Lowell Library Newsletter
March 2023
March Curriculum
Third grade did a different form of storytelling learning about computational thinking and the concepts of decomposition and abstraction. Students then drew an abstracted version of a scientific process (seed to plant) and converted the drawing into an animated gif.
Fourth grade became historical detectives examining and identifying primary source objects. While fifth grade brought the HEAT (hook, energy, audience, time) planning out their 30 second book talks.
What We Learned: March 2023
- Fairy Tales:
- Beginnings and endings
- Good and Not So Good characters
- Fantasy Details
- Book Creator
- Fairy Tales:
- Plot Problems
- Rule of Three
- Character Values
- Book Creator
Second Grade: Learned about:
- Storytelling:
- Oral tradition
- Compare and Contrast Versions
- Why we tell Stories: Think and Respond
- Citation Writing
- Decomposition
- Abstraction
- Brush Ninja: Abstracting a scientific process into an animated gif
Fourth Grade: Learned about:
- Primary Sources:
- Historical Detective Project
- Web Page Evaluation
- News Online (Digital Citizenship)
- 30 second Book Talk Project
Fourth Grade: Historical Detectives
For adults, items included filmstrips, photo slides, an early generation music player, card catalog cards, and parts of an overhead projector.
Author in Residence: Jarrett Lerner Thursday, April 27th
Literacy Week 2023: Preview
Events include:
- Author in Residence Jarrett Lerner
- Book Fair at the Watertown Free Public Library
- Poem in Your Pocket Day
- Dress as your favorite character day
- Bookmobile Visits
- DEAR: Drop Everything And Read
More information to come!
Please Return ANY Lowell Library Books You Find at Home!
- My child has a library book from before quarantine. What should I do with it? Please bring it back! There is no penalty for pre-quarantine books and I would love to have them back in the library so other kids can enjoy them.
- Will kids check out books this year? No, our library is still in storage and the number of books is limited. Kids will have a chance to enjoy books during library class this year which will, hopefully, inspire some ideas for outside reading.
- Where can we access the databases and encyclopedias? Use the Lowell Library website and under SEARCH find a list of the databases students have access to through the school.
- What will students learn without the library? Don't worry! I selected a lot of books to continue our read alouds each week. We will also take this time to explore more aspects of our digital learning curriculum such as digital citizenship and computers as tools.
J.R.Lowell Library
Email: kelly.mccollum@watertown.k12.ma.us
Website: http://lowelllibrary.com
Location: 175 Orchard Street, Watertown, MA, USA
Phone: 617.926.7770
Twitter: @jrlowellreads