GoAnimate!

Students in 4th and 5th grade learn all about Internet Safety in the library. After viewing several Internet safety cartoons, such as Professor Garfield's Cyberbullying videos (http://www.professorgarfield.org/learning_lab/cyberbullying.html) and BrainPopJr.'s Internet Safety (http://www.brainpopjr.com/artsandtechnology/technology/internetsafety/), we discussed all the rules on how to be safe online. Students then created their own Internet safety animations. Here's a sample of a couple of our animations:

Molly and Shaun's Video

Ashley & Eva's Video

Craig and Emily's Video

 

Students learned some key rules about being safe online, such as never giving out personal information or passwords and telling a trusted adult if they are being cyberbullied. 

First Grade U.S. National Symbols E-Books

Students in first grade learned about the national symbols of our country, such as the Statue of Liberty, the White House, and the Liberty Bell. In library, we researched these symbols on PebbleGo. Students chose one symbol and made a drawing using the drawing program in Little Bird Tales and then they also recorded one fact that they learned about their symbol. This project covered Speaking & Listening (SL.1.5) in the Common Core Standards. Students were able to present their knowledge using drawings and recordings.

Ms. Ruocco's Class

http://www.littlebirdtales.com/tales/view/story_id/309566/

Mrs. Rice's Class

http://www.littlebirdtales.com/tales/view/story_id/309629/

Ms. Delrossi's Class

http://www.littlebirdtales.com/tales/view/story_id/309465/

Ms. Balfe's Class

http://www.littlebirdtales.com/tales/view/story_id/309502/

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

December's book club pic is a favorite of mine. Come by the library and grab your copy.