Update from the IMC

Last week recap:
3rd grade finished up Text Features unit. We took a brief look at the Bluestem nominees for 2017.
This upcoming week students will learn about some basics for coding!!!!!

4th grade students participated in the Hour of Code and learned some basic coding from code.org! This week we will continue exploring this wonderful website with some other activities.

5th grade students had a Nearpod lesson on Website evaluation and learned about 8 things to look for when evaluating a website to make sure it is a reliable source. Next week we will apply these tools and determine which websites are fake and real from a list provided.

What's New In the IMC?

Welcome Back from Spring Break! Hope everyone had a wonderful time!

This week our 3rd graders will continue with our text features unit. We will finish up by learning about diagrams and captions.

4th graders will learn about Novelist. We will learn how this is a great resource for reader's advisory. We also will take a look at the new list of the 2017 list of Caudills and Bluestems!

5th graders will be reminded how to use Novelist and be given time to explore this reader's advisory source and hopefully find their next book they'll want to read. We will also look at the Bluestem and Caudill list for 2017.

Student Book Review :: The Sixty-eight Rooms

Title: The Sixty-eight Rooms
Author: Marianne Malone
Call Number: FIC MAL
Reviewer: Isabel 
Summary: This book is about a girl named Ruthie. At her school she id going on a field trip to a museum called The Sixty-eight Rooms.
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Review: I recommend this book because you really want to keep reading it and there is a lot of cool stuff. I also like it because it is based off a real museum called The Sixty-Eight Rooms.

Student Book Review :: The Sinking of the Titanic, 1912

Title: The Sinking of the Titanic, 1912
Author: Lauren Tarshis
Call Number: FIC TAR
Reviewer: LC

Summary: It's about a boy named George, and his sister. They are on the Titanic, which hit an iceberg. Will they make it out in time?

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Review: It has a lot of action.

Week of January 18-22

This week begins internet safety. We will spend this week and next week learning about internet safety from Common Sense Media using a Nearpod lesson. Then, we will continue with internet safety on and off for the remainder of the year.

This week 3rd grade will learn about Rings of Responsibility. These rings are: self, family & friends, and community. Students will reflect on how they are responsible offline, how are they digitally responsible online in these rings and how their actions effect themselves and others.

4th grade will looks at Strong Passwords. We will identify characteristics of strong passwords, apply these characteristics and create new, strong passwords, and create posters to share this information.

5th grade will look at talking safely online. We will analyze private information and why it shouldn't be given out to anyone without parent permission. We also will debate on what to do when someone we don't know asks us for our private information!

Student Book Review :: Home of the Brave

Title: Home of the Brave
Author: Katherine Applegate 
Call Number: FIC APP
Reviewer: Reese


Summary: It is about this boy named Kek and he is from Africa. And he lived with his Dad, Mom And his brother. But him and his Mom were the only ones who survived, and she is missing!

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

Review:I recommend this book because it is very interesting to me. And it is very good.

Student Book Review :: Harry Potter Series

Title: Harry Potter Series
Author: J.K Rowling
Call Number: FIC ROW
Reviewer: Maya

Summary: The Harry Potter series is about a boy wizard whose parents have died. Harry's parents were killed by the greatest dark wizard of all time- Voldemort. Harry is the only known wizard to survive the Killing curse that Voldemort kills people with. Harry must defeat Voldemort. He goes to a school too, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harry makes friends and enemies.

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars

Review:It is good, magic filled, with horrors for Harry on every turn.