While reading The Great Fuzz Frenzy, students were asked to describe the characteristics of a prairie dog. Students created questions that they had about real life prairie dogs. Librarian mentored how to take notes and wrote down their questions. Pebble Go was introduced, and students were given time to research prairie dogs and get their questions answered.
After reading Turkey Trouble, students came up with a list of adjectives that described Turkey in the book. Students then had to write two to three sentences that explained how the turkey solved his problem using one of the adjectives from the list.
The Panda Problem allowed students to create questions about pandas. Students observed live pandas on a live panda cam and then spent some time in Pebble Go searching for answers to all of their questions.
Fourth and fifth grade students used the library resource, Encyclopedia Britannica, to learn about a past president to identify life events and characteristics that might have influenced him to become a president. Students then used a Venn diagram to compare themselves to the past president and share their findings with their group.
Librarian supported both TEKS and STAAR readiness by creating an inquiry unit for 5th grade. During the week of President's Day, students got to pick one president of their choice to research. Students used the library resources and their Chromebooks to gather facts about their president. After students gathered facts, they were asked to write a short essay that included information about the president, and any similarities or differences they had with the president. Students typed up their
essays on a Chromebook which gave them much needed practice for the upcoming online STAAR test.