At Beaumont School, we want to make the library a fun and welcoming place and strive to enrich the lives of our students with a variety of reading materials and technologies.
This month we will read books related to our inquiry question: What makes an Olympic athlete?
Some links to check out:
https://sites.google.com/view/medalsmissing
https://olympic.ca/
January's Library Skill: Note Taking
How to take notes
There are lots of ways to take notes. We will use the Cornell Two-Column Notes for this assignment. You need to divide your page into a 'wonky capital i' like the example below.
Below is a graphic organizer. This is also a form of note taking. These are the categories we'll be using to create trading cards.
Use this button to make a trading card about your country.
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Canada
https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/countries/canada/ Grade 1 Duncan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1-b5rAdikY Grade 1/2 Chin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZqIjppWvhU Grade 2/3 A https://www.lonelyplanet.com/video/introducing-norway/v/vid/117 Information https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/countries/norway/#norway-fjord.jpg http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/countries/norway.html Grade 2/3 R https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glw_UHpNX9U Information https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/countries/japan/#japan-gardens.jpg http://dinolingo.com/blog/2011/09/18/japanese-culture/ http://overlapmaps.com/index.php Grade 3/4 Waters Grade 4/5 Lyle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frI7OEXwbXk https://www.lonelyplanet.com/video/introducing-great-britain/v/vid/122 Information https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/countries/united-kingdom/#united-kingdom-abbey.jpg http://dinolingo.com/blog/2011/05/17/about-england-facts-flag-population-music-food-and-more/ Grade 4/5 Welbergen https://www.lonelyplanet.com/video/introducing-finland/v/vid/11 Information http://easyscienceforkids.com/all-about-finland/ http://dinolingo.com/blog/2012/06/07/finland-culture-for-children-fun-facts-food-music-language-and-more/ http://www.visitfinland.com/article/finlands-wonderful-wildlife/ Grade 4/5 Wood https://www.lonelyplanet.com/video/introducing-switzerland/v/vid/125 Information https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/countries/switzerland/ http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/countries/switzerland.html |
February's Library Skill: Connecting Literacy through Inquiry
Using the Inquiry Model, what questions can we come up with to explore the Olympics for I Love to Read month?
March's Library Skill: Thinking Critically about Texts
Let's look at this year's Blue Spruce Nominees and decide which one is our favourite.http://www.accessola.org/web/OLA/Forest_of_Reading/Awards_Nominees/Blue_Spruce_Award_Nominated_Titles_2018.aspx