"Ultimately, information literate people are those who have learned how to learn. They know how to learn because they know how knowledge is organized, how to find information, and how to use information in such a way that others can learn from them. They are people prepared for lifelong learning, because they can always find the information needed for any task or decision at hand.”
American Library Association Presidential Committee on Information Literacy (January 10, 1989, Washington, D.C.)

 

Nine Minute Youtube Video called  e-literate explaining why we offer this class.

This information Literacy Class uses the  Big6 c. (Eisenberg and Berkowitz) information processing model.
Our  Information Literacy Curriculum Guidelines are based on the MSLA 2008  Massachusetts Recommended PreK-12 Information Literacy Standards 85 page DRAFT document   (Not yet approved by the MSLA Executive board)  Abridged STANDARDS: Intro, Benchmarks, References;   and the American Association of School Librarians Standards for the 21st Century Learner.   as well as skills adapted from the National Educational Technology Standards (NETS) for Students

The class uses ILILE (The Institute for Library and Information Literacy Education) checklists to gauge skill competency in conjunction with the T.R.A.I.L.S. assessments (both grade 3 and grade 6 assessments are used)

http://moodle.sandi.net/course/view.php?id=8843

This one semester class combines information literacy competencies and  basic library skills needed for success in middle school and beyond..  It is a class where students learn how to find, evaluate and use information. We hope our students will learn to think critically, develop problem solving skills,  as well as develop their communication and presentation skills.

The mission of Avon Middle High School is to create an atmosphere that encourages intellectual pursuit where teachers employ a variety of teaching strategies to meet the diverse needs of our students.  Our aim is to prepare students to be self-directed, inquisitive learners.  We encourage collaboration among teachers, students, and the community in order to develop students who are life-long learners and productive, responsible citizens of a global society.

This class should help our students begin their journey in becoming, "self-directed, inquisitive learners. "

CLASS INFORMATION

There are three sessions of info lit for 7th graders.
November 29th is day 60 and the end of trimester 1. Trimester 2 ends on March 8th. Trimester 3 on June 12th - t

Research Prezi

 

HOMEWORK

Homework for this class is usually given four nights a week and will reinforce lessons
learned in the classroom or provide an opportunity for additional exploration of a topic. Homework assignments will be listed on the calendar below

February 2012

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
			1-Classwork- Review Friday's webquest. Homework:  Create Google Doc with paragraph explaining your artifact.  Share the Doc with Mrs. London and 20 of your classmates.  (You received a class list today with names.) If you wish you can get a start on our 20 Question adventure.	2 Classwork: Questions- Learning to ask good questions. Homework: Tonight you will ask 20 questions about your classmate's artifacts. Please keep track and make sure that you ask everyone a question. I've shared a class list with all of you as a doc to help you do this.	3    Artifact project	4
5	6   Artifact project Questions Homework: Please look at Google Doc of grammar / spelling issues and sign off that you understand that you'll be held responsible for these errors should they happen again. Make your corrections. Ask & answer questions.	7  Work on project   Homework: Final night for questions and answers. Grading begins tonight at 10:00 p.m.	8   Congratulations you have finished  Big6 step one. The questions have been asked.  Now we will do a bit more research Please look at this document for your individual research topics for today. Please take notes in your project.  Google Doc.  Please keep track of your sources. If you finish early, you may start tomorrow's work. If you didn't do yesterday's work, do that after you finish your research.  You will receive a reduced grade for late work. Homework: Finish research.	9   Remember, you're being graded on the writing rubric so you will pay careful attention to things like "smooth, logical progression of ideas" Today you are creating your final story about your artifact. You are writing this story IN THE SAME Google Doc, down below the question section 1) Gather all your answers 2)Rearrange the answers so the story flows 3) Fill in transition information and begin writing. You will be graded using these guidelines (copy & paste this into your document, so you can keep a checklist and make sure you are followingj directions.  Homework:  Work on your story.  Mrs. London will correct this draft before you submit your final draft	10    Project!	11
12	13  Last Day of work on project Homework: Finish!	14  Valentines lesson:  Keyword searching. Homework: Keywords  worksheet.	15  Do Now: What do you know?   http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=MHtDF-z77wk Homework:    Evaluate the Site: http://descy.50megs.com/descy/webcred/webcred/dhmo.html Use this form : http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/evalmidd.html	16  Classwork: Web evaluation: http://www.topmassachusettsdeals.com/     Web searching 101 http://21cif.com/tutorials/micro/mm/searchbox/ http://21cif.com/tutorials/challenge/Q2Q/Q2Q_Piranhas.swf http://21cif.com/rkitp/challenge/v1n7/Piranhas.swf Homework:  History Mystery search. Please choose any three mysteries and follow the directions.   If it takes you less than 20 minutes, do more!	17	18
19	20 No School Teacher Inservice	21	22	23	24	25
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January 2012

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
1	2	3 Classwork: working in groups Group Projects exercise Homework:  Watch Powerpoint (questions at the end) if you can't download PPoint on your computer - use the Google Doc version (not as good)	4  Learning Style/Big6 Project- Knitting Homework: Due Friday Investigate the Knitting exercise videos You are finding information to that will ultimately help you learn to knit. You may present this information to Mrs. London in  the way that you see fit.. You might want to compare/ contrast ratings by numbers summaries in words Will you create a chart? Use color? Use numbers? Bottom line - which one can teach you to knit?	5  Knitting Adventure Part II Yesterday we cast on. Today: "In the front door Around the back Out through the window And off jumps Jack!" Homework: Continue your investigation of the sites.  Report is due tomorrow. Be precise.  Be creative. Be clear on what criteria you are using to evaluate the sites.	6  Knitting reflection.	7
8	9 Library organization: Biographies & Alphabet review Using Guide Words (alphabet review) Practice alphabetical order.  Make sure you can do the following quickly http://www.studystack.com/flashcard-259873 Game Homework	10    Library organization: Homework: Practice for quiz tomorrow: Play the Game try the link below if the the above one doesn't work Dewey Game pick an animal character to play as: Play the shelving game and the reordering game Quiz will be similar to a re-ordering game.	11    Dewey Decimal Practice   Homework: Dewey Decimal Worksheet	12    Group one work with Mrs. London Group two take Dewey quiz. Group three order real books.   Homework:  OPAC exercise	13    Mrs. London is not here today.  You will work in the computer lab today.  You will first read the Google Doc which talks about errors you might have made on the homework from last night. Then you will practice with this. OPAC Activity (We will do the re-tests on Tuesday.) so continue with by watching the PowerPoint Presentation Dewey   If there is time you may play any of the games from the last three days.	14
15	16  Martin Luther King Day - No School	17  Classwork: OPAC Review   Re-tests for those who need it.   Homework: Trip to the Library Worksheet	18  classwork: Dewey Bingo Homework:  Dewey Bingo Boo Boos	19  No class today H.S. Midterm schedule	20  Classwork: Review Trip to the Library and Dewey Bingo Dewey Bingo Part II	21
22	23  7th grade fieldtrip - No Class No Homework	24  Double period today. We are using real books today. 1) Organize your assigned fiction shelf 2) Remove things that don't belong there. (Biographies & non fiction.) 2) Find additional titles that belong on your shelf  that are currently on the shelving cart. Library use take home quiz  Homework: Online OPAC Quiz	25 Put away YOUR book activity: Each student will find a book with his/her name on a yellow sticky note.  Please put the book away exactly where it belongs on the shelf.  IMPORTANT:  Please make sure that the 5 books to the right of the spot where you place the book are exactly correct.  Please make sure that the 5 books to the left of the proper spot are also correct.  In essence, you are making sure that 11 books are properly shelved. Homework: Explore the Databases and find out President Obama's grandfather's name. Please bring in a piece of paper with your answer and cite your source.	26  Classwork: Databases Keyword searching Obama's grandfathers Lesson     Homework: Bring in a primary source artifact (or photograph this artifact ) about your family heritage	27    Review OPAC quiz	28
29	30  Investigation of Primary Sources Analysis Worksheets Link Working with National Geographic Magazines 1940's: Advertisement Document analysis Homework:Due to technical camera difficulties, homework for tonight is postponed. Please spend the time making up any missing assignments.	31 Mrs. London on fieldtrip.  Digital art lab today.  Read and click through all 8 clues in the Primary Source Investigation Now  individually, (NOT as a group or with a partner) do parts One & Two of this activity Part I- Pick 3 of the questions to answer (where it says, "With your classmates, consider the following questions:- but do this ALONE, you'll write the answers in a google doc that you will share with Mrs. London) Part II- Read through all four artifacts and choose two to write about.  Answer all the questions in the same Google Doc which is shared with Mrs. London.  Homework is to finish the above exercise.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 2011

◄ November	~ December 2011 ~					January ►
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
				1 Classwork:  Mrs. London on fieldtrip. 1) Trails assessment in digital art lab- use the codes I gave you yesterday to login 2) Give Homework to Emily. 3) Explore the Info Lit website.  Create a Google Doc which answers the question, "What is Information Literacy".  Share this with Mrs. London. If you use evidence from the website, please make sure you put information in quotations and cite your source.	2  Classwork:  Mrs. London on fieldtrip.   Watch video. Do worksheet practice with the OPAC Go to library homepage to learn how to use the OPAC then do the OPAC Activity	3
4	5 Classwork:   Introduction to Information Homework:  Worksheet - Information sources at home	6  Classwork:   Something you don't know about me- Deduction Game Homework:  Work on Second Draft of "What is Information Literacy?" Mrs. London corrected your first draft-   Look near the red arrow to find your comments in your document.   Please  make corrections.	7  Logic Game practice http://www.braingle.com/brainteasers/22968/school-subjects.html   Homework: Logic puzzle  found here: Are you puzzled by this type of puzzle?  Here is a tutorial http://www.logic-puzzles.org/help2.php http://www.braingle.com/brainteasers/22968/school-subjects.html	8 Classwork:  Library Scavenger Hunt Homework:  Learning styles	9	10
11	12 Classwork:  Learning styles makeup grid: http://www.braingle.com/brainteasers/teaser.php?op=2&id=25846&comm=0   Homework:  Modified Dunn & Dunn questionnaire Help for those people challenged by Logic Grid Puzzles	13 Classwork: Learning about learning styles    http://www.tv411.org/lessons/cfm/learning.cfm?str=learning&num=9&act=1 Please do ALL the exercises and take the quiz.  Please do a screen shot of your grade and paste it into a word document. http://www.edutopia.org/multiple-intelligences-learning-styles-quiz Please do a screen shot of your results and paste them into  the same word document.  Upload this word document (which you will name:  last name, first initial learning styles) into Google Docs and share it with me. Homework: Learning styles multiple intelligence	14   Half Day, - No class	15 Classwork:  What is information?  Raisins Homework: Pull together Data - What is MY learning style? essay Homework: Share a Google Doc with Mrs. London explaining what type of a learner you are. Use your DATA (homework assignments and screenshots of assessments  which you have compared and contrasted. (Your evidence might say that you are a strong visual learner, or it might tell you that you are balanced equally between the three major types.) Please look at other things you measured. Give evidence!!!! End your essay by using this KNOWLEDGE to explain one practical example of how you can be a successful learner with your primary learning style	16  Learning Styles Quiz	17
18	19  Classwork:  Visual Literacy   Homework: Bookmark Contest  (Due Thursday) 2012 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) PDF   2012 Entry Form: Word   PDF Examples of winners from last year	20  Classwork: Visual Literacy Stations: 1- Visual memory game (art cards) 2. Picture puzzles - spot the difference 3. Smart Board Droodles 4. Optical illusions station 5. Eyesight Challenge &  The 60 Second Brain Game Homework:  Continuation of Bookmark contest Hanukah Begins	21  Classwork: Listening icebreaker: Build a Soundscape How do different sounds combine to make the unique audio environments of specific places? Build the soundscapes of a beach and a train station. powerpoint: "Keys to Effective Listening," http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTeELJjFcoo&feature=related   http://www.razvandobre.com/10-Exercises-to-Improve-Listening-Skills-and-Become-an-Active-Listener.html http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/ViewObject.aspx?ID=SPH1501 Similar to yesterday, only with sounds instead of picture: Listening Memory Game This series of memory concentration games lets you listen closely to a variety of sounds.   Can you distinguish between these different birdcalls? Try listening to tell the difference between songs and alarm calls of different species. Audio Pong Close your eyes and listen to tell where the paddle is when you play this all-listening version of the classic game Pong.     Sound Puzzles See if you can put these sounds back together in this sonic jigsaw puzzle. Homework:  spend 20 minutes investigating the links above that you didn't get to during class time.	22	23 No Class - School Talent Show Happy Holidays	24
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November 2011

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
		1 Visual Literacy Homework: Learn some of the visual literacy vocabulary by trying this exercise Identify Design Elements and Principles now try these games: http://www.freebrainagegames.com/  Brain Age  http://www.proprofs.com/games/eyesight-challenge/ (there will be nothing to hand in tomorrow)	2   Visual Literacy Hocus focus puzzle	3   Homework: Visual Puzzle	4   Visual Literacy / Bias exam.	5
6   Daylight Savings ends	7 Web searching 101 http://21cif.com/tutorials/micro/mm/searchbox/ http://21cif.com/tutorials/challenge/Q2Q/Q2Q_Piranhas.swf http://21cif.com/rkitp/challenge/v1n7/Piranhas.swf Homework:  History Mystery search. Please choose any three mysteries and follow the directions.   If it takes you less than 20 minutes, do more!	8   Web-searching 202 History Mystery search.   Homework: What is information literacy?  How will you use information literacy? Please answer in a well written paragraph. The paragraph must be at least five sentences long and I must be able to read your handwriting if you do not type your work.  Those of you who tend to forget homework may want to write your paragraph using a Google Doc and share it with Mrs. London.  Don't forget to try the visual literacy puzzle on the library Facebook page if you are in the mood.  Don't post the answer (There is a Google Form that you can use to answer.)	9   Evaluate the site: http://descy.50megs.com/descy/webcred/webcred/dhmo.html     Check the accuracy of information on a web page tutorial & game	10     Web evaluation: No homework- holiday	11     Veteran's Day	12
13	14 Classwork:  History Mystery search. Homework: Place a request on a  book that tells about the history of Avon , MA    (Go to the library homepage if you forget how to do this.)	15 Classwork: Google 101 http://www.googleguide.com/exercises_teens.html http://21cif.com/tutorials/challenge/SC001/SC_directory.html   Web Evaluation https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uHWlqEcEiK5xIkl4YrIGpoDHQLW6Nan0mHAY2Uo_9Xk/edit?hl=en_US Choose two sites to evaluate.  Use this form:   http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/evalmidd.html	16 No class - Early release, periods: BCDE	17  Introduction to Track Coach Investigation There was an incident regarding a local track coach.  Investigate. This project will end in a debate. Tomorrow you will be assigned your team. Classwork: (to be continued as homework) 1. Investigate to get a brief overview of the case: 2.  Create a "W" page, answering the basic, Who, What, When, Where, Why & How.  (Mrs. London has already asked many questions - add some of your own and then begin answering them.)  Name your document, Last name, first initial, track coach and share the document with Mrs. London giving her permission to edit. Example: London T Track coach	18    Class work: Asking questions.  Please investigate our issue further and jot down questions that you have about the situation.  You'll share these in a Google Doc.	19
20	21 Group planning Homework: Groups communicate via one shared Google Doc  (Mrs. London will create the document and share it only with your group)   Plan for the Debate tomorrow.  In addition to receiving a homework grade for this assignment, it will also be 1/4 of the grade for this debate project. (the other three are a) your original questions & research from the other day, b) your debate grade & c)  Your debate notes worksheet.	22  Classwork:  Debate- The most convincing, knowledgeable and articulate team will win.  This will be a double debate because of the large class size.  It will give you an opportunity to work in teams of 5.You will be competing against , not only the people with your opposite point of  view, but also the other team that is trying to prove your point.    You'll be graded using this rubric.   Each student will receive two talking tickets, so that no one team member will monopolize the debate.  If each class member speaks twice, for less than 1 minute each time, we will finish on time.  Important during class you will complete the  debate notes worksheet.  Homework:   You will finish your debate notes worksheet and complete a brief take home quiz on the topic.	23 Half Day:  FGAB Hierarchy project Beanie Baby preparation & research.   Link to my gameboard organizer	24     Thanksgiving	25	26
27	28 Beanie Baby Game Homework: Classifying Info	29 Last Day of Class Beanie Baby Game continued. You go to Drama tomorrow.	30 Welcome new class! Homework: Resume Assignment Don't forget the "Something you don't know about me info" for our game.

 

◄	~ October 2011 ~					November ►
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
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2	3  Library Organization - Practice with Fiction (Alphabetize authors) Put these books in order   Nonfiction practice with decimals - organize real books. Homework: Trip to the Library Worksheet	4  Do Now: Fake Biography activity Class:  Intro to the OPAC  Activity: Dewey Bingo   Homework:  OPAC exercise	5  Mrs. London in meeting.  Class meets in the computer lab to do OPAC Activity Homework:  Dewey Bingo Boo Boos If you finish early you may : A) start on your homework or B) do one of the activities below solve a puzzle  (plan your time wisely - you might want to choose a 50 piece) or Do a logic grid puzzle online  Don't forget to open the grid.  You can sort by difficulty.	6  Mrs. London on Fieldtrip Library Video & worksheet  When you've finished your worksheet do the: Put away YOUR book activity: Each student will find a book with his/her name on a yellow sticky note.  Please put the book away exactly where it belongs on the shelf.  IMPORTANT:  Please make sure that the 5 books to the right of the spot where you place the book are exactly correct.  Please make sure that the 5 books to the left of the proper spot are also correct.  In essence, you are making sure that 11 books are properly shelved. Homework: Library use take home quiz	7  Mrs. London on Fieldtrip Library Organization  Two Part Quiz Written quiz Hand in your written quiz and log onto a computer to take the: Online OPAC Quiz * Before taking the quiz please review your Dewey Bingo Boo Boo homework from Tuesday.  I've copied and pasted the spreadsheet into a Google doc which I've shared with you.  Many of you  did not give nearly enough detail in your answers.  Please say what you mean and give specific examples. Teaching assistants will monitor computers.  Remember this is a Quiz, any talking and you'll receive a zero. Happy Long Weekend!!	8
9	10  Columbus Day	11  Classwork: Group One - Will work with Mrs. London on the alphabet and decimals. Group Two - Mrs. London is updating the 100 books to read in Middle School.  Please look at this list from another school Please copy and paste the information into a new Google Doc Please name it: your first name, last initial, 100books. Please use the OPAC and look up titles on the list.  Please highlight in yellow the books that we have in our library Please  use the advanced feature of search and select "all libraries" to investigate titles we don't have in our library.  Please highlight in green titles you  think we should add to OUR list.  Please paste a description of the book from the OPAC. Homework:  Group II - Work for twenty minutes on this project.  (Remember, if you find a book you'd like to borrow from another library, please feel free to do so" Homework:  Group I - Re-do the Homework from September 28 (You're in this group because you failed the quiz on Friday.  You'll take another version of the quiz tomorrow.  This should help you practice)  You also may want to try this: Practice alphabetical order.  Make sure you can do the following quickly http://www.studystack.com/flashcard-259873	12 Classwork:  Group One:  Retest Group Two work with Mrs. London on OPAC and requesting items.   Homework: Wolves - Facts or Opinions	13  Classwork:  Practical work - Shelf Adventure Re-do!   Homework:  Renew any book that you currently have checked out of the library.   OR  request a book that you'd like to read.	14   Classwork:   Those who didn't do their homework, do it now for half credit.   Dewey Game Play the shelving game and the reordering game Call Mrs. London over to see your screen when you've passed all levels. Second group will re-take the re-shelving quiz.	15
16	17   Classwork:Quick-   (Eight ways of checking information on web sites.)  Use internet explorer NOT firefox Make sure you click on and READ EVERY LINK. If you do the webquest correctly you should not finish the quest in 10 minutes.  Please be a thoughtful quester. Worksheet is due at the end of the period.   Please save the file as a Microsoft word document and then share it with P London.  If you don't know how to do this, please make sure you give yourself enough time at the end of class. You will receive a quiz grade on this activity.   If you finish try Check the accuracy of information on a web page tutorial & game   Homework- KenKen worksheet	18  Webquest  part II   Homework:  finish the worksheet.	19  Dewey Bingo Test Such great classwork, so NO Homework!	20  Presentations of Dewey Bingo Reshelving exercise. Homework- Bias In Language	21  Classwork:  Review Wolves / Fact -Opinion http://www.toonuniversity.com/aol/5l_fact.html Bias Exercise Bias presentation. http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/resources/educational/handouts/broadcast_news/bw_bias_in_the_news.cfm	22
23	24 Fact & Opinion Homework: Categories - Broad to Narrow Worksheet.	25  Classwork:  Hierarchy of Information  Introduction to the Almanac. Homework: Fact and opinion check	26  Mrs. London at conference Classwork: Almanac exercise - Paired groups. Homework:  Reference Sources This homework may take more than 20 minutes.  It will not be due until Friday.  Please budget your time wisely.  You'll need to submit it all at once, so schedule your time wisely.	27  Mrs. London at conference Classwork:    Almanac Scavenger Hunt   Homework:  See yesterday.	28  Almanac review	29
30	31  Happy Halloween Do now: comment on this Happy Halloween Graves investigation Homework: Candy Organization	Notes:

 

◄ August	~ September 2011 ~					October ►
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
				1   Welcome New Students: Resume Assignment Don't forget the "Something you don't know about me info" for our game.	2  No School Today	3
4	5  Happy Labor Day - No School	6  Homework:  Worksheet - Information sources at home	7 Classwork:  S.L.A.N.T. Something you don't know about me critical thinking game Homework: http://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/critical_thinking/no_belong/ver1/	8  No Class - Assembly for all 7th graders	9   Classwork: Continuation of "Something you don't know about me game"	10
11	12 Classwork: Trails : pre-assessment Type in your code and take the test. Homework: Group Work worksheet	13    Library Scavenger hunt Homework:  Learning styles	14     Classwork:  Working in groups Puzzle Exercise Homework: http://www.edutopia.org/multiple-intelligences-learning-styles-quiz Please do a screen shot of your results and paste them into a google doc to share with me.  (save trees!)	15   Learning Styles: Do Now  exercise Classwork:  Learning about learning styles Homework:  Modified Dunn & Dunn questionnaire	16 Learning Styles: Do Now  exercise Classwork:  Learning about learning styles    http://www.tv411.org/lessons/cfm/learning.cfm?str=learning&num=9&act=1 Please do ALL the exercises and take the quiz.  Please see one of the assistants to have your grade recorded.	17
18	19 Introduction the The Big6 Investigate YOUR learning style using info that you've gathered. We'll use this investigation worksheet for our adventure today Homework: Investigate the Knitting exercise videos You are finding information to prepare for tomorrow's adventure. You may present this information to Mrs. London in  the way that you see fit.  You might want to compare/ contrast ratings by numbers summaries in words Will you create a chart? Use color? Use numbers? Bottom line - which one can teach you to knit?	20  Classwork:  Knitting exercise- Learning styles. Homework: Knitting reflection.   Open House- Welcome Parents!	21  Half Day: ABCD (no class)	22 More knitting Homework: Character quiz assessment	23   Final knitting. Video	24
25	26 Learning style wrap-up & Learning style Candy Quiz Mrs. London got so excited with the Candy Quiz that she neglected to distribute the homework.  You can find it online here:  http://www.braingle.com/brainteasers/teaser.php?id=23679&op=0&comm=1#c The physical worksheet can be found here: (You'll notice that there is no space for a name.  This is to help you get in the habit of taking initiative and putting your name  on things even though it is not specifically asked for.  It is also about reading directions.  Those people who took the time to read this will be successful and earn extra points for name) The worksheet is due on Friday.  (This will help you practice long term assignments) Are you puzzled by this type of puzzle?  Here is a tutorial http://www.logic-puzzles.org/help2.php	27  Classwork: Learning style quiz Homework: See yesterday for long term logic homework Library vocabulary	28  How are books arranged in a library? http://www.pacheco.k12.ca.us/lib/Subject/subject.htm  http://www.pacheco.k12.ca.us/lib/Hunt/hunt.htm Homework: Mrs. London is treating you like grownup seventh graders.  There will be nothing physical to hand in tomorrow.  However, tomorrow if you are clueless when it comes to alphabetizing  fiction books and putting nonfiction books in numerical order,  Mrs. London will guess that you hadn't done your homework.    * Struggling students please have a parent or guardian send an email to Mrs. London telling her that you've spent at least 20 minutes practicing these basic skills.  plondon@avon.k12.ma.us Practice Basic Skills: Using Guide Words (alphabet review) Decimal review:  Dewey Exercises Do the sorting decimals exercise. http://www.toonuniversity.com/flash.asp?err=160 (On the above site it is easier to use the arrow keys)   http://www.aaamath.com/B/dec52_x2.htm#section2 Transfer the skills of "greater than" and "less than" to "comes AFTER" and "comes BEFORE" on a shelf.	29   Homework: Dewey Decimal Worksheet	30	Notes:

 

Some of the websites used in our investigations may include:

21st Century Information Fluency Project
Noodle 21st Century Literacies

SOS for Information Literacy

Topics covered  in this class will include

Library Organization

Dewey Game

http://libcat.infopeople.org/2search6.html Using the OPAC
Using the OPAC quiz

http://www.slideshare.net/bogeybear/doing-dewey-getting-started
http://www.slideshare.net/culver08/dewey-decimal-system?src=related_normal&rel=508491 Library Organization
http://www.slideshare.net/joelogs/dewey-decimal-system-animated?src=embed Dewey Caveperson
http://www.pacheco.k12.ca.us/lib/Dewey/Dewey.htm Dewey Exercises
http://educ.queensu.ca/~citc/august99/webqst2.htm Students will compare this Dewey site with the site below
http://library.thinkquest.org/5002/ In addition to learning about web evaluation they should learn about the Dewey Decimal  System

PowerPoint Presentation Dewey

 Dewey Rap

 

 Dewey Decimal System - (quiz- 10 of 100 items randomly come up each time)

 Library Terms

 Library Terms Matching

Using Guide Words (alphabet review)

Put the books in order

 

Challenge work: Boolean searching

Boolean Searching tool

 
Find more videos like this on TLNing

http://www.tv411.org/lessons/cfm/reading.cfm?str=reading&num=5&act=2&que=1 Reading newspaper ads

ttp://www.tv411.org/lessons/cfm/learning.cfm?num=1&act=2&que=1 Book genres

Library Terms
More Library Terms
Book Vocabulary Quiz

Reference materials

Using the Right Resource!

Magazines and Journals
Using Different Types of Reference Resources
Use an Almanac to (slide 9)
Reference Terms
[PPT]  Almanac Challenge
http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/o/referencesourcep2.cfm
Dictionary skills
Parts of a Newspaper game
Why use a thesaurus? Don't use said!
Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2008-09 Edition
Reference book scavenger hunt

Assessment- Using Different Types of Reference Resources

Evaluating print resources activity

Internet use & evaluation

Quick-   (Eight ways of checking information on web sites.)
 Critical Evaluation of information sources
Four Nets For Better Searching
C.R.A.P. Test
Website Evaluation Checklist
Check the accuracy of information on a web page tutorial & game
Search Engines vs. Directories
Specialized Search Engines and Directories
Search Engine & Directory Investigation
Compare sites exercise
Google Search
WEB SEARCH STRATEGIES
Search  Strategy Lesson
Search Challenge Directory

Test your website evaluation skills  Investigate the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus

Action zone games

Internet searching practice

 

Find Information  - Keywords

http://pilot.scc.losrios.edu/pilot/module1/06_meter.html

http://pilot.scc.losrios.edu/pilot/module1/thinkfast_game.html

 

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Web Search Strategies in Plain English from leelefever on Vimeo.

Keyword challenge game
Keywords
Smart Keyword Searching
Keyword generator

Visuwords - online graphical dictionary

Boolean Searching

Information Organization - Hierarchy Lesson links

Powerpoint

Animal look up
or
Look up Animals Here!

A great place to look up mammals

 Beany Baby Taxonomic Categories
Tree of Life (Thank you Anthony for telling us about Control & Roll to make things bigger)
Word Document of tree of life chart with above info for activity
Invertebrates descriptions  for sorting activity

To Chart your animals ::

Animal Kingdom 1
Animal Kingdom2
Mammals

Using Subject Directories
Subject Directory Example
 Scattergories - (Hierarchy - Category practice )
Apples to Apples online

 From Broad to Narrow

 Zeus Bunnycam Using only a Subject Directory, find the URL of Zeus Bunnycam Archives. (timed)

 

 

Learning Styles (We'll use these sites while we complete our Big6 Learning Style Investigation)

http://www.edutopia.org/multiple-intelligences-learning-styles-quiz

What's your learning style?
http://www.nwlg.org/pages/resources/knowitall/howelearn.htm How we learn
http://www.tv411.org/lessons/cfm/learning.cfm?str=learning&num=9&act=1  Learning styles
http://www.chaminade.org/inspire/learnstl.htm more learning styles info
http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/learningstyles/ilsweb.html Learning styles questionnaire
http://www.edutopia.org/multiple-intelligences-learning-styles-quiz?gclid=CIfApI62x6ACFSFy5QodQ3zZaA multiple Intelligence quiz
http://www.ldpride.net/learningstyles.MI.htm#Multiple%20Intelligences%20Explained Multiple Intelligence explained
 Revolving Dancer. Left or right brained

http://www.randominc.net/spinninglady/
 

Hearing and Seeing Conflict in this fun brain exercise

Big6 Knitting Exercise - Compare & Contrast:
1.  http://www.lionbrand.com/cgi-bin/faq-search.cgi?store=/stores/eyarn&faqKey=83&language= 
2. http://www.knittinghelp.com 
3. http://www.learntoknit.com/instructions_kn.php3

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4. http://knitting.about.com/od/learntoknit/a/begin_knit.htm  
5. http://hobbies.expertvillage.com/videos/casting-on.htm 
6. http://www.helloknitty.com/videoinstr.htm 
7. http://www.theknittingsite.com/videosbb.htm

8. http://www.how-to-knit-guide.com/how-to-knit.html

9. http://www.youtube.com/user/LiatMGat#p/u/115/X3VnaqmMXjM

10. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sh-wDWoB--g

Biography project

Students will be investigating both print and online sources of information including our subscription databases.

Amelia Earhart sites for project

http://www.ellensplace.net/ae_intro.html
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/earhart
http://www.ameliaearhartmuseum.org
http://teacher.scholastic.com/earhart/

Book cover creator

Trading Card Template - Education World® The Educator's Best ...

Online template

Webbing tool

Prior Knowledge - Critical thinking
 

Solving Sudoku
Sudoku practice (you must double click on the "mark" to choose your number)

KenKen - Reading Directions Exercise

Video explaining the game

play online

Another video explaining the game.  (Which do you like better? Evaluate information!)

Ken Ken Practice

 

Primary Sources
Defining Primary and Secondary Sources
Primary and Secondary Sources Video 
Primary Source Examples
Photographs from the great depression
American Memory Primary Sources
Questions for Analyzing Primary Sources

Primary Source Investigations

 

Visual Literacy sites:

Common Cents - which image of a penny is correct?
Visual Literacy & Bias
Droodles
Remembering a face
Visual Literacy commercial
Answering a Multiple Choice Question using visual information (pictures, graphs, maps, etc.)

I want You for the U.S. army project

Run Flash-based exercise

Visual Literacy Vocabulary Exercise

• Introduction
• Visual Literacy
• Visual Images
• Perception
• Design Elements and Principles
• Practical Guidelines

Exercises in Visual Literacy

http://www.freebrainagegames.com/  Brain Age 

http://www.proprofs.com/games/eyesight-challenge/

http://viscog.beckman.uiuc.edu/grafs/demos/15.html

Media Literacy

Altered images

Five Core Concepts of Media Literacy

What is Media Literacy & how do you become media literate?

Brand Name alphabet

Link to American Alphabet powerpoint slide

Answers

 

Retail ABC Game

Mary Poppins -point of view

Your Hero

 

PBS Kids “Don’t Buy It” website: http://pbskids.org/dontbuyit 

Stop JC Penney and Forever 21 from putting more sexist clothing on their shelves.

http://www.amazon.com/PRETTY-HOMEWORK-BROTHER-T-SHIRT-YOUTH/dp/B005KRO1SK/ref=pd_sbs_a1

Think!  What kind of  a keyword search would you do to find commentary on this controversy?

 

 

Bias

What is Bias?

Cultural bias : Can you recognize it ?

Bias - an interactive micomodule

Do Charlotte's web & Martin Luther King http://21cif.com/rkitp/challenge/evaluation/bias.swf

Julie Brown - Cause I'm a Blonde

A blond girl wants to order some fries and a hamburger in the library

What can you tell me about U.S. History when you look at this site?
http://multimedialearning.org/publicdomainpix/ushistorypix1.php

Raciest TV commercial

 

Kennewick Man Debate Info

Kennewick Man Information from Newspaper
Kennewick Man Info from the Smithsonian Website
Kennewick Man Info From the National park service
"Human Remains Should Be Reburied"—a statement by Armand Minthorn, a leader of the Umatilla tribes
Claims for Remains from PBS site
Friends of America's Past  offers full text of court documents, news articles, and other materials related to the scientists' lawsuit  in

 

Finished With Your Class Work?  You may access these enrichment sites

http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/o/comparingcontrasting4p.cfm

http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/h/dictskill.cfm

http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ss5/a/multiplecl2.cfm

http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ss5/a/hp/sspart1.htm

http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/o/newspapersl.cfm

http://www.oswego.org//ocsd-web/match/term/matchgeneric2.asp?filename=pdelianewspapers2

http://www.funbrain.com/order/index.html

http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/h/locinform2.cfm

http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/a/importantunimptp.cfm

http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/b/questioning3p.cfm

Miscellaneous

Logic Grid Puzzle Solutions Powerpoint

Track Coach Investigation

Mindwalk
What in the world is that?
http://www.fno.org/nov97/toolkit.html Questioning
How to do research

How to find the main idea
Practice locating the main idea in information
Practice effective scanning: Gold Rush

http://lgdata.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/docs/84/8133/Pg20_SuccessfulResearchProcess.pdf

http://moodle.sandi.net/course/view.php?id=8843

Mrs. London's Glogster

Glogster Tutorial  - ***The first part of the video is for teachers.  Begin watching around 2:14

 

 

Our monsters (draft)    (Please email your corrected draft (just your monster please)
 to plondon@avon.k12.ma.us

Monster project rubric

Google questionnaire

 

Database Activity.

Use Culturegrams (found in the database link off of main page) Save your work as a Google Doc & share with me.

Use headphones to do the challenge work if you finish the investigation.

 

 

Please learn to spell the word because.  (Why?  Because I say so!)

 

Because is one of the top 25 misspelled words for 1st grade through 8th grade. It seems this word continues to give students difficulty. Maybe this silly sentence will help:

Betty                Eats               Cake                    And                 Uses                     Six                        Eggs

B E C A U S E

source: http://homeschooling.about.com/od/langspell/qt/spellbecause.htm

 

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