|
Fifth Grade Library Lesson Plans Fifth graders meet once every three days iin 40 minute blocks. The fifth grade curriculum is an extension of work done in fourth grade. They learn, in detail, the divisions of the Dewey Decimal System. Specific study is focused on biography and autobiography. With the use of reference materials students learn basic research and note-taking skills. They also work through a keyboarding unit. |
| Red/ Orange/ Yellow | Green/ Blue/ Purple |
| "How well do you know the library?" SB activity, Read from "Mr. Popper's Penguins" | Computers, Folders, Typing lesson |
| Find the Book - Call Number Activity, Check out | Scavenger Hunt |
| Keyboarding # 1 Fill in Home Row Keys on chart | |
| Keyboarding # 2 | |
| Keyboarding # 3 | |
| Keyboarding # 4 | |
| Keyboarding # 5 | |
| Keyboarding # 6 | |
| RIF #1 | |
| Do We Really Know Dewey? | |
| Detailed Dewey divisions | |
| Book Fair | |
| Play Dewey Bingo/ Mr. Dewy's Difficul Child worksheet | |
| Biography (Scholastic, Education World, Discovery School) | |
| Wm. Bradford the First Thanksgiving video (biography) | |
| Author Biography Project | |
| RIF # 2 | |
| Periodicals - laminated worksheet | |
| Dictionary Usage (Decoding and Defining worksheet) | |
| Melvil's DDS (transp 4,5,6,.7) | |
| 100s/200s (transp. 8) 300s (transp. 9) | |
| 400s (transp. 10) 500s/600s (transp. 11) | |
| 700s/800s (transp. 12) 900s (transp. 13) 000s (transp. 14) | |
| Dewey Bulletin Board - cut out pictures for each category | |
| Poetry (BrainPop movie and quiz, Magnetic Poetry, Poetry4kids) | |
| Using Reference materials | |
| Searching on the web | |
| RIF # 3 Dr. Seuss/ Watch Horton Hears a Who from Kidthing | |
| Introduction to History's Heroes activity & begin work | |
| Work on History's Heroes activity | |
| Work on History's Heroes activity | |
| Create a new book cover for a book they have reviewed | |
| Watch "What is a Test" / Brainpop movie on "Test Preparation" to prepare for TCAPs | |
| TCAPs | |
| Watch Misty of Chincoteague | |
| Watch Misty of Chincoteague | |
| Author Bingo | |