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Stop holding your breath while students create a username for an edtech game or tool, and sigh with relief knowing that they’ll generate school and kid-friendly usernames that keeps the lesson moving and everyone engaged. Many components of a student’s digital footprint are controlled at the district level. From their passwords and usernames, to their lunch codes, and most login information for an array of EdTech tools that you use in your library. Even with all of these safeguards in place, the

TEACH STUDENTS HOW TO READ, UNDERSTAND, AND ENJOY GRAPHIC NOVELS IN THE WAY THE AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR INTENDED. Graphic novels aren't just glorified picture books. These are meaningful texts with rich stories. They use a combination of text and illustrations to help the reader figure out what's going on.  They're also more! There are some things that make graphic novels different from other books. They're filled with rich language, illustrative choices, and frames that make the plot move. As we

COMPLETE Elementary Library Curriculum tailored for students in PreK through Grade 2. Designed exclusively for elementary school librarians and media specialists, this resource rich bundle includes over 80 activities and low- to no-prep activities. Whether you teach coding, library skills, digital citizenship, computer science or makerspaces, this bundle has you covered!  Seamlessly navigate an entire school year with this all-inclusive PreKindergarten to Second Grade Library Curriculum. This cu

Teach students how to create short animations that are fun and purposeful. Primary students are capable of creating powerful products. And they love creating videos! The activities included in this resource walk them through how to do all of that while having loads of fun.  Students discover fun apps and struggle to transition from playing with the app to using it for learning. Use a deliberate process that helps them move from learning how to use the app with all of its bells and whistles to u

Learning how to cut and paste on a Chromebook for the first time can feel overwhelming to young learners. There are a lot of steps to remember! And, it doesn’t feel natural to little hands to press and hold one key while quickly clicking another. It takes time and practice to master this skill. Give students the time and practice they need to acquire the complex keyboard skill of cutting and pasting. They’ll learn two Chromebook shortcuts to cut text from one slide and then paste it into another

Twenty-first Century students have never known a life without technology. Yet, they lack the basic skills to use it independently and responsibly. Particularly when it comes to using technology for learning tasks and outcomes.  Students still need direct instruction and practice in learning how to use technology deliberately and responsibly. They need opportunities to acquire and practice new skills so that when it comes time for them to: Manipulate Chromebooks in a way that helps them take care

Learning how to copy and paste on a Chromebook for the first time can feel overwhelming to young learners. There are a lot of steps to remember! And, it doesn’t feel natural to little hands to press and hold one key while quickly clicking another. It takes time and practice to master this skill. Give students the time and practice they need to acquire the complex keyboard skill  of copy and pasting. They’ll learn two Chromebook shortcuts to copy an image from one slide and then paste it into ano

Help students learn how to find the books they love on the library shelves. They’ll be able to use the library catalog, spine labels, and authors’ last names to be independent library patrons.   Finding a book you want in a library is a necessary skill to being an independent library patron. Libraries have books organized alphabetically, by an author’s last name, and separate fiction from nonfiction; even if the library is genrefied. Students need to be able to:  Quickly read an end cap to det

Help students learn how to find the books they love on the library shelves. They’ll be able to use the library catalog, spine labels, and authors’ last names to be independent library patrons.   Finding a book you want in a library is a necessary skill to being an independent library patron. Libraries have books organized alphabetically, by an author’s last name, and separate fiction from nonfiction; even if the library is genrefied. Students need to be able to:  Search the library catalog to

Help students learn how to find the books they love on the library shelves. They’ll be able to use the alphabet, spine labels, and authors’ last names to be independent library patrons.   Finding a book you want in a library is a necessary skill to being an independent library patron. Libraries have books organized alphabetically, by an author’s last name, even if the library is genrefied. Students need to be able to:  Quickly read an end cap to determine if the book they want is in that aisle

Library ABC OrderHelp students learn how the library is organized so they can find their favorite books & authors. They’ll practice ABC Order and use the alphabet to find books by the author’s last name.  ABC order is a lost skill. Students may know the alphabet, but not well enough to know which letter comes next. They often struggle to look at the alphabet and determine which would come next.  In a library this is a crucial skill. Libraries have books organized alphabetically, even if they’re

COMPLETE Second Grade Library Curriculum for an entire school year! This Curriculum Bundle outlines what to teach in your library media center for Second Grade students across multiple content areas.   Coming up with a Library Media curriculum takes time, patience, and testing. This 2nd grade Curriculum bundle includes when and what to teach students about specific library, digital citizenship, coding, library, design, and computer science skills.  This 2nd Grade Library curriculum suppo

Learning how to copy and paste on a Chromebook for the first time can feel overwhelming to young learners. There are a lot of steps to remember! And, it doesn’t feel natural to little hands to press and hold one key while quickly clicking another. It takes time and practice to master this skill. Give students the time and practice they need to acquire the complex keyboard skill of copying and pasting. They’ll learn two Chromebook shortcuts to copy an image from one slide and then paste it into a

Learning how to copy and paste on a Chromebook for the first time can feel overwhelming to young learners. There are a lot of steps to remember! And, it doesn’t feel natural to little hands to press and hold one key while quickly clicking another. It takes time and practice to master this skill. Give students the time and practice they need to acquire the complex keyboard skill of copying and pasting. They’ll learn two Chromebook shortcuts to copy an image from one slide and then paste it into a

Learning how to copy and paste on a Chromebook for the first time can feel overwhelming to young learners. There are a lot of steps to remember! And, it doesn’t feel natural to little hands to press and hold one key while quickly clicking another. It takes time and practice to master this skill. Give students the time and practice they need to acquire the complex keyboard skill of copying and pasting. They’ll learn two Chromebook shortcuts to copy an image from one slide and then paste it into a

Learning how to copy and paste on a Chromebook for the first time can feel overwhelming to young learners. There are a lot of steps to remember! And, it doesn’t feel natural to little hands to press and hold one key while quickly clicking another. It takes time and practice to master this skill. Give students the time and practice they need to acquire the complex keyboard skill of copying and pasting. They’ll learn two Chromebook shortcuts to copy an image from one slide and then paste it into a

Learning how to cut, copy and paste on a Chromebook for the first time can feel overwhelming to young learners. There are a lot of steps to remember! And, it doesn’t feel natural to little hands to press and hold one key while quickly clicking another. It takes time and practice to master this skill. Give students the time and practice they need to acquire the complex keyboard skills of cutting, copying and pasting. They’ll learn three Chromebook shortcuts to copy and cut an image from one slid

Learning how to cut and paste on a Chromebook for the first time can feel overwhelming to young learners. There are a lot of steps to remember! And, it doesn’t feel natural to little hands to press and hold one key while quickly clicking another. It takes time and practice to master this skill. Give students the time and practice they need to acquire the complex keyboard skill of cutting and pasting. They’ll learn two Chromebook shortcuts to cut an image from one slide and then paste it into ano

Learning how to copy and paste on a Chromebook for the first time can feel overwhelming to young learners. There are a lot of steps to remember! And, it doesn’t feel natural to little hands to press and hold one key while quickly clicking another. It takes time and practice to master this skill. Give students the time and practice they need to acquire the complex keyboard skill  of copy and pasting. They’ll learn two Chromebook shortcuts to copy an image from one slide and then paste it into ano

Teach students to be ethical digital citizens when they use images and other artwork. Stop worrying about where students get artistic content & how they are crediting artists with fun activities that explicitly teach them 2 ways to cite images. Did you know that just because we find an image online doesn’t mean that we can use it any way that we want? Or that Google Image Search isn’t a reliable space to get images for presentations? Neither do our students!  The included activities teach youn