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Come on Down to the Dewey Cafe!

Posted by Mallory Goetz on Tuesday, December 16, 2014, In : Reading 
This week in the Library, 4th grade students spent time in the Dewey Cafe -- where they applied their knowledge of the Dewey Decimal System and of how the library works by using a "cafe" setting.  Students dressed as either a customer who ordered a "meal" of books, a waiter who took the customer's order and searched for/picked it up from the shelves, or a chef who "cooked" the order by searching in our Destiny Quest library catalog.  All students inquired into and learned a little bit more ab...

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Grade 5 Bad Apples!

Posted by Mallory Goetz on Tuesday, December 16, 2014, In : Research 
Research Wisely!
The past few weeks, 5th grade students have been researching famous people for their biography project.  In library class, students looked at what sources of information were good or not-so-good by evaluating them using a checklist and the "Bad Apple" activity.  Students are now researching away using only trustworthy sources; including the library's subscription to the National Geographic database[username: ISB; password: library].
 
 
 


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Grade 5 Research Unit

Posted by Mallory Goetz on Tuesday, December 16, 2014, In : Research 
Grade 5 is starting their Library Research Unit in preparation for the PYP Exhibition!

In order to be prepared for the work with the exhibition this year, 5th grade will be honing their research skills. they started by taking the TRAILS Information Skills test to see what they already knew about researching.  Then, we will look at what skills we need to work on based on the test.  Here, in the picture below, you can see 5th graders having a Silent Conversation about what they think it means to...
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