Library Encore
Mrs. Zimmerman May 4, 2020
Hi Lost Creek Lions!
Here is a Mystery Science lesson about the weather!
If we were at school, this would be Cyber Safety week in the library. Because some of you are on the computer at home more than usual, this is REALLY an important time to use your Netsmartz and be careful online! We can't really have our discussions like we usually do, but if you have any questions after watching your grade level video below, please send me an email!
Here is my email address:
What do makers do when they can't get to their makerspace? They create their own, of course!!
Everyone keep creating and send me a picture! I will put it in next week's newsletter!
5th Grade - Cyber Safety and Information Technology
To watch this video, click on the title above. This will take you to a log-in screen.
You can log in with your username: s + lunch number and password: first initial, last initial, two digit birth month, two digit birth date
(For example, Little Abe Lincoln would be al0212)
You can click on the full screen button to watch.
What you will learn from this video
- Patterns are used to communicate information electronically.
- Text and images are transferred through a pattern of 1’s and 0’s.
- Patterns of 1’s and 0’s are sent and received by microchips in our devices.
- Music is also transferred through 1’s and 0’s, in both CDs and music players.
4th Grade - Cyber Safety
Clicky raps about the dangers of viruses and how they can make your computer sick. Learn how to protect your computer from getting a virus.
3rd Grade - Cyber Safety
Learn the definition of netiquette and discuss the importance of having good manners online.
2nd Grade - Cyber Safety
(Ebook) Find out not everything on the internet is true. Triple-checking is how you test a fact to see if it's true. It should be on 3 trustworthy sites, like those that end in .gov or .edu.
UYN: The Netsmartz Chat Abbreviation
(Song)
1st Grade - Cyber Safety
People looking to harm kids can be tricky – learn how to beat their tricks with Nettie, Webster, and Clicky!
Kindergarten - Cyber Safety
To watch this video, click on the title above. This will take you to a log-in screen.
You can log in with your username: s + lunch number and password: first initial, last initial, two digit birth month, two digit birth date
(For example, Little Abe Lincoln would be al0212)
You can click on the full screen button to watch.
MOVIES about Science and History!
This series explores the many mysteries of the world’s largest ocean. It’s astonishing how much there still is to discover in this watery world. (Amazon, TV-G)
Dino-philes will be intrigued as paleontologists work their way across Canada, examining fossils and searching for undiscovered dinosaur species. (Netflix, TV-G)
Drive-Thru History: Discovering America’s Founders
This historical series was designed especially for middle and high school students, with a pop of humor that’s sure to hold their interest as they learn about the Founding Fathers. (Amazon, All Ages)
This perennially popular series covers pretty much anything you can think of. Future engineers will find lots of inspiration here. (Hulu, TV-G)
Ken Burns: The National Parks—America’s Best Idea
Part travelogue, part historical documentary, all fascinating. Travel the country without leaving your house in this incredible series. (Amazon, 7+)
If your living room floor is littered with LEGO bricks, your kids will love finding out more about the unbelievable LEGO House in Denmark, built to celebrate everyone’s favorite building blocks. (Netflix, TV-G)
The groundbreaking NOVA series goes back decades, with a long-standing tradition of exploring science in-depth. You’ll find topics here to intrigue any STEM scholar. (Amazon, 7+)
FREE reading sites!
Free e-books until June 30, 2020
Username: read
Password: free
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FREE ebooks for you to read!
Username: guest
Password: Follett
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Pioneer Valley Literacy Footprints
Free to sign up for teachers and parents
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No log-in required, just click and listen
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Famous People and Authors read books aloud!
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If students have a VCPL card, they can sign up for free which also has apps called Hoopla and Libby that you can download. Students can sign up using their library cards and "check out" books.
If you don't have a library card, you can sign up for a temporary HERE
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Vooks offers one month free...then $4.99 a month after.
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Young Hoosier Voting
Young Hoosier voting is now open! Voting will run from April 1 - June 1.
If you are in grades K-3 and have read/listened to 12 of the books listed, you may vote for the primary books.
Picture books were read while we were still in school to all students in grades K-3. This makes EVERYONE in grades K-3 eligible to vote!
If you are in grades 4 or 5, and you have read 5 of the 20 books, you may vote for the intermediate books.
If you read at least 3 of the middle grade books, you may vote in that category, as well.
Please click HERE to vote online!
When students/parents vote directly, the ballot gives you the option to notify a teacher or librarian. Students will need to know the email address of the teacher / librarian they wish to notify. If students elect to notify a teacher / librarian, students are asked to provide their own first name, as well as the first initial of their last name. For students who don't wish to notify anyone, voting is anonymous.
My email is monica.zimmerman@vigoschools.org
Grades K-3
You must have read/listened to 12.
Grades 4-5
You must have read/listened to 5,
Grades 6-8
Some of our 4-5 students have read some of these. You must have read/listened to 3.
Young Hoosier List for 2020-2021
Unplugged Things To Do!
Try one or more of these!
Create a comic strip.
Use some of those EMPTY toilet paper rolls and CREATE.
Write down questions you'd like to ask the author of your favorite book.
Build a blanket fort and READ.
Create a poster to advertise your favorite book.
Keep a journal of this strange time in history.
Read with a flashlight.
Read to your pet.
Read outside.
Try this Time Capsule Activity
Go on a nature walk or hunt for mushrooms! (watch my video on how to make a nature book).