Fifth+Grade+Library+Curriculum

September 3, 4, 2009 ** Itinerary:
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1. Hanscom CARES; discuss how school theme is carried out in the library. 2. Rules: a. Follow the directions the first time they are given. b. Listen, sitting up straight with your hands and feet to yourself during story or viewing time. c. Raise your hand and wait to be called upon. d. One person speaks at a time during stories and discussions. e. Use library voices (whisper) and library feet (walk). f. Treat books and people with care and respect. 3. Consequences a. Warning b. Time out c. Pink slip sent to office 4. Explain how students may take out 2 books per week and an unlimited amount for projects. 5. Discuss class schedule, proper entrance, joke, story/skills, book selection (curriculum coordinates with computer and classroom and unique to library). 6. Take biographical photo of students. 7. Provide recycle bags and library hanger to remind students to return books on library day. Decorate hangers. 8. Choose books.

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<span style="background-color: #0f430f; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%; text-align: center;">October 15, 16, 2009 **<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;"> <span style="color: #0f430f; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 120%;"> **Itinerary:** 1. Joke- an example of word play with "almost-sound-alike words" 2. Read Chapters 16 and 17 of __Knucklehead__ by Jon Scieszka. Chapter 16 "Brother Sitting": "Babysitters were always kind of a challenge for us." p.48. Chapter 17 "Buyer Beware": Jon was not happy with his hundred-piece army and looked for an ingenious way to get rid of it." 3. Choose books for pleasure, check out and read.

<span style="background-color: #0f430f; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 168%; text-align: center;">October 23, 24, 2009 <span style="color: #252eda; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 120%;"> <span style="color: #0f430f; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 120%;">**Itinerary:** 1. Joke- variation on the "almost-sound-alike words" 2. Read Chapters 18,19,20 of __Knucklehead__ by Jon Scieszka. Chapter 18 "Model War": "Knucklehead Warning! Do not try this at home...or anywhere else. p. 56. Chapter 19 "Pass It On" Chapter 20 "Watching" 3. Discuss what to look for when choosing a biography and select one for classroom project. 3. Choose books for pleasure and projects, check out and read. <span style="color: #252eda; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 120%;">

<span style="background-color: #0f430f; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 168%; text-align: center;">October 30, 31, 2009 <span style="color: #0f430f; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 120%;">**Itinerary:** 1. Joke- a mini or streamlined version of a **Limerick** invented by comic poet Ogden Nash called a **Limick**. A Limerick is a light or humorous verse with a specific rhythm and rhyme scheme. It usually has five lines; this poem has 4! 2. Read chapters 24-27 of __Knucklehead__ by Jon Scieszka. Today we hear Jon's tales of play, Cub Scouts, being nearly oldest, and random reading. 3. Reader's Chair Presentations

<span style="background-color: #0f430f; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 168%; text-align: center;">November 5,6, 2009 <span style="color: #0f430f; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 120%;">**Itinerary:** 1. Joke- 2.Read chapter 3. Begin print research part of WebQuest Assignment on name origins. Reference Skills and accurate recording of details will be important today. Preparing a Works Cited entry without a computer (not using the OSLIS Site) will be a part of this lesson! Part of this lesson will be done in the Computer Lab with Ms. Albuixech. The final product will be a video production of the storyboard /script that you write with the results of your research.

<span style="background-color: #0f430f; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 168%; text-align: center;">November 12,13, 2009 <span style="color: #0f430f; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 120%;">**Itinerary:** 1. Joke Q: Why did the lion spit out the clown? A: Because he tasted funny.

<span style="background-color: #0f430f; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 168%; text-align: center;">November 19,20, 2009 <span style="color: #0f430f; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 120%;">**Itinerary:** 1. Joke Nurse: One of the doctors with see you now. Patient: Which doctor? Nurse: No, just a regular one.

<span style="background-color: #0f430f; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 168%; text-align: center;">November 26,27, 2009 1. 2. <span style="background-color: #0f430f; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 168%; text-align: center;">December 3,4, 2009 <span style="color: #0f430f; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 120%;">**Itinerary:** 1. Seasonal joke 2. Name Research: Add information from parental interviews to scripts, and practice scripts with a partner or alone 3. Choose books for pleasure and projects, check out and read.

<span style="background-color: #0f430f; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 168%; text-align: center;">December 10, 11, 2009 <span style="color: #0f430f; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 120%;">**Itinerary:** 1. 2.

<span style="background-color: #0f430f; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 168%; text-align: center;">December 17, 18, 2009 <span style="color: #0f430f; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 120%;">**Itinerary:** 1. Joke Q: How do sheep in Mexico say Merry Christmas? A: Fleece Navidad! 2. Read //The Christmas Menorahs: How a Town Fought Hate// by Janice Cohn; illustrated by Bill Farnsworth. __Summary__: Describes how people in Billings, Montana joined together to fight a series of hate crimes. 3. Choose books for pleasure and projects, check out and read.

<span style="background-color: #0f430f; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 168%; text-align: center;">January 7, 8, 2010 <span style="color: #0f430f; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 120%;">**Itinerary:** 1. Joke: Q. Where do horses live? A. In neigh-borhoods. 2. Reference skill review using The World Almanac for Kids 3. Choose books for pleasure and projects, check out and read. Do Martin Luther King, Jr. puzzle <span style="background-color: #0f430f; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 168%; text-align: center;">January 14, 15, 2010 <span style="color: #0f430f; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 120%;">**Itinerary:** 1. Joke: __No Fun in Months__ The teacher wrote on the board, "I ain't had no fun in months." Then she said,"Johnny, how should I correct that?" "Johnny replied, "Maybe you should get a new social life." 2. Atlas Exploration! List explorers, list skills (i.e., coordinates, index, table of contents, interpret chart, climate map, fact box)

<span style="background-color: #0f430f; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 168%; text-align: center;">January 21, 22, 2010 <span style="color: #0f430f; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 120%;">**Itinerary:** 1. Joke: Q: What weighs 2000 pounds, has big ears, tusks, and two trunks? A: An elephant going on vacation. Dahl, Michael. //The Everything Kids' Joke Book: Side-splitting, rib-tickling fun!// 2. Complete Atlas/Explorer Search (10 minutes only!) 3. Reader's Chair Presentation, Reader's Response, Quick Takes 4. Select Books 5. Read Aloud

<span style="background-color: #0f430f; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 168%; text-align: center;">January 28, 29, 2010 <span style="color: #0f430f; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 120%;">**Itinerary:** 1. Joke HOT DOG I have a hot dog for a pet, The only kind my folks would let Me get. He does smell sort of bad And yet, He absolutely never gets The sofa wet. We have a butcher for a vet, The strangest vet you ever met. Guess we're the weirdest family yet, To have a hot dog for a pet. From: Silverstein, Shel. //A Light in the Attic//.

2. The research process--"What do I want to know" Knowing What To Do--Step 1: What Do I Want to Know? (DVD from American Association of School Librarians) __DVD summary:__ Liking a topic and having some "cool" visuals isn't always enough, as Cara and Lindsey realize when they compare their tornado project to those of their classmates. They see other students using a rubric to guide their information search and decide to do the same, finally coming up with an outstanding project. (A rubric is a tool, such as a chart, to help students track their information search). Students see how using a rubric can turn a ho-hum project into a knockout. 3. Select books. 4. Listen to the fabulous new book by Andrew Clements: //Extra Credit// (copyright 2009)

<span style="background-color: #0f430f; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 168%; text-align: center;">February 4, 5, 2010 <span style="color: #0f430f; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 120%;">**Itinerary:** 1. Groundhog Jokes Q. What's green, has four legs and jumps out of it's hole on February 2nd? A. The Ground Frog! Q. Where do sick groundhogs go? A. To the hogpital Q. What do you call a royal groundhog? A. A crowned hog.

2. Reader's Chair 3. Continue The Research Process--"Thinking Up Ideas" Step 2: Where Can I Find It? (DVD from American Association of School Librarians) __DVD summary:__ After a visit to an African-American history museum, Anna and Ben grow curious about an old house in their community that may have played a part in the underground railroad. Determined to find out about the house's heritage before it is torn down, they brainstorm places to look for information. Students are introduced to brainstorming techniques and to a variety of information sources from both the school library and the community. 4. Select books. 5. Read //Extra Credit// by Andrew Clements--chapter 3 "Worst Case."

<span style="background-color: #0f430f; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 168%; text-align: center;">February 11, 12, 2010 <span style="color: #0f430f; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 120%;">**Itinerary:** 1. Valentine's Day Joke Q. Do skunks celebrate Valentine's Day? A. Sure, they're very scent-imental. Homophone: one or two or more words having the same sound, but differing in spelling, origin, and meaning. "sentimental" = very emotional esp. romantic feelings vs. "scent-imental"

2. Continue The Research Process--"Choosing the Right Information" How to evaluate information sources for VALIDITY, ACCURACY, & RELEVANCE to answer the problem. Step 2: Where can I find it? (DVD from American Association of School Librarians) __DVD summary:__ After rescuing a turtle, Allie and Tyler discover that its continued survival depends on very specific, reliable information. When their efforts to find answers to practical questions are frustrated, they turn to the school's media specialist who leads them though a variety of resources--print, electronic, and human--to find answers. Students learn how to evaluate information sources for validity, accuracy, and relevance to their problem. 3. Select books. 4. Read chapter 4: "Steep Climb" and chapter 5 "The Project" from //Extra Credit// by Andrew Clements.

<span style="background-color: #0f430f; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 168%; text-align: center;">February 18, 19, 2010 <span style="color: #0f430f; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 120%;">**FEBRUARY VACATION WEEK**

<span style="background-color: #0f430f; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 168%; text-align: center;">February 25, 26, 2010 <span style="color: #0f430f; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 120%;">**Itinerary:** 1. Joke for Washington's birthday A. Was General Washington a handsome man? Q. Yes, he was George-eous! 2. Reader's chair 3. Continue the research process--"Getting It All Together: How can I use it?" organizational schemes you can use. 4. Voice thread metaphor research. 5. Choose books. 6. Read Chapter 6: "The Project" from Extra Credit by Andrew Clements.

<span style="background-color: #0f430f; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 168%; text-align: center;">March 4,5, 2010 <span style="color: #0f430f; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 120%;"> Itinerary: 1. Joke 2. Do research and write scripts using wiki sites in computer lab. Look up one item from your voice thread research. Use a book! Record characteristics and works cited info! 3. "Extra Credit" oral reading 4. Book selection

<span style="background-color: #0f430f; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 168%; text-align: center;">March 11,12, 2010 <span style="color: #0f430f; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 120%;">Itinerary: 1. Joke 2. Continue the research process: "Sharing Your Results;" Step 3: How Can I Use It? DVD Summary: Deciding how to present a project on fairy tales has Cammy, Alex. and Nicole stumped at first. When they start to consider ways other than a written report, they become excited about the project. Using Nicole's video skills and their own research and acting skills, they come up with a clever way to present their project. Students learn about the various ways to present information, and how the format can affect their search and its results. 3. Read chapter 6: "Stuck Between" of //Extra Credit// by Andrew Clements.

<span style="background-color: #0f430f; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 168%; text-align: center;">March 18,19, 2010 <span style="color: #0f430f; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 120%;">Itinerary: 1. Spring garden joke: Q. How many feet are in a yard? A. It depends how many people are standing in it.

2. Continue the research process: "Saying It Another Way;" Step 3: How Can I Use It? Strategy: Paraphrasing __DVD summary:__ When Bunker and his buddy, Jim, find out that their favorite bike trail has been closed to make way for a shopping mall, Bunker decides he must find a way to persuade the city to reconsider the move. In the process, he learns that saying what is important--in his own words-- is the best way to be heard. Your students gain practice in rephrasing information, and an understanding of the importance of using their own words. 3. Final work on video/voice thread storyboards! 4. Select books and read quietly. <span style="background-color: #0f430f; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 168%; text-align: center;">March 25,26, 2010 <span style="color: #0f430f; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 120%;">Itinerary: 1. Joke: Q. Did you hear about the monkey who left bits of his lunch all over the computer? A. His dad went bananas.

2. Continue the research process: "Thinking About What You Did;" Step 4: How Did I Do? Strategy" Assessing the Product __DVD summary:__ Having some of the right information doesn't always lead to the right answer, as Glenn and Taylor discover when their initial attempt to build a hovercraft falls flat. Helped by an uncle and a rubric, they retrace their steps, adjusting until they finally learn to ask questions about why a project might fail, what might be wrong with the information, and what they need to do to help a project succeed. 3. Read: "George Washington's Breakfast" by Jean Fritz (copyright 1969) __Summary:__ "George W. Allen was proud of two things--his name and his birthday. He was named after George Washington and he had the same birthday. It made him feel almost related. So related he wanted to know everything he could about George Washington. The whole family and even the town librarian joined George in his search. Told with humor and a keen sense of factual detail, this story brings history to life with a freshness and excitement that will delight every child."

<span style="background-color: #0f430f; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 168%; text-align: center;">April 1, 2, 2010 <span style="color: #0f430f; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 144%;">1. <span style="color: #0f430f; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 120%;">Joke 2. Research process; "How did I do, The Process" __DVD Summary__: Having some of the right information doesn't always lead to the right answer, as Glenn and Taylor discover when their initial attempt to build a hovercraft falls flat. Helped by an uncle and a rubric, they retrace their steps, adjusting until they finally launch their "Flying Pizza" successfully. Your students learn to ask questions about why a project might fail, what might be wrong with the information, and what they need to do to help a project succeed. 3. Choose and check out books

<span style="background-color: #0f430f; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 168%; text-align: center;">April 8,9, 2010 <span style="color: #0f430f; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 144%;">1. <span style="color: #0f430f; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 120%;">Joke: Q. What would you get if you crossed a meat-eating dinosaur and a giraffe? A. Tyrannosaurus NECKS! (example of wordplay-rhymes with REX) 2. Complete Research Process: "How did I do? The Product" __DVD Summary__: Zach develops an interesting story for the Young Author's Contest, but ignoring the four-step process leaves him off the mark in accuracy. To give his story the authenticity it needs, Zach reviews what he wants to know and learns where to find accurate information. Your students will learn how to evaluate their final product by reviewing the four-step process and revising as necessary. 3. Working with a partner, solve given problem of how to buy an anorak using the 4 step procedure we have learned and practiced for the last six weks. Have one partner be a scribe and one e ready to report to the class. 4. Choose and check out books; sit at tables and read quietly to practice etiquette needed in a public or base library. <span style="background-color: #0f430f; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 168%; text-align: center;">April 15,16, 2010 <span style="color: #0f430f; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 120%;">Itinerary: 1. Joke 2. Read George Washington's Breakfast 3. Book selection <span style="background-color: #0f430f; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 168%; text-align: center;"> April 22,23, 2010 <span style="color: #0f430f; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 120%;">SCHOOL VACATION

<span style="background-color: #0f430f; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 168%; text-align: center;">April 29, 30, 2010 <span style="color: #0f430f; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 120%;">Itinerary: 1. 2.

<span style="background-color: #0f430f; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 168%; text-align: center;">May 6,7, 2010 <span style="color: #0f430f; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 120%;">Itinerary: 1.Joke: Q: April showers bring May flowers. What do May flowers bring? A: Pilgrims! 2. Reader's Theater: __Unite or Die: How Thirteen States Became a Nation__ written by Jacqueline Jules; illustrated by Jef Czekaj c. 2009. __Description:__ This picture book describes the challenges, conflicts, and compromises that shaped the United States Constitution and brought unity to the states. The book was adapted to be performed as a reader's theater, with each student being a delegate from one of the thirteen colonies. 3. Select books. Remember to return overdues.

<span style="background-color: #0f430f; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 168%; text-align: center;">May 13,14, 2010 <span style="color: #0f430f; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 120%;">Itinerary: 1. Joke 2. Make a map of your state in __Unite or Die__ (from the previous week's Reader's Theater). 3. Read chosen books or magazines.

<span style="background-color: #0f430f; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 168%; text-align: center;">May 20,21, 2010 <span style="color: #0f430f; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 120%;">Itinerary: 1. 2.

<span style="background-color: #0f430f; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 168%; text-align: center;">May 27,28, 2010 <span style="color: #0f430f; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 120%;">Itinerary: 1. Joke 2. See tape of book Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox; c 1989. This is a story about sharing and caring. 3. What's a memory quilt square? 4. Read The Promise Quilt by Candice F. Ransom; c 2002. A Civil War tale of sacrifice, remembering and growing wise. 5. Last time to check out books.

<span style="background-color: #0f430f; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 168%; text-align: center;">June 3,4, 2010 <span style="color: #0f430f; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 120%;">Itinerary: 1. 2.

<span style="background-color: #0f430f; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 168%; text-align: center;">June 10,11, 2010 <span style="color: #0f430f; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 120%;">Itinerary: 1. 2.

<span style="background-color: #0f430f; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 168%; text-align: center;">June 17,18 2010 <span style="color: #0f430f; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 120%;">Itinerary: 1. 2.