Students researched catapults using the Britannica database first as a class to learn how to research and then independently. Next, they tested them to see if their research and engineering skills worked.
Students learned about different December holidays/traditions from around the world through informational fact pages on each station and created a corresponding craft for each holiday. They rotated through seven stations each highlighting a different country and a holiday they celebrate.
In the classrooms, students were learning about metaphors and comparing, so we read Wonder Walkers in the library. We discussed how nature was being compared to various different things. We also made paper collages of nature scenes and used those nature scenes to make our own nature metaphors.
The librarian paired with 5th grade teachers and ITS to create a research project for the students. The teachers taught the research process, the librarian copyright, bibliography, and plagiarism, and ITS Canva slides. The students were able to research an animal of their choice, properly credit their sources, and present their findings in Canva.
For our 4th grade poetry unit in the library, students were introduced to blackout poetry. After an overview of blackout poetry, we worked through creating one together as a class, discussing which words we wanted to use and why. Then students were taught about News-O-Matic, Britannica, and JamBoard. They used those resources to create their own electronic blackout poems using articles about an animal of their choice.