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Are you tired of students asking you to download apps to school devices without any strong reasons? Teach them how to carefully read descriptions of the games and apps they want to use in school so they can be informed consumers.  Students are used to adults deciding which apps and web tools they should use. Many either have apps pre-downloaded on personal devices, predetermined webtools they can use on school devices, or they think that if they ask for it they will get it. This is called mind

COMPLETE Grades 3-6 Library Curriculum for an entire school year! This Curriculum Bundle engages students in library activities that teaches coding, digital citizenship, and more. Streamline teaching with a year-long plan for library, design, and computer science skills.  Coming up with a Library Media curriculum takes time, patience, and testing. This 3rd-6th Grade Curriculum bundle includes when and what to teach students about specific library, digital citizenship, coding, library, desi

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

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

Discover a world of literary exploration with activities designed for third, fourth, and fifth graders. These engaging, dynamic, and interactive resources serve as both books as mirrors and windows, offering glimpses into the exciting journey that lies ahead while reading. Kick off the school year setting enthusiastic goals for the year while also gaining insight into the rich variety of books offered in the library. These activities help students see books as mirrors, windows, and sliding doors

Print, digital and unplugged activities that introduce Fourth Graders to books that act as windows. Fourth Grade will excitedly set goals for their upcoming year by learning about different series available in the library. They’ll identify their own experiences and consider experiences that are different from those. Then, they’ll choose series that provide windows to new experiences.  I like using this activity on the first day of school. It can also be used any time you introduce the concept of

Print, digital and unplugged activities that introduce Third Graders to books that act as mirrors. Third Grade will excitedly set goals for their upcoming year by learning about different series available in the library. They’ll identify their own interests and experiences and match those to series they can connect with.  I like using this activity on the first day of school. It can also be used any time you introduce the concept of Books As Mirrors to students.  They’ll also learn how to sit an

Print, digital and unplugged activities that give Second Graders a glimpse of what to look forward to in Library class. On the first day of library class Second Grade will excitedly set goals for their upcoming year. They’ll learn different types of books and series they can find in the library, and different types of activities they can look forward to. They’ll also learn how to sit and listen to a story, and transition from a story to independent work. After downloading this resource you will

Print, digital and unplugged activities that give First Graders a glimpse of what to look forward to in Library class. On the first day of library class First Grade will excitedly set goals for their upcoming year. They’ll learn different types of books and series they can find in the library, and different types of activities they can look forward to. They’ll also learn how to sit and listen to a story, and transition from a story to independent work. After downloading this resource you will re

NO-Prep Library Sub Plans - the ultimate solution for hassle-free substitute teaching in your library! Say goodbye to time-consuming prep work and welcome substitutes who will enjoy being in your space!  Crafting simple and engaging sub plans can feel daunting and time-consuming. The challenge is knowing who will be subbing, ensuring meaningful students engagement, and maintaining school and library standards. Preparing sub plans devours valuable time that can be used elsewhere – like processing

NO-Prep Library Sub Plans for Grades 3 and 4 are the ultimate solution for hassle-free substitute teaching in your library! Say goodbye to time-consuming prep work and welcome substitutes who will enjoy being in your library!  Crafting simple and engaging sub plans can feel daunting and time-consuming. The challenge is knowing who will be subbing, ensuring meaningful students engagement, and maintaining school and library standards. Time spent preparing sub plans can be better utilized for tasks

These interactive social media templates engage students in authentic projects while applying multiple literacies. Social Media Templates that can be used across the curriculum. Whether you want to breathe new life into back to school orientation, reading responses, writing formats, or science and historical projects, these templates provide open-ended opportunities. They engage students in prosocial behaviors as they plan out and design social media posts. When students use the editable templat

Teach students how to develop Research questions with the tools they love and know! Many students automatically turn to virtual assistants and common search engines to ask questions. Little do they realize that when researching, we need bigger and more evolved questions that don’t always have cut & dry answers.  Do you wish your students were researching with purpose? Are you struggling to teach them how to write solid research questions that require them to do actual research? If you want y

RESEARCH BUNDLE: GRADES 3, 4, AND 5Infuse fun and enthusiasm into teaching research and digital citizenship skills. This bundle folds in play and student choice into computer science that typically feels dry and like a chore to teach. Scaffold the concepts of research, sources, and copyright for students during their first research experiences. Slowly build their capacity for note taking and citing sources as they dive into topics that they are interested in.  AFTER downloading this resource you

Scaffold the fundamental concepts of research, sources, and copyright for students during their first research experiences. Elementary research lessons build their capacity for note taking and citing sources as they dive into topics that they are interested in. The Elementary Research Lessons bundle is exclusively designed for Kindergarten through Grade 5 students. With over 40 engaging lessons, it empowers elementary school librarians and media specialists to cultivate young learners into skill

Empower student voice & choice with digital book reviews!Are your older students disengaged readers?  Are they circulating or reading less books than other grades?  As a library media specialist, raising readers is important to us; we want to keep books in the hands of our students.  One of the best ways to do that is word of mouth; through digital book reviews! As students review books they’ve read, they also generate reading excitement in future readers through quick book reviews.   The digita

Use these coding vocabulary activities to teach and assess coding and computational thinking!Help your students master important vocabulary terms! Students love to code and need to acquire computer science terms to master computer science.  If you teach coding or computer science to elementary students, you know how necessary but tricky learning coding vocabulary is. Robotics and coding games are incredibly engaging: students are creating algorithms, loops, conditionals, changing variables, and

Get young digital citizens up and moving as they show what they know about copyrighted materials. Pre assess prior knowledge and post assess student understanding of copyright with interactive and collaborative activities.  Are you looking for a fun and engaging way to teach the concept of copyright?  Copyright is a necessary definition and concept that young researchers and digital citizens need to learn. They need to understand what protects intellectual property, what constitutes intellectual

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