Cold Spring School Library Skills Blog

Thanksgiving Scavenger Hunt Link

2011-11-21T13:23:00.000-08:00

http://www.nisk.k12.ny.us/birchwood/links/Grade5links/thanksgivingscavengerhunt.html

RADCAB--Website Evaluation Websites

2011-11-16T14:38:00.000-08:00

Dear Sixth Graders,

Please use these websites when we do RADCAB lessons

www.wonderpuppy.net

www.canismajor.com/dog/decis.html

http://dogs.about.com/od/dogbreeds/u/dogbreedspath.htm

http://www.northbay-canine.org/miscmutt-txt.htm

How We Celebrate Halloween

2011-11-02T11:48:00.000-07:00

Dear Fifth Graders:

Here's the link to the Halloween Fact Sheet.

http://www.history.com/topics/halloween/interactives/halloween-by-the-numbers

Fourth Grade--ABC's of Website Evaluation

2011-05-23T08:52:00.000-07:00

Welcome, 4th Graders! Your assignment today is to go to a website and evaluate it using our ABC's.

Remember:

A=Author Who created the site? Are they an expert?

B=Bias Is it trying to sell you something? Is it the opinion of the author?

C=Credibility + Currency Can you verify the information by looking in our print encyclopedias
or on another site like World Book Online?

What is the copyright date?

Let's look at two websites on the planets and evaluate which one is more reliable:

http://nineplanets.org/

http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/index.cfm

Go to this website and fill out your evaluation sheet:

http://www.ancient-egypt.org/

Making a Quality Comment on a Blog

2011-03-07T15:32:00.000-08:00

Today you will make a comment on this blog post. Your comment should answer this question:

How do you make a quality comment on a blog?

Remember what we talked about last week. Your comment should include information about the following rules and what we discussed last week about the importance of make quality comments.

1. Write your comment like a letter
2. Spelling and grammar are important
3. Compliment the writer, ask a question or add information
4. Never use bad language
5. Only write what you would say in person
6. Use your initials or a screen name
7. Read over your comment before submitting it

REMEMBER: You are leaving "cyber footprints!"

Follow the directions on the paper about how to sign in to the blog and publish your comment.

When In Doubt--Doubt! Website Evaluation

2011-01-06T09:19:00.001-08:00

When in doubt...doubt!
or...How to evaluate a website

Week 1:

1. Go to this website: The Planets

2. As a group, we will fill out our evaluation worksheet.

3. Now go to this website: Solar System Exploration
Week 2:
1. With your partner fill out an evaluation worksheet for two websites. You only need to fill out one worksheet for each site. Pick one each from the following groups:

Group 1: 3, 4, 6, 8, 11 Group 2: 2, 5, 7, 9, 10

#2: Save the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus
#3: Sharks and their Relatives
#4: Tornadoes
#5: Dog Island
#6: Ancient Egypt
#7: Moonbeam Enterprises
#8: Earthquakes
#9: Facts about Mars
#10: AFDB
#11: Global Warming

Digital Citizenship--Sixth Grade

2008-03-10T11:14:00.000-07:00

Your assignment today is to:

Make a comment on this blog post about:

What does it mean to be a good digital citizen?

Your comment should be at least 5 sentences long. Put your initials at the end of your comment.

Sign in to the blog to publish your comment. Use the username and password on the card.

5th Grade Research Project

2007-04-16T10:00:00.000-07:00

Please follow all the directions carefully. Take your time. We aren’t going to finish this in one library class time.

1. Choose your topic from the Assignment paper.

2. Do your research in this order:

o Wikipedia

o Encyclopedia Britannica Online

o Websites:

Lance Armstrong

http://www.lancearmstrong.com/

Walt Disney

http://www.justdisney.com/walt_disney/biography/w_bio_short.html

Amelia Earhart

http://ellensplace.net/eae_intr.html

Elizabeth I

http://www.elizabethi.org/us/biography.html

3. Fill out your Research Worksheet.

4. Go to CSS and find Mrs. Pedersen’s folder and copy one picture about your topic to your desktop.

5. Go to Blogger: and sign in using the user name and password on your Assignment Sheet.

6. Insert your picture

7. Click on +New Post and write your post. Put your initials at the end. SAVE AS A DRAFT.

8. Check your Checklist to be sure you’ve done everything.

9. IMPORTANT: Ask Mrs. Pedersen to check your post.

10. Publish your post!

6th Grade--Posting Research on a Blog

2007-03-06T15:37:00.000-08:00

Posting Research on a Blog

Ruby Bridges

Rosa Parks

Freedom Rides

Little Rock Nine

3. Fill out your Research Worksheet.

4. Go to CSS and find Mrs. Pedersen’s folder and copy one picture about your topic to your desktop.

5. Go to Blogger: and sign in using the user name and password on your Assignment Sheet.

6. Click on +New Post:

1. Insert your picture
2. Write your post.
3. PUT YOUR INITIALS ONLY at the end.

7. Check your Checklist to be sure you’ve done everything.

8. IMPORTANT: Ask Mrs. Pedersen to check your post.

9. Publish your post!

WEB DRILL!!! or You are Your Own Best Filter

2006-11-01T17:42:00.000-08:00

Hello 5th and 6th graders! Welcome to WebDrill!

Or,

You are your own best filter

What do you do if you encounter inappropriate material on the internet? You have control right at the tips of your fingers! Remember, you can:

• Close the lid of your laptop and ask for help from your teacher

• Hit Command + Q (this quits your browser)

• Hit Command + W (this closes your window)

• Hit Command + H (this hides your window)

• Hit the green BACK arrow in the top left corner of your browser.

Directions:

You may visit any of the websites listed below. (of course, they don't have inappropriate material, but this is just practice....)

When you hear the words, “WEB DRILL!!” close your site with any of the four methods you learned today.

King Tut

http://www.kingtutone.com/

Sharks

http://www.mbayaq.org/cr/whiteshark.asp

National Geographic for Kids

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/

Surfing

http://www.surfingmuseum.org/

Volcanoes

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/forcesofnature/interactive/index.html?section=v

Make a Bibliography with Citation Machine

2006-10-31T15:25:00.000-08:00

Welcome to your assignment 5th and 6th graders!

Here's what you need to do:

1. After you pick a book from the stack, or get your "Dissecting a Book" paper, open this link:

Citation Machine

2. Enter the information about your book in the correct fields.

3. Click on the green "Save Your Citation" link at the bottom. Your citation will show up in the box.

4. Open a blank document in Microsoft Word.

5. Go back to the Citation Maker and click on "Save." You will get a message. Click OK.

6. Copy and paste your citation into your Word document, give it a title of Bibliography
(centered and at the top of the page), and Save it to your Documents folder.

7. If you have time, do a second book, and after you Save Your Citation, Click "Sort." It will put your citations in alphabetical order for you!

8. Raise you hand and let me see your work.

Thanks!

~Mrs. Pedersen