HMS+Library+Curriculum+2013-2014

=__4th and 5th GRADES__=

__**Sept. 3 - Sept. 10**__

Joke: "Where do you work out?" "At the library."

Lesson: Autobiographical collections

Message: Dear Library Learners: Welcome to HMS Library 2013-2014! We have a new library assistant named Ms. Kelly who will help you check out books today. Our year-long target will be: I can use "Hanscom Cares" in Library. We'll read great books and look up interesting facts as we "care". Sincerely, Ms. Rote and Ms. Kelly

__**Sept. 11 - Sept. 20**__

Joke: "Grrrr is not a word"

Lesson: Destiny Online Catalog using iPads and introduced QR code to access Destiny quickly. Target: I can use the online library catalog Look Fors: Locate the Destiny site Search by author, title, and subject

Dear Library Learners, We hope you enjoyed your book choices from our library. Today, we'll learn (or review for returning students) how to use "Destiny" the online catalog of our library materials. Now, you can make even more choices! Sincerely, Ms. Rote and Ms. Kelly
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__**Sept. 18**__

Joke: There is intelligent life in the universe! It's right here on earth. Be part of it. READ.

Lesson: Finish Destiny worksheet (Wednesday classes)

Message: Dear Library Learners, Today, we'll complete our Destiny searches using the automated catalog on your iPad. As soon as your work is complete, get a shelf marker and choose and check out books. If time, we'll start a new project. Sincerely, Ms. Rote and Ms. Kelly

__**Sept. 25 - Oct.** 1__

joke: What do you get when you cross a rooster and a duck? A bird that wakes you up at the quack of dawn!

Lesson: Fourth Grade: Biopoems Fifth Grade: Autobiographical scripts

Message: Fourth Grade: Dear Library Learners: Today you will create a biopoem where you will use precise language to describe yourself. We'll videotape your scripts next week. Yes, you'll be a star! Sincerely, Ms. Rote and Ms. Kelly

Message:Fifth Grade Dear Fifth Grade Library Learners, Today we shall write autobiographical scripts for a video production. You will be the writer and talent and we are producers and camera crew. We'll shoot our storyboard/scripts during next class. Sincerely, Ms. Rote and Ms. Kelly



__**Oct.** **2 - Wednesday**__

Joke: Trash contains eighteen items. Are you sure you want to remove them permanently?

Lesson: Fourth Grade: Finish Biopoems. Fifth Grade: Finish Autobiographical Script.

Message: Dear Library Learners: Today is a relaxed writing period where you will refine, complete, and practice your scripts. Choose your books thoughtfully and use shelf markers. Sincerely, Ms. Rote and Ms. Kelly

__**Oct. 7 - Oct 11.**__

Joke: Lesson: Tape BioPoems and Autobiographical Scripts

Message:

__**Oct. 16 - Oct.25.**__

Lesson: Hopes and Dreams: Grade 4-What About Me? Grade 5-Dream Peddler

Message: Dear Fourth Grade Library Learners: Our story today is about a boy's quest for knowledge. Do you have hopes and dreams for your year of study in library class? Think about this as you listen to the story. Sincerely, Ms. Rote and Ms. Kelly

Dear Fifth Grade Library Learners: Our story today is derived from a fifteenth-century folktale where a poor peddler journeys to London Bridge to find the answer to his dream. Do you have hopes and dreams for your year of study here in library class? Think about this as you read this story. Sincerely, Ms. Rote and Ms. Kelly

__**Oct. 23 - Oct 31.**__

Lesson: Online Library Skills Assessment using iPads

Message: Dear Library Learners, Today you will complete a National Library Assessment. This is a time to read carefully, think critically, and remember all your study and library skills from past years. Now, we'll know your HOPES, DREAMS, and NEEDS so we can have the Best Library class ever! Sincerely, Ms. Rote and Ms. Kelly

Target: I can complete a National Library Assessment using an iPad. Look Fors: Read each questions twice Think before making a choice Mark choice carefully on screen Check your work Silence throughout When done, use Destiny QR Code to choose today's books

__**Oct. 30 -Oct.** 31__

Lesson: You Read To Me, I'll Read To You - Very Short Scary Tales To Read Together 5D-Also Library Skills Assessment

Message:

Dear Library Learners,


 * Do you like to**
 * Quake and quiver?**


 * Do you like to**
 * Shake and shiver?**

We hope so! Today's library lesson involves original, scary, ghoulish, rhymed stories that are like **little plays for two voices that sometimes speak separately, sometimes in unison**. The Text is **tricolored for easy readability** which fosters **a shared read-aloud experience**. As poet Mary Ann Hoberman says,


 * We'll read each page**
 * To one another--**
 * You'll read one side**
 * I the other.**

Sincerely, Ms. Rote Ms. Kelly

Target: I can perform a poem with two voices

__**Nov. 5 - Nov.12**__

Lesson: Introduction to Reference Sources and Reference Scavenger Hunt

Target: I can locate information in reference books.

Look Fors: Locate source at color station Take question and source to your seat Identify work with name, class, number and color of question Read entire question and hints Use Reference skills Use correct spelling and punctuation when answering Cite source,underline title Return book to exact location Give answer to librarians

Message: Dear Library Learners, Today we will have an introduction to Reference books and start our Harvest Reference Scavenger Hunt. Sincerely, Ms. Rote and Ms. Kelly

Slide Presentation of Reference Sources:

__**Nov.13**__

Lesson: Reference Scavenger Hunt and Y Chart Introduction to Primary and Secondary Sources (4C)

Message: Dear Library Learners: Do you know what a Y chart is? It is a graphic way for kids to design a comfortable learning environment. After you do that, we'll learn the difference between a primary and secondary source. This was an area of our library assessment that everyone wanted to know about! Sincerely, Ms. Rote and Ms. Kelly

__**Nov. 18 - Nov. 22**__

Lesson: 4th Grade - Thank You Sarah, The Woman Who Saved Thanksgiving by Laurie Halse Anderson Writing response: Is the Pen Mightier Than The Sword?

5th Grade - Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade by Melissa Sweet Inside Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade - History Channel Documentary

Messages:

Dear Fourth Grade Library Learners, Today's lesson is about a determined woman who lived in New England and wrote for four decades which included the Civil War and five Presidents. What do you suppose this has to do with Thanksgiving? Sincerely Ms. Rote and Ms Kelly



Dear Fifth Grade Library Learners: Today we read a true story of a talented artist whose name rhymes with aargh! He was a puppeteer who lived from 1880-1942 and his name was Tony Sarg! This book has amazing art! Sincerely, Ms. Rote and Ms. Kelly

__**Nov. 27**__

Lesson: Reference Scavenger Hunt and Introduction to Primary and Secondary Sources

Message: Dear Library Learners, Today, we'll continue our "research workouts" with reference questions and a closer look at Primary and Secondary sources in our library. Sincerely, Ms. Rote and Ms. Kelly



__**Dec.2 - Dec. 6**__

Message Grade 4
 * Dear Library Learners,

After completing your reference task, we'll read a seasonal take where we see how friendship means the same thing in any language. In this story friends are important. Sincerely, Ms. Rote & Ms. Kelly || Lesson: Students will continue to practice their reference skills to answer scavenger hunt questions using a variety of print resources. Read: Rosen, Michael J. __Elijah's Angel__. Orlando, FL: Harcourt Brace & Company. 1992. __Summary:__ At Christmas-Hanukkah time, a Christian woodcarver gives a carved angel to a young Jewish friend, who struggles with accepting the Christmas gift until he realizes that friendship means the same thing in any religion.

Message Grade 5
 * Dear Library Learners,

After completing your reference task, we'll read a seasonal tale where we see how friendship means the same thing in any language. In this story friends are important. Sincerely, Ms. Rote & Ms. Kelly || Students will continue to practice their reference skills to answer scavenger hunt questions using a variety of print resources Read: Cohn, Janice. __The Christmas Menorahs: How a Town Fought Hate__. Morton Grove, Illinois: Albert Whitman & Company. 1995 Summary: Describes how people in Billings, Montana, joined together to fight a series of hate crimes. -Began this section of lesson by reading p. 26, which gave the history of Hanukkah. -Next read student pp. 6-18, which started the story of the Schnitzer family and their experience in Billings, MT. -Show documentary of __Not in Our Town__, specifically the section about the Billings, MT incidents.

__**Dec. 11 - Dec. 17**__ Lesson: Introduction to Canada DVD

Message Grade 4 Dear Fourth Grade Library Learners,

Welcome to Canada! Bienvenue au Canada (Bee-N-VEH-NOO OH CAH-NA-DAH)! Today, well join Canadian students as they examine the regions of Canada to see how the land formations, climate, river systems, and natural resources have affected the growth of this nation.

Sincerely,

Ms Rote & Ms. Kelly

Lesson : Explorers

Message Grade 5

__**Dec. 18 -Dec. 19**__

Grade 4 Lesson Nunavut Baseball Bats for Christmas

TARGET Learning Target: I can write or say five facts about Nunavut, the Newest Territory in Canada.

1. Joke
 * Dear Fourth Grade Library Learners,

Dear Library Learners, Let's see how much we can learn about Canada's newest territory, Nunavut, from reading a picture book. The author is an Inuit who grew up in Nunavut.

Sincerely,

Ms Rote & Ms. Kelly ||

2. Students were asked to write what they know about the following 5 words on large newsprint: Polar Regions, Canada, Baseball, Christmas, Nunavut. 3. Students watch a short clip from the Geography of Canada DVD relating to the territories of Canada. 4. Read: __Baseball Bats for Christmas__

Displays: Stop sign in Inuit and English Nunavut = "Noon-a-vuut" (voot) = our land Inuit = the people Inuksuk = monument, marker for survival Tuktusiuriagatigitgingnapinngitkptinnga ="You'll never go caribou hunting with me again!" (Invialuktun dialect of Inuktitut) This territory is spelled N-u-n-a-v-u-t and pronounced "Noon-a-voot". It means "our land in Inuktitut,the Inuit language. The nickname is "The Land of the Midnight Sun", and the territorial abbreviation is NU. It is bordered by Hudson's Bay, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Beaufort Sea, the Arctic Ocean and Baffin Bay. The climate is cold and land has permafrost. The type of vegetation is tundra, andthere are no trees since they can not put down deep rrots in the frozen soil. The people are called Inuit, and their alphabet has 15 characters, yet amazingly they have 20 words for "caribou"! An interesting fact for us is that the capital city of Igaluit(means "place of many fish") was founded in1942 as an American airbase. The American military left in 1963. Our story takes place in 1955 which is before Nunavut was a territory. It is an autobiographical picture book. Grade 4 Lesson Nunavut Baseball Bats for Christmas

Grade 5 Lesson: Explorers

__**Jan. 8 - Jan. 13**__

Grade 4 Lesson: Quebec/The Hockey Sweater Dear Fourth Grade Library Learners,

Today we travel to Ste. (Sainte) Justine Quebec (1940s) where all the boys in the village want to play hockey like their hero, Maurice "The Rocket" (in French is sounds like Maawreece Reechar). The author is famous, and the book is also.

Sincerely,

Ms Rote & Ms. Kelly

. Students will continue their study of Canada by identifying the province of Quebec maps.

Learning Targets:
 * On a map of Canada, I can identify the province of Quebec.

5. Read __The Hockey Sweater__ by Roch Carrier.

Grade 5 Lesson: Atlas Explorers

__**Jan. 15 - Jan 27**__

Grade 4 Lesson: Newfoundland/ Duncan's Way


 * Dear Fourth Grade Library Learners,

Today we begin our study of Canada. Well share a special story about a fisherman and his family on the island of Newfoundland in the province called Newfoundland and Labrador. Real life if the inspiration for this book. Ms. Rote met the author/illustrator, Ian Wallace, when she studied in Toronto, Canada.

Sincerely,

Ms Rote & Ms. Kelly ||

Students are introduced to Canada, including where it is located, its provinces, etc. Read the story __Duncan's Way__ by Ian Wallace.


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Grade 5 Lesson: Autobiographical Scripts - Video Critique

Dear Fifth Grade Library Learners,

Today is a busy day! We start with our customary warm-up activity. Then, we view fall productions and complete personal critique sheets. This is to prepare us for our next project, which will use video in the final product. Yes, you'll have book time also!

Sincerely,

Ms Rote & Ms. Kelly

Students will continue to practice their reference skills to answer scavenger hunt questions . Students will watch their biographical video productions that were created earlier in the year. While watching the video, students will refer to their critique sheets to help them discover ways in which they can improve their video performance for next time.


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__**Jan. 22 - Feb. 6**__

Grade 4 Lesson: History of Canada DVD

Learning target: I can write four facts about the history of Canada.
 * Joke: "Nice igloo. Can we get Inuit?"**


 * Dear Fourth Grade Library Learners,

Today, we discover how important the unique Canadian spirit and values have been in shaping the history of Canada. We'll learn about first Nations and Inuit cultures, European fur trappers, and Canada's growth as a nation with provinces and territories Sincerely,

Ms. Rote & Ms. Kelly || Canada map assessment (pre-test!): Assess the students' knowledge oft he provinces/territories and their capitals. Students will watch the video: History of Canada. During the video, students will use a graphic organizer to write facts about the history of Canada.


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Grade 5 Lesson: Autobiographical Metaphors Using iPads and Explain Everything

__**Feb.12 - Feb,28**__

Fourth Grade Lesson: Prairies - First Peoples story from On a Canadian Day

Dear Fourth Grade Library Learners,

Let's go back in history and read a story about the Plains Aboriginal People who lived in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba (The prairie provinces) in the 1600s. Our story is from a book called __On a Canadian Day: Nine__ __Voyages Through History__.

Sincerely, Ms. Rote and Ms. Kelly

We read the story The Buffalo Hunt from __On a Canadian Day: Nine__ __Voyages Through History__.

Fifth Grade Lesson: Autobiographical Metaphor

__**March 5 - March 12**__

Fourth Grade Lesson: British Columbia 1942 - from __On a Canadian Day__

Dear Fourth Grade Library Learners,

Today, we "travel" back in time to Vancouver, British Columbia in 1942. This is a difficult time in Canadian history.

Sincerely,

Ms. Rote & Ms. Kelly

Read __Sent Away__ (from __On a Canadian Day)__, a story that takes place in British Columbia. Students will write in their journals.

Fifth Grade Lesson: Autobiographical Metaphor

__**March 17 - March**__ **26**

Fourth Grade Lesson: Ontario - Lan's Boat Ride from __On a Canadian Day__ and paper map assessment of Canadian provinces and territories.

Dear Fourth Grade Library Learners,

Our Canadian journey takes us to Muskoka, Ontario in 1979. "Lan's Boat Ride" is a moving story about a Vietnamese refugee who immigrated to Canada. After the story, write a response in your journal to this quotation: "I think the lake is like Canada. Even if you fall in, you have a life jacket to keep you from sinking."

Sincerely,

Ms. Rote & Ms. Kelly

Students will complete their paper map assessment of Canadian provinces and territories.


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Students will complete their map assessment of Canadian capitals (test will be completed in the computer lab). The link to the online assessment is provided via the HMS library website. Read: "Lan's Boat Ride" from __On a Canadian Day__. Students will write responses in their Canada journals.

Fifth Grade Lesson: Autobiographical Metaphor and Introduction to the Bedford Public Library


 * __March 27 - April 2__**

Fourth Grade Lesson: Cultural Mosaic/Culture of Canada DVD

Dear Fourth Grade Library Learners,

Today, we look at the culture of Canada. Culture is a particular group of people's way of life, including its language, traditions, arts, skills, food, and music.

Whereas the USA is described as a "melting pot," Canada is a "cultural mosaic." Let's figure out what this means by watching a tape and making a word quilt.

Sincerely, Ms Rote & Ms. Kelly

Students watched a "Culture of Canada" DVD and filled in key words and phrases relating to the culture of Canada within a mosaic worksheet.


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Fifth Grade Lesson: Poems For Two Voices - Insect Research

Dear Fifth Grade Library Learners,

Some of poems are written to be read aloud by two voices. Today, you have the opportunity to recite a humorous poem with your poetry partner. You then will do research on an insect to prepare for another recitation for two voices.

Sincerely,

Ms. Rote and Ms. Kelly

Students will work with their assigned partners and will be assigned poem from Paul Fleischman's Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices. Students will research the insect described in the poem using a graphic organizer.

Homework:
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Insect Research:
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What is an insect? What is an insect's life like? Where do insects live? How would it feel to be one? How can we find out? In our next two classes we'll explore these questions using nonfiction books, including Newbery Award Winner, __Poems for Two Voices__(1989) by Paul Fleischman.

__**April 7 - April 9**__

Fourth Grade Lesson: Canada Map Assessment in the Language Lab

Fifth Grade Lesson: Poems For Two Voices - Performance

Dear Fifth Grade Library Learners,

Today, we perform __Joyful Noise__ by Paul Fleischman. Written to be read aloud by two voices--sometimes alternating, sometimes simultaneous-- here is a collection of irresistible poems that celebrate the insect world, from the short life of the mayfly to the love sound of the book louse. Funny, sad, loud, and quiet, each of these poems resounds with a booming boisterous, joyful noise.

Sincerely, Ms. Rote and Ms. Kelly

Students will recite their poems from __Joyful Noise: Poem for Two Voices__

== __**April 16 - 17**__

Fourth Grade Lesson: Caribbean - Stilt Walkers Story

Fifth Grade Lesson: Names Project - Research

Dear Fifth Grade Library Learners, Today, we'll begin a new research unit about your names! Sincerely, Ms Rote & Ms. Kelly Students will research the meaning of their names using a variety of print and online resources. Online resources include: > > [] > > www.mynameday.com > 4. Select books.
 * Find It Quest: []
 * Behind the Name Website:
 * My Name Day Website:

Graphic Organizers for Name Research Project:


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__**April 30 - May 6**__

Fourth Grade Lesson: Mexico - Coyote Legends Map - Mexico and US States Dear Fourth Grade Library Learners,

From your Spanish studies with Senora Encalada you know that part of the United States of America used to be owned by Mexico. Today, we'll note the states that had Mexican origins and compare folktales from our Pacific Southwest and Southwest Mexico.

Sincerely, Ms. Rote & Ms. Kelly Students will color in the following states in the United States that were once part of Mexico: TX, CO, KS, NM, OK, WY, AZ, NV, UT, CA

Read coyote legends: Summary: Coyote arranges the stars in the shapes of his animal friends (Wasco Indian legend). Summary: A little lamb uses her clever wiles to keep a coyote from eating her up (tale from Jalisco, Mexico) Summary: Coyote is tricked by some butterflies who laugh so hard about their joke that they cannot fly straight (Tewa Indian Legend).
 * Taylor, Harriet Peck. __Coyote Places the Stars__. New York: Macmillan Books. 1993.
 * Aardema, Verna. __Borreguita and the Coyote__. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. 1991.
 * Taylor, Harriet Peck. __Coyote and the Laughing Butterflies__. New York: MacMillan Books. 1995.

Question: Why are the coyote tales from these different places so similar? Answer: Because Mexico lost half of its territory due to war.

History of Mexico DVD and folktale

Provide students with map of Mexico that shows the shaded area of U.S. that was once part of Mexico.

Fifth Grade Lesson: Name Project Research and Script Writing

Dear Fifth Grade Library Learners,

Today, you will continue researching your name origin. You will also practice methods of how to interview your family (your subject matter experts--SMEs) about why they named you what they did.

Sincerely,

Ms Rote & Ms. Kelly Students finished researching the origin of their names

__**May 7 - May** **- 16**__

Fourth Grade Lesson: Mexico - Volcano Legends, Geography of Mexico DVD, Map - Central Mexico Dear Fourth Grade Library Learners,

Did you know that the country, Mexico, is called Estados Unidos Mexicanos in Spanish? Today, we'll learn about the geography of this fascinating neighbor located south of our border. Bievenido de Mexico!

Sincerely, Ms. Rote & Ms. Kelly

Students will watch the __Geography of Mexico__ DVD. Students will use their Mexico Journal and respond to the DVD by answering the question: a) What would you most like to see in Mexico and why? b) In what state and region of the country is this place of interest located?.

Read: __The Legend of the Volcanoes Ixtaccihuatl and Popocatepetl__ (Ixta and Popo). Read: Lewis, Thomas P. __Hill of Fire__, Harper & Row. 1971. Read: Kimmel, Eric A. __The Two Mountains: An Aztec Legend__. Holiday House, New York, NY; 2000. Exciting retelling of the legend of the creation of the valley of Mexico.

Homework: TARGETS __ Target __ 1: On a map of North America, I can identify México. __ T ____ arget __ 2: On a map of México, I can become familiar with its 31 states and the Federal District of México (Distrito Federal), which is the capital of the country of México.

__ Look For: __ > __Website:__
 * I will do my homework independently, using the website assigned in library class.
 * I will read and try to pronounce the name of each state in México.

@http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/Mexico_GL_Click.html Fifth Grade Lesson: Name Project Dear Fifth Grade Library Learners,

Today, you will write our name origin scripts based on your research and family interviews. We'll then create our video production!

Sincerely, Ms Rote & Ms. Kelly

Students will write their name origin scripts and practice studio etiquette during video production.

__**May 14 - May**__ **29**

Fourth Grade Lesson: Mexico - Corn Legends Map-Yucatan Dear Fourth Grade Library Learners,

Today, we go back in time to learn some cultural heritage of Mexico. Here are some special stories about volcanoes and corn. Pasalo bien!

Sincerely, Ms. Rote & Ms. Kelly

History of Mexico DVD and folktale

Fifth Grade Lesson: Story Lady Movie Dear fifth Grade Library Learners? This provocative film gives us insight into the challenges sophisticated people, young and old, face living in modern, fast paced New York City. Why do you think Grace wanted to do volunteer work? It seems like she has a dream come true, a chance to make a commercial. Why is this dream so difficult? How does she resolve her problem? How does this affect her young friend, Alexandra? Why is the film called "Storylady"? Sincerely, Ms. Rote