Over the past three weeks, 3rd grade Bobcats have been learning about life cycles during their library lessons as a direct tie-in to the science unit they are currently studying in the classroom. During our first two weeks, student teams used ebooks to gather information about animal life cycles (week one) and plant life cycles (week two). During this activity, students looked for specific information and recorded in their notes in a Comparison Matrix. This week, students learned how to apply their matrix information to determine similarities and differences between specific life cycles. We will continue to use the Comparison Matrix format as we proceed with our upcoming research project in the library where students will study two ecosystems that are being impacted by humans and create a digital project using PicCollage. Be on the lookout for these projects in December!
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These past two weeks, 2nd grade has focused on our district-wide internet safety lessons. Both lessons emphasized the difference between private information (address, birthdate, full name, etc) and personal information (favorites).
In our first lesson, students met two characters: Electra the Elephant and Mizzle the Mouse. Students' role was to act as detectives and discover what they could learn about each character based on the information each character had shared. Through this activity, they learned that while both characters created a unique digital footprint, Electra's digital footprint was not as safe because she shared a lot of private information. She failed to realize (or forgot) that most people on the internet are strangers! During this week's lesson, we reviewed the difference between private and personal information and talked about how some websites might require us the have a username. We further discussed that usernames should only include personal information that do not reveal clues as to who we actually are. After interviewing a classmate about their favorites, students practiced creating three safe usernames for their partner, so that later in life, when they are needing to create a username, they have the tools to do so safely.
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CategoriesJenny WilliamsAfter 8 years in the classroom, I'm very eager and excited to be in my 5th year as Library Media Specialist in the Learning Commons of Langston Hughes! Archives
April 2019
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