April
Library Skills: Chapter book focus and chapter book read aloud
Literacy Skills: How to read a recipe, cooking/math skills, maps, compass skills, map grids, title page, author, illustrator and publishing company
Technology: No use of the lab due to testing
March
Library Skills: Non-fiction review
Literacy Skills: continue with read aloud "Mystery of the Eagle Feather"and everybody book "Jingle Dancer" diversity, Indian pow wows, Katchina dolls art project.
Technology: No use of the lab due to testing
February
Library Skills:
Literacy Skills: making personal connections, emigrant text "Mystery of the Eagle Feather"
Technology: continue with computer parts, basic keyboarding skills, font, point size, color.
January
Library Skills:Meet the author and illustrator of book fair books.
Literacy Skills: Book talks with book fair books, read alouds with book fair books.
Author visit how to write a good story with Brad Herzog.
Technology: Cyber safety, Tumblebooks online, parts of a computer (mouse, mouse pad, keyboard, speakers, printer, CPU, motherboard, hard drive, flash drive, CD Rom,
3-1/2 floppy, monitor, screen, input, output. Magic School Bus Gets Programed video.
December
Library Skills: Parts of a book, continue with emergent read aloud
Literacy Skills: Wordless books,
Technology: Snowflakes online
November
Library Skills: Emergent readers books, review non-fiction
Literacy Skills: making personal connections, sequencing a story
Technology: Microsoft Word skills, typing names, uppercase lower case letter, keyboard basics, punctuation keys, spelling words
October
Library Skills:
Literacy Skills: Arthur stories in preparation for our guest D.W. Video "Meet author Marc Brown" Pat Gallager Books and connections, Arthur Book club
Technology: KidsPix All About Me project, dot to dot, stamping tool
September
Library Skills: Get to know your Library, Checking Out books, Responsibility/Book Care, Genre Historical Fiction.
Literacy Skills: Wordless books, ABC order, Predicting, Book Awareness-beginning, middle, end, setting, characters making personal connections.
Technology: computer parts: Mouse, mouse pad, headphones, keyboard, monitor, KidsPics computer program.
End of a Chapter...
It is with sadness that I post that this is the end of a chapter in the story of the Harritt Elementary Library Media Webage. Due to budget cuts in the district the position of Library Media Technology Teacher no longer exists. The library at Harritt will remain open and staffed with the help of an instructional assistant and volunteers. However, there will no longer be instruction in literacy skills or library skills as well as technology instruction from a certified librarian. This blog will remain open as a symbol of what was once taught at Harritt and what has been lost due to lack of funding for education.
Don't Unplug Technology from K-5th Grades
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