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RESEARCH GRADE 5

How Google Works - video

Online Sources - BrainPop video

Big 6 Research Process - video

Lane Digital Databases - webpage

Research Practice Site - webpage

Note-taking

PREMIUM ANIMALS

ANIMAL ADVENTURES is coming to Lane next week as a special reward for us reaching our Summer Reading Goal of  >300,000 minutes!

In fact, we are well over 700,000!!! So as a SPECIAL treat, we will be treated to an additional PREMIUM animal. 

Help us choose which one...VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE!

PREMIUM ANIMALS

ENTER YOUR SUMMER READING MINUTES!

SUMMER READING MINUTES 

ENTRY FORM

CLICK HERE FOR A VIDEO SHOWING HOW TO ENTER YOUR MINUTES

SUMMER READING GRADES 3, 4 & 5

SUMMER READING FOR LANE 2017

TOPIC: ANIMALS!

CLICK LINK BELOW:

NEW - SUGGESTIONS FROM LANE STUDENTS

CAN BE FICTION OR NONFICTION, COMICS, 

WILD ANIMALS, PETS, ZOOS, ANIMAL SHELTERS, RESCUES, ETC. 

AS LONG AS IT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH ANIMALS

GOALS: 

STUDENT GOAL

Read for at least 10 minutes a day x 5 days a week = 50 minutes per week
10 weeks of summer: 10 weeks x 50 minutes per week = 500 minutes!
Track your minutes with the paper calendars &
Bring your TOTAL MINUTES to school in September
or
TRACK ONLINE (see below)

SCHOOL GOAL: 

500 minutes per student x 600 students = 300,000 minutes

If we reach our goal as a school, we will have a special presentation in September!

READ ALL SUMMER!!!!

TRACK YOUR READING ONLINE:

GRADES 4 & 5 only: Sign into GOOGLE CLASSROOM

Open the spreadsheet to add your minutes.

Totals automatically appear at the bottom!

Print & bring into the Library/MakerSpace in September

LINKS TO DOCUMENTS:

• Directions for INCOMING GRADE 3 
• NOTE CHANGE - THERE WILL BE  NO ONLINE TRACKING FOR GRADE 3
• Directions for UPCOMING GRADE 4 & 5
• 2017 Summer Reading Google Slides Presentation
• Video showing Online Tracking using Google Classroom

***IF YOU HAVE PROBLEMS ACCESSING THESE LINKS, YOU ARE PROBABLY SIGNED INTO ANOTHER GOOGLE ACCOUNT. SIGN OUT OF ALL ACCOUNTS, THEN TRY TO SIGN INTO YOUR LANE STUDENT ACCOUNT AGAIN. ***

Questions? Contact me at linda_coviello@bedford.k12.ma.us  

Please be aware that there will be some days that I may be in remote places

 without internet access but I will get back to you asap!!!

SEND A POSTCARD! 

(Optional)

Away on vacation? Staying local? Either way, send a postcard to the school:

Ms. Coviello

Lt. Job Lane Elementary School

Lane School Library/MakerSpace

66 Sweetwater Ave

Bedford. MA 01730

Write the title and a little note about one of the books you are reading, or a fun fact about your animal. Make sure to sign your name!
We will display them in the main hallway in September.

SLIME!

HOW TO MAKE SLIME:

                                                                          Video

Borax

Directions

LANE SCHOOL ZOOCAMS!

View our live chicks  AND ducklings (new!)on the Lane School You Tube channel!

LANE CHICK CAM

LANE DUCKCAM

DIGITAL LITERACY

COMMON SENSE MEDIA 

SEARCH SHARK

Digital Passport Student Landing Page

Digital Passport Search Video

IDITAROD 2017

It is that time of year again! Follow your mushers from Fairbanks to Nome as they race to win this year's Iditarod.

www.iditarod.com

1st PLACE WINNER
MITCH SEAVEY

8 days, 3 hours, 40 minutes and 13 seconds
Celebrated by Mrs. K O'Brien's room 


RED LANTERN AWARD:
CINDY ABBOTT

12 days, 2 hours, 57 minutes and 31

New record by 1 day, 1 hour and 45 minutes

Celebrated by Mrs. Lee's room

Gallon Water Jug Igloo Video

POPULAR VOTE FOR MSLA BOOKMARKCONTEST

How exciting...for the first time, we ALL have a say in which bookmarks reach the judges!

Watch this VIDEO for directions on how to cast your vote

Vote for ONE design in EACH division.

Think about
1. Which bookmarks exemplify the theme BEYOND THE BINDING?
2. Which bookmarks express CREATIVITY?
3. Which bookmarks display ARTISTIC ABILITY?

We take your vote very seriously, just like in real elections.
Make your vote count!

VOTE!

HOUR OF CODE IS HERE!

Amazon Kiva Robots

www.code.org/learn

MECCANO MECCANOID G15 ROBOTS!!!

T he History of Robots video

Meccano Meccanoid G15 Video

Meccano G15 Instruction Guide (pdf)

Meccano Meccanoid Building Steps 1-3 video

Meccano Meccanoid Building Steps 4-14 video

Meccano Meccanoid Building Steps 15-22 video

Meccano Meccanoid Building Steps 23-31 video

Meccano Meccanoid Building Steps 32-55 video

Meccano Meccanoid Building Steps 56-60 video

Meccano Meccanoid Building Steps 61-85 video

Meccano Meccanoid Building Steps 86-91 video

Voice Commands for Meccano G15's

iPad App Video

SUMMER READING 2016

ENTER YOUR SUMMER READING MINUTES ON THE FORM BELOW

Summer Reading 2016 Entry Form

DO NOT SIGN INTO YOUR LANE GOOGLE APPS ACCOUNT - NOT NEEDED!
Just click the ENTRY FORM LINK above

Individual student goal is to read 500 minutes over the remainder of June, July, & August

REMEMBER...EVERY MINUTE COUNTS!

IF WE REACH OUR GOAL OF 275,000 MINUTES, MR. ACKERMAN WILL KISS A PIG!!!

SEE YOU IN SEPTEMBER...

HAPPY READING!!!

AN AUTHOR, AN EAGLE, AND 3D PRINTING

Eagle Video - Beauty the Bald Eagle
     (Beauty & the Beak)
Author Deborah Lee Rose

CHICKS ARE HERE!!!!

Mrs. Mickle wrote a grant and took a course in...chickenry???! And 14 baby chicks have arrived and are living temporarily in the Library MakerSpace. Feel free to come in and observe the baby chicks, or view them remotely using Mr. Hall's Live Chick Webcam!

ELECTRICITY & CIRCUITS

1. Watch this video:
Explaining an Electrical Circuit


2. Makey-Makey Explanation

3. Makey-Makey Piano



WANT MORE MAKEY-MAKEY?! Explore on your own:
Makey-Makey: An Invention Kit for Everyone
Makey-Makey Pacman
Makey-Makey Apps

WIN GRADE 3 CODING!

Click the LINK below to enter your coding group in the code.org website:
WIN Grade 3 Coding with Ms. C

WIN #2 Grade 3 Coding

WIN #3 Grade 3 Coding

VOCABULARY:
Algorithm - A series of instructions on how to complete a task
Coding - Transforming actions into a symbolic language
Debugging - Finding and fixing issies in code
Function - A piece of code that can be called over and over
Parameters - Extra bits of information that you can pass into a function to customize it


ON YOUR OWN:
www.code.org

FERRIS WHEELS

View this FERRIS WHEEL google slides presentation

Think about:

1. How the Ferris Wheel got its name
2. WHEN was the Ferris Wheel created? WHY? HOW?
3. Interesting Info?
4. Ferris Wheels today

IDITAROD - FIRST & LAST!

FIRST:  Dallas Seavey wins the 2016 Iditarod
    3rd time in a row, 4th overall!
    Beat his father Mitch (2nd place) by ~45 minutes


Dallas was Ms. Zavalick's musher


LAST: Mary Helwig (rookie) earns the Red Lantern


Mary was Ms. Love' s musher


CELEBRATE!

    Idita-Rock N' Roll video
    Scholastic Iditarod Activities
    Make-a-Flake
    Winter Sites

IDITAROD!

VIEW THIS POWER POINT TO LEARN ABOUT THE IDITAROD:
Iditarod 2016

Then we will have a discussion on
1. What you learned
2. How we will follow the Iditarod in the LMS
3. How YOU can follow the Iditarod from home!


NEXT SCHOOL-WIDE LIBRARY/MAKERSPACE PROJECT:

Let's build a WATER JUG IGLOO!  Watch this video to learn how.
Collect 1 gallon water jugs
Bring them to the Library/MakerSpace
Begin design & construction!

Watch the video to learn how:
Water Bottle Jug Igloo Instruction


THINK ABOUT IT:
1. What will we need for supplies?
2. How should we begin?
3.What challenges will we encounter?

Learn more about the upcoming Iditarod at www.iditarod.com

SPHEROS!

SPHEROS ARE HERE!

Build your own life-size BB-8

MSLA BOOKMARK CONTEST

MSLA BOOKMARK CONTEST ENTRY FORMS

AUTHORS & ILLUSTRATORS

RALPH MASIELLO website
    Video




DAVID BIEDRZYCKI website

    Video

Sumo Paint -  try this online digital art website (similar to photoshop!)
Sumo Paint Tutorial

MSLA BOOKMARK CONTEST!

It's BOOKMARK CONTEST time again!

 The Massachusetts School Library Association sponsors this contest every year for K-12 students. Click here for the MSLA website and click on the Bookmark Contest tab to view the contest theme, rules, entry form, faq's and past winners (including Lane School students!!!).

Click HERE for the prezi that explains the contest

The theme is SCHOOL LIBRARIES: SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE!

Have fun, be creative, and GOOD LUCK!

LIBRARY SKILLS GAMES

Quia Library Skills Games and Review

CODING!!!

GRADE 3

Mrs. L O'Brien's Class

Mrs. Nolan's Class
Mr. Wichterman's Class
Mrs. Ferguson's Class

GRADE 4

Mrs. Elien's Class
Ms. Love's Class 
Mrs. Lee's Class
Ms. Farrell's Class
Mrs. Leonard's Class
Mrs. Campbell's Class
Mrs. Herman's Class

GRADE 5

Mrs.Williams Class

Mrs. Dick's Class
Ms. Zavalick's Class
Mrs. Lerra's Class
Mrs. Singh's Class
Mrs. Stone's Class

 CODE.ORG

CNET NEWS: How Robots Make Amazon Faster

BIN SERIES LABELS

Bin Series Labels

WAMPANOAG MUSEUM IN MASHPEE, MA

Watch this short video on the

WAMPANOAG TRIBE Museum

Think about the Wampanoag...
1. What do you think their life was like?
2. What kinds of objects do you think they used in their everyday life?
3. What do you think an ARTIFACT is?

THE RAVEN by Edgar Allan Poe

BIOGRAPHY

Click here to watch a version of Edgar Allen Poe's most famous work, 

"The Raven"