This week Pre-K learned
about bugs, so I read Bean Thirteen by Matthew McElligott. It was about a couple of bugs picking beans
for dinner and trying to figure out how they could equally share thirteen
beans.
In Kindergarten, First and
Second grades, we discussed plagiarism and copyright. This was an important topic to talk about due
to the fact that they are conducting animal research right now. I read Elephants by Kate Riggs to
Kindergarten, Sharks by Kate Riggs to First Grade and Spider Monkeys by Mary R.
Dunn to Second Grade.
I tried to stress the
importance of putting the information they read into their own words. We even did a little practicing.
We are getting ready to
start our Digital Citizenship Research Project in grades 3-5, so this week we
talked about what digital citizenship means and what all it covers. This will be the topics they will choose to
do their research on. They will include internet safety, personal privacy, cyberbullying,
appropriate online behavior, copyright, plagiarism, password protection, and
digital footprint. Each class was tasked
with creating groups of 3 or 4 by class time next week. Next week they will choose their topic and
begin researching it using print and online materials.
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