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Welcome back to a new school year! Students will participate in Library class during one six-week Block this school year.

Room 405
Students are currently researching animals of their choosing.

Helpful resources students will need:

[|Online Library Databases] Access Gale, Kid Info Bits, and other authoritative resources.

[|Encyclopedia Britannica] Direct link to Encyclopedia Britannica School Edition. [|Spanish version.]

Rubric--know what is expected and how your final presentation will be graded.

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Room 400
Students are currently researching famous artists and inventors of their choosing.

Helpful resources students will need:

Rubric--know what is expected and how your final presentation will be graded.

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[|Online Library Databases] Access Gale, Kid Info Bits, and other authoritative resources.

[|Encyclopedia Britannica] Direct link to Encyclopedia Britannica School Edition. Use the Workspace to keep your files in order! Mr. Rodriguez's class shares what they love about the library during National Library Week. They used ComicTouch on the iPads.



Room 402
Students are researching artists of their choosing and creating a SonicPics (or VoiceThread for a few students) presentation to tell the class all about their artwork and life. Students will be answering the questions: **What should we know about this artist? Why is he or she important?**
 * January 2013**

Students will first conduct research using their iPads. They can start at this wiki's homepage to access [|books]and [|databases]: They must use at least one book and one online resource from these databases in their research.

Once they've compiled enough facts, photos and data about their artist, students will plan their presentation by choosing the order of the photos, then writing a script of what they plan to say about each photo and the artist's life.

Students can then open SonicPics, choose the photos and write the captions for their presentations. Afterwards, they can begin recording with headphones, reading their prepared script. When they've finished recording, students will email their video to the teacher, to be uploaded to this website in the future. Students are researching many interesting artists, so check back to see what they've learned about them.

December 2012 Students are learning how to form keywords for catalog and database searches. They should finish their searches this weekend (12/7/12) and turn in their work Monday, 12/10/12.

Keyword searches

You should have:

Your topic Keywords on your topic

Book TITLES and CALL NUMBERS you found in SOAR from tontischool.wikispaces.com

Article CITATION INFORMATION you found from Online Databases (Kids Infobits) from tontischool.wikispaces.com

Explanations for why these are good sources to use for research on your topic.

=Block 2: Room 403=

Students are currently learning how to use CPS Databases such as [|Encyclopedia Britannica--School Edition]. They should have created a Workspace on the site and started to research risky jobs or hobbies. As they find articles or images on their topic, they can save them to their Workspace and access them from home or school. When students complete their research, they'll create presentations using SonicPics to explain what they learned, as well as their research process.

=Block 1: Room 404=