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August 2006
August 7-11 -- Review book location
skills in Fiction and Nonfiction. Discuss
book care. Check out books. Computer
Lab Assignment 1: Review
finger positions and home keys.
August 14-18-- Review book location skills in Fiction and
Nonfiction. Review Dewey Decimal System. Computer Lab
Assignment 2:
Practice
finger positions and home keys.
August
21-25-- Review book location skills in Fiction and
Nonfiction. Computer Lab
Assignment 3: Introduce the
Tennessee Electronic Library.
August
28-Sept. 1-- Review book location skills in Fiction and
Nonfiction. Computer Lab
Assignment 4: Search TEL's Junior Edition
K12 for "stone age" using advanced search.
Answer questions provided by Ms. Compton.
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September 2006
September 4-8
-- Review Reference Sources: Atlas/Almanacs/
Encyclopedias/Dictionaries. Computer
Lab Assignment 5: Practice keyboarding
for 10-15 minutes. Work on questions provided
by Ms. Compton using TEL.
September
11-15 -- Review Reference Sources: Almanacs
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Assignment 6: Finish up questions and look up one
other subject provided by Ms. Compton.
September 18-22 -- Review Reference Sources: Encyclopedias Computer
Lab Assignment 7: Begin a project assigned
by your teacher.
September
25-29-- Review Reference Sources: Dictionaries. Computer
Lab Assignment 8: Work on project.
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October 2006
October 2-6 -- Reading
is Fundamental
October 9-13 -- Review how to use
Dictionaries.and Encyclopedias with a topic from
the Social
Studies Word List.
October 16-20-- Continue
using Social Studies Word List to find topics in
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias.
October 22-26th -- Scholastic Bookfair
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November 2006
October 30-Nov. 3 --
Search Reference books for Social Studies topics.
November 6-10 -- Review The
BIG 6 Research Skills.
The
Big 6 will be our focus of study for the next
few weeks. "Step #1: Task
Definition," "Step
#2: Information Seeking Strategies," and "Step #3:
Location and Access"
Websites that might prove
useful can be found here.
November 13-17 -- Continue
The BIG 6 "Step
#4: Use of Information" Emphasizes
reading for information and note taking. "Step #5
Synthesis" Organizing and presenting
information. "Step
#6: Evaluation" How do I know if
I've done a good job? Quiz on
The Big 6 Quiz
November 20-24 - Thanksgiving
story and word puzzle. Thanksgiving Break
begins on November 22.
November 27 - Dec 1 -- Short
stories/Write your own short story. Instruction on
how to make a citation using
OSLIS Elementary MLA Citation Maker.
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December 2006
December 4-8 -- Reading
is Fundamental Each student will choose one
book to keep. Please click on the link above
to read more about the RIF program.
December 11-15 -- Read
a Winter Story. Play
Library Lingo.
December 20-Jan 1 -- Christmas Break
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January 2007 HAPPY NEW
YEAR
January 2-5
--Welcome Back to School. Read at least one Newbery Medal
or Honor book this month.
January 8-12 -- Discuss Newbery Medal books.
January 15-19 -- Book Talks from
students about Newbery Medal books.
January 22-26 -- Finish up with
Newbery Book Talks. Go over the genre of mystery
books using the Powerpoint. Challenge students
to read a mystery book this week.
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February 2007
January 29 - February 2 -- Discuss Black History
Month. Read at least one book about an
African-American or by an African-American.
February 5-9 -- Read and check
out books. Book talks.
February 12-16 --
Complete handout from LibrarySparks (February
'07) magazine using information from "The History
Channel"
http://www.historychannel.com/blackhistory/
February 19-23 -- Read Don't hold me back: My life and art
by Winfred Rembert.
Show
website. Talk about the book and the life
Mr. Rembert had growing up in Georgia.
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March 2007
February 26--March 2 -- Reading
Is Fundamental and Dr.
Seuss
March 5-8 -- Book talks. March 13-16 -- What is a Bibliography? Use Powerpoint. Students will create a Bibliography to
use for research. March 19-23 -- What is a Bibliography?
...continued
March 26-30 - Genres -
Historical Fiction
For a better understanding of the
definition, look here: http://www.historicalnovelsociety.org/definition.htm
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top] April 2007 POETRY MONTH
April 2-6-- Read Locomotion by Jacqueline
Woodson, Joyful Noise: Poems for Two voices by Paul
Fleischman and If I were in charge of the world and other
worries by Judith
Viorst Discuss the different types of poetry. April 9-12 -- Show Poetry
websites. Write a poem that describes your life.
April 16-20 -- TCAP Testing /
Share favorite poems. April 23-27-- TCAP
Testing / Discuss the different forms of information in Newspapers and magazines.
Last checkout
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May 2007
April 29- May 4 -- Discuss and look for bias in newspaper and
magazine articles. May 7-11 -- Read Magazines
and Newspapers during this last week of school.
Play Library Lingo for prizes. May 14-18 --
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