In fifth grade, our units become very specific and very structured and are focused on a variety of literacy skills that will enable your children to become successful critical thinkers in the information age.  We continue to focus the Inquiry process on learning as a basis for exploring the steps necessary to access, evaluate, use, and synthesize information.

Here's an overview of what we will cover this year in the Media Center:
 

Welcome & Introduction:

•  What’s new?
•  Ebook review/Nooks

Review resources:

• Catalog and all its features
• Pathfiders

o   What to use and what to avoid

o   Evaluation

• Dashboard/Sharing/Collaboration
• Citations
• Notecards – quote, paraphrase, ideas

o   Kidsinfobits

o   Elibrary

o   Gale

Research strategies:

•  Picking a topic – can’t be fully answered on google
•  Choosing resources
•  Evaluating resources
•  Extracting relevant information
•  Importance of listing your sources (bibliography)

Research project:

• American Melting Pot
• The Struggle for Equality