyclopedia CD-Rom. We are using print copies of World Almanac for Kids 2004 .

We will be learning how to use CATS, our online Catalog for Authors, Titles, and Subjects (Library Online Catalog). This catalog can be accessed anywhere someone has a connection to the Internet at http://library.nhusd.k12.ca.us/

Standards:
LIS
1.6.1 Understands the general purpose of the automated library catalog 1.6.2 Uses computer software graphical elements and navigation tools (e.g. buttons, icons, and fields) to search automated library catalog 1.6.3 Performs a basic search by title, author, subject, and keyword using the automated library catalog
Technology
E: Technology Research Tools
1. Use online resources to gather information

Grade 5 Media

Groupwise Email

All students in room 39, 36 (5th grade only), 41 and all but two students in room 42 now have a Groupwise email account and practiced using the address book. Students practice emailing their classroom teacher three things that they learned about their state. Now that all students in room 40 and the 4th graders in room 36 have email accounts, they will start learning how to use them in media.

STANDARD 4: The student who is an independent learner is information literate and pursues information related to personal interests.
4.1 Uses School Library Media Center and Public Library Resources to Pursue Personal Interests (K1)
4.1.1 Independently selects print, nonprint, and digital resources to satisfy recreational goals and pursuits
4.1.2 Uses telecommunications to communicate with others
4.1.3 Observes proper etiquette for using telecommunications
4.1.4 Uses information and communication technologies for recreational purposes (K1)

The students are also practicing using the World Almanac for kids 2004 edition to find information of the 50 states of United States and the two commonwealths Puerto Rico and Guam. (Standard 1.2.4 Understands general organization of an almanac and Encyclopedia, Standard 1.3.1.2 Locates resources for class assignments and uses them independently, Standard 1.9.9 Uses a variety of reference materials to locate information).

Grade 5 January Media News

2008-03-09T22:41:00.000-07:00

Groupwise Email

All students in room 39 and 41 now have a groupwise email account and practiced using the address book. Almost all of the girls in room 36 also have email accounts and now Room 42, Room 41, and room 36 5th grade books and 4th graders will learn how to use groupwise. Students practice emailing their classroom teacher three things that they learned about their state

STANDARD 4: The student who is an independent learner is information literate and pursues information related to personal interests.
4.1 Uses School Library Media Center and Public Library Resources to Pursue Personal Interests (K1)
4.1.1 Independently selects print, nonprint, and digital resources to satisfy recreational goals and pursuits
4.1.2 Uses telecommunications to communicate with others
4.1.3 Observes proper etiquette for using telecommunications
4.1.4 Uses information and communication technologies for recreational purposes (K1)

Big Six and Information Literacy

All 5th grade students are learning about the fifty states in their classrooms and part of their Social Studies Curriculum.

Thanks to the Internet, the world is an entirely changed place with all the information now available to us. In the good old days, when looking for answers, we could head for the library to read an encyclopedia or check out a few good books. Now, thanks to the Internet, we can tap into knowledge from more than a million sources that changes on a minute-by-minute basis.
A downside of this information swell is that not all of the information we can access is accurate or indeed even relevant to our purpose. We need to be able to separate-out what is useful to us from all the information that is now available! To help New Haven students’ bridge this gap; our district has adopted an Information Literacy model of the Big6 Grade 4-12. Some people call the Big6 an information problem-solving strategy because with the Big6, students are able to handle any problem, assignment, decision or task. Find out more about the Big6 at the website: http://www.big6.com/kids.

Big6 stands for
1. Task Definition (What Do I Need to Know? Facts about the state my teacher assigned Ex: What is the capital? Who is the Governor?)
2. Information Seeking Strategies (What can I use to find it? Use websites, state books 900 section, Almanacs, Encyclopedias, State Fact Cards)
3. Location and Access (Where can I find it? At home, at the library, in my classroom, etc.)
4. Use of Information (What is important? What do I need to answer my questions and what don’t I need?)
5. Synthesis (How will I share what I learned? A class presentation, a state report)
6. Evaluation (Will I change anything the next time I do research such as allow myself more time?)

By learning the Big6 Information Literacy skills, our students will be well equipped to move forward with life-long learning and have the necessary tools to help them find information and solve any problem!

Source:
Teresa Squaglia
Library Media Teacher at Searles

January Media News Grades1-4

2008-02-11T18:20:00.000-08:00

Grade 1
1st grade are still continuing to check out Easy Fiction books, but are getting better with Standard 1.1 Knowing library procedures for circulation and care for equipment. We also are hearing many different stories to learn about parts of a book such as call #, spine. title. author, illustrator ( Standard 1.2.1).

Some of the topics and books that we have covered for the month of January are: New Years Day, calendar ( reviewing months, days of the week, seasons, night and day); and Introduction to Martin Luther King's life reading simple biographies and learning why we celebrate the holiday. We also talked about the Presidential election and introducted voting for the California Young reader Medal books and read A Giant hug and talked about the postoffice and mailing letters. (Standard 5.1 Learns about Children's authors and Illustrators and the purpose of Children's book awards.)

Grade 2
The 2nd Graders have completed learning about both the Fiction (not true) and Nonfiction (true) sections of the media center. (Standard 1.4.1 and Standrad 1.4.2 Understands the basic organization system of the ten Dewey Decimal classes and how to locate resources independently). We had a lot of fun learning about Mummies made in Egypt and that mummies can be found in both the 932 History and Geography section and 393 getting along section.

We talked about the California Young Reader Medal Books and started reading I wanna Iguana We also read some factual Iguana information from Animal Printouts to meet Standard 2.1 Locating and Understanding Information from Nonfiction text.

We also were introduce to the biography section when we learned about Martin Luther King. (Standard 1.3.8 locates general contents in biography section.

Grade 2 Music

We are still exploring the Instrument families and are learning about the huge woodwinds and brass families. We used an old story called Brother John and the Orchestra and got to see what an old LP record and filmstrip looked liked. We also are reviewing sounds of Instruments through San Francisco Symphony Kids Instruments of the Orchestra The kids can see pictures and listen to instruments sounds

Dallas Symphony Orchestra kids

We are also using various Silver Brudett Ginn Music and music videos plus sheets from Enchanted learning so that the students understand and appreciate what the Instrument looks like and sounds like.

Grade 3
Standard 1.2.4 Understands general Organization of a Dictionary
Standard 1.3.9 Understands general contents of the Reference Section

We watched the media mania video on reference and also read Mr. Wiggle's knows the answers. The types of book in the reference section are: Dictionary, Thesaurus, Encyclopedia, almanac, and atlas. In the HVC media center, reference books are located behind the checkout desk. We can't take them home because: 1) they are too heavy, 2) they are too expensive, and 3) they get used a lot.

We read the book The Boy who loved Words by Ron Schotter. We learned that dictionaries help us find what words mean, how to spell words, how to pronounce words, and how to divide words in to syllables. We learned that dictionaries are arranged in alphabetical order and when we use a print dictionary we use the words on the top of the pages called Guide words to help us find the word. We practiced using print dictionaries to find words using guide words. We can find dictionaries that we can take home in the 400 Language section.

Standard 1.2.5 Identifies online terms and their uses
We learned how to turn on the new IMACS and use the browser Firefox. We Learned that WWW means world wide web. We learned to use www.dictionary.com and how to type in words and look for their meaning.

Grade 4

All of the 4th grade students have finished using Power Kids Mission books to learn about the organization and parts of a book. Several students are still working on the series Fiesta to review our knowledge of parts of a book. They are also learning how to identify bordering countries and bodies of water. They are also exploring religion, how to say greetings in our language, holidays. crafts. recipes, and songs from other countries. This will also familarize them with the 900-999 History and Geography section and learn how to use the table of contents and read Nonfiction for detail and facts.

We also are learning about and reviewing reference books that we learned about in grade one such as the Encyclopedia. ( Standard 1.3.9 locates and knows general contents of the reference section). We are practicing reading an article on "California" from the Student Discovery Encyclopedia and answering questions about the state we live in. (standard 1.2.4 Knows the general organization of an encyclopedia. We are also using the Heinemann First Encyclopedias to search for information and write the answer to the questions in complete sentences.

Rooms 26 and 29

Media November & December Grade 5

2008-01-31T20:06:00.000-08:00

Grade 5
The students did centers to review the Dewey Decimal system and location of fiction and nonfiction books and also to practice alphabetizing up to the third letter to help them location Fiction books by playing the sticks and stones game. This reviewed and finished some of the standards we did last month.
Standard 1.1 Knows library procedures for circulation and equipment
1.3 Understands difference between fiction and nonfiction
1.4.1 Understands the ten major classes of the Dewey decimal system
1.4.2 Uses dewey Decimal system to locate books independently
1.5.1 Learns that fiction section is arranged alphabetically by authors last name
1.5.2 Identifies call number in fiction section as authors last name alphabetized to the first letter
1.5.3 and 1.5.4 alphabetizes to the second and third letter to locate books by call number.

Rooms 39, 41/36 completed ISAFE Internet Safety Units on Community, Security and Safety and also Email netiquette. They did surveys online surveys on the ISAFE site

These were some of the Internet Safety sites we explored
Some of our favorite sites for teaching kids to be Cybersafe
Posted by Beth Morris-Wong at HVC
NetSmartzKids
www.netsmartzkids.org/activities/index.htm
~Nettie and Webster will teach kids how to use their netsmartz (YUN)and introduce the kids to the whizwigs (spamazoid, oogle, follow you fiona, hothead, and numbut)
~Clicky videos are also cool, however some networks are to slow to display them.
ISafe
www.isafe.org
~Lots of great songs for the younger kids, the older kids like doing the assessments online and the worksheets
SafeKids
http://www.safekids.com
~Tips sheets on blogging rules and online safety.
WiredKids
www.wiredkids.org
Cybernetiquette for Kids
http://www.disney.co.uk/DisneyOnline/Safesurfing/cybernetiquette/netiquette1/index.html
The Three Little Pigs take students on an online safety adventure with the wolf
CyberSmart
www.cybersmartcurriculum.org
Disneygo
http://disneygo.com/surfswell/index.html
~Disney internet safety video
Danger Rangers
www.dangerrangers.com
~Bright and tight site

Rooms 40 and 42
5th Grades

Rooms 39,40, 42, and 36 We also are learning about and reviewing reference books that we learned about in grade one such as the Encyclopedia. ( Standard 1.3.9 locates and knows general contents of the reference section). We are practicing finding information from various article in the Heinemann First Encyclopedia and answering questions in complete sentences. (standard 1.2.4 Knows the general organization of an encyclopedia)

Media November & December Grade 1-4

2007-12-09T17:34:00.000-08:00

Grade 1

In media, we did the American Red Cross Scrubby Bear program to learn about germs, handwashing, and how to not get sick by washing up quick. We also learned about book care and library media center procedures. Most of the students are remembering to bring the book back on media day. We also learned about the Jewish holiday Hanukkah and compared The Runaway Latkes to The Gingerbread Man.
We also learned to appreciate American Indian/Native American culture as we heard the stories Whale in the Sky, The story of Jumping Mouse and How Raven Stole the Sun. We will finish out the year learning about the season of Winter (snow and hibernation and loss of leaves on trees) and the little known holiday of Kwanzaa that not everyone celebrates,

Standard 1.1. 1 Understands how to care for library materials, check out and follow library rules
Standard 1.2.1 Learns who to ask for help
Standard 1.3.1 Respects other library users
Standard 1.4.1 learns library procedures through orientation
Standard 1.5.1 follows library procedures
1.6.1 knows differences between school and public library
1.7.1 demonstrates growth and understanding of library procedures
1.8.1 uses other libraries to supplement library media center resources ( classroom library, public Library)
Standard 8 Selects appropriate library materials using 5 finger rule
Standard 5 Learns to appreciate children's literature
5.1.4 Compares and contrasts different versions of same stories that represent different cultures
5.1.5 Compare and contrasts character, plots, settings and themes

GRADE 2

We have been working on all of the standards listed for 1st grade and also
1.3 Knows types and locations of media materials
1.3.1 Understands difference between fiction and nonfiction
1.4 Learns how to use library book classification system
1.4.1 So far we have learned 8 of the ten Dewey Decimal Classification Systems
1.4.2 Uses Dewey Decimal System to Locate resources independently

For November and December, we have learned about the 300-399 section "getting along", 400-499 language, 600-699 Technology and Hobbies and are now learning about the 700-799 Sports, Arts, Music and will finish up the year with the 800-899 Literature section ( poems, plays, riddles)

MUSIC Room 17 and now 31

Standard 1.5 Identify visually and aurally individual wind, string, brass, and percussion instruments used in a variety of music.

We just finished learning about the different groups in the String family: bowed ( violin, viola, cello, double bass) and plucked ( guitar, harp, banjo). We are reviewing the keyboard family (piano, organ, synthesizer). We also have been listening to instruments in the string, percussion, and keyboard family to learn how to recognize them by sound. Our next family will be the woodwind family.

GRADE 3 Media

We are learning about the different parts of a book. We are working on Information Literacy Standard 1.2 Knows Parts of a book

Standard 1.2.1 identifies parts of a book: cover,title, title page,author, illustrator, spine, spine label.

Standard 1.2.2 Identifies parts of a book: table of contents, publisher, number of pages, copyright date, and call number.

Standard 1.2.3 Identifies parts of a book: glossary, index, and dedication.

Standard 1.3.2 Uses index to location information in nonfiction resources.

We watched the Media Mania Research video and also practiced the quiz at Who am I? Parts of a book

We also are practicing our skills by doing worksheets using Wildlife Educations Zoobooks and Hello USA State Series.

Grade 4 Media
We are learning about the different parts of a book. We are working on Information Literacy Standard 1.2 Knows Parts of a book

Standard 1.2.1 identifies parts of a book: cover,title, title page,author, illustrator, spine, spine label.

Standard 1.2.2 Identifies parts of a book: table of contents, publisher, number of pages, copyright date, and call number,

Standard 1.2.3 Identifies parts of a book: glossary, index, and dedication.

Standard 1.3.2 Uses index to location information in nonfiction resources

We watched the Media Mania Research video and also practiced the quiz at Who am I? Parts of a book

We are using the series Powerkids Mission books and Fiesta to review our knowledge of parts of a book. It is also hoped that we will be familar with the Mission books once our teachers start assigning us California Mission projects.

We also are learning about and reviewing reference books that we learned about in grade one such as the Encyclopedia. ( Standard 1.3.9 locates and knows general contents of the reference section). We are practicing reading an article on "California" from the Student Discovery Encyclopedia and answering questions about the state we live in. (standard 1.2.4 Knows the general organization of an encyclopedia)

Music Grade 2 September and October

2007-10-29T17:46:00.000-07:00

What a shock at first!!!! I don't have the greatest music background- piano lessons, clarinet in middle school, and some middle school choir. I came from a small town only about 400 kids in grades 5-8, but for high school there were 2000 kids and I found out I just was not good in music. Now many years later, i am told that I have to teach 2nd grade music.

What do I do? Well I look up the CA frameworks for Grade 2
Grade 2 Framework music
Oh wow Standard 1.5 Identify visually and aurally individual wind, string, brass, and percussion instruments used in a variety of music.
That is something I can actually do.

I am using the following websites to teach the second graders the different instruments
Enchanted Learning Lots of great coloring pages and songs

San Francisco Symphony Kids Instruments of the Orchestra The kids can see pictures and listen to instruments sounds

Dallas Symphony Orchestra kids

I also have been using silver burdett gin music videos and videos of the different instruments and I just bought a listening game called Orchestra Bingo.
I even found some great music lesson plans worksheets at
Instructor Web and of course media books from the music section Dewey 784-788.

I also was able to cover some other standards
Apply Vocal and Instrumental Skills
2.1 Sing with accuracy in a developmentally appropriate range.
2.2 Sing age-appropriate songs from memory.
2.3 Play rhythmic ostinatos on classroom instruments.
by using the Silver Burdett Ginn Curriculum and some percussion instruments and the kids did learn about beat and rhythm.

Now Room 12,13 and 16 have a real music teacher and I just just teaching one music class room 17. We just finished learning about the percussion families, rhythm and beat. For room 17 , we will now spend a few weeks learning about the string family.

What are grades 4 and 5 doing in Media Sept and Oct?

2007-10-23T21:32:00.000-07:00

Standard 1.1 Knows library procedures for circulation and equipment
1.3 Understands difference between fiction and nonfiction
1.4.1 Understands the ten major classes of the Dewey decimal system
1.4.2 Uses dewey Decimal system to locate books independently
1.5.1 Learns that fiction section is arranged alphabetically by authors last name
1.5.2 Identifies call number in fiction section as authors last name alphabetized to the first letter
1.5.3 and 1.5.4 alphabetizes to the second and third letter to locate books by call number

In order to acccomplish these standards, the students have used the following

Websites

Do We really Know Dewey?

Dewey Challenge Game

Do the Dewey Game

Gettting to know the Dewey Decimal System

Books

The Shelf Elf Helps out

"I've got your number" Library Comics

Dewey and the Decimals

Videos

The Sharp Wits Lure of the Library

The Sharp Wits Dewey Decimal Delimma

Media Mania Fiction Nonfiction

What is a Media center?

Games

Book Spine Bingo

Dewey Match

Lets Do the Dewey

Dewey Dog : I have a dogs with bones 000,100,200,300,400,500,600,700 800, 900, Fiction and Biography. The dog will hide a bone and I say "Where can I find a book about people?" etc. If the student gets the right answer they are a prize like a bookmark

Game Boards: I have 8 games boards one for each table. There are 4 categories
( ex: 100,200, 900, 500)Students have 12 sentence strips that have titles of books ex: Jewish Religion, Feelings, snakes and they have to put them in the right category

Visit Upstart Products for more ideas

We are also using the computer for a Dewey webquest Help i'm locked in the library

Some students are doing a shelf hunt to find the different categories. We also have been playing a game called sticks and stones in which students are given sticks with the authors last name and they have to alphabetize using two to three letters to put the sticks in order. We also have been doing Dewey match, in which students have to put puzzle pieces together and arrange different Dewey categories in numerical order.

What's First Grade doing in Media? Sept and Oct

2007-10-15T20:47:00.000-07:00

We are working on Information literacy Standard 1.1 Knows library procedures
1.1.1 Learns how to care for a book
1.1.4 Learns library Procedures for library Orientation
1.1.5 Learns to follow library procedures at the library
1.1.7 demonstrates growth in understanding school library procedures

We have been listening to the following books

The library Dragon
The Shelf Elf Helps out
Stuart Little at the Library
What happened to Marion's book?
Mr. Wiggle's Book
I took my frog to the Library
D.W's Library book
IQ at the library

We saw the comics Media manners and Don't knock a book.

We also did a lesson from PG & E to learn about Electrical Safety in the media Center and we all got a copy of the book Aunt Sarah and the Electrical Safety Tale
and viewed the video Kato's electrical safety game.
We viewed the following videos to learn about book care

Petunia
Be a book buddy: take good care of your books
Charley Chapters in how to behave in the library.
Alistair in Outer Space

We will learn about germs and handwashing with Scrubby Bear Don't get sick wash up quick Video and the book called Wash your hands. Mrs. M-W is getting our library cards ready and we hopefully will be checking out books either at the end of this month or at the beginning of November