Leighton Media Center
Fifth Grade Classes
Fifth grade classes visit the media once a week for a 45 minute session. Part of this time is alloted for checking out books as needed, and the remaining time is for the students to develop their technology and research skills.
This page highlights the different projects and concepts we will be tackling this year.
Resources and links are provided for more information and more fun!
Click for the current AGENDA!
Global Goals
In September 2015, leaders from the United Nations identified 17 goals meant to improve the quality of life for all people on earth. These goals, focused around the central themes of ending extreme poverty, inequality, and climate change, are the focus for our 3rd quarter.
As stated on the Global Goals site:
The Global Goals are only going to work if we fight for them and you can’t fight for your rights if you don’t know what they are. We believe the Goals are only going to be completed if we can make them famous.
It is the goal of our students to do just that...make them famous.
Please check out the Global Goals website for more information!
Take the SMURFS quiz!
Week of Dec. 5 - 9
We are taking a break from Genius Hour to celebrate Computer Science Week with an Hour of Code!
Be the Genius You Were Born to Be!
"Don't ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and then go do that. Because what the world needs is poeple who have come alive."
~ Howard Thurman
Author and Philosopher
For the last quarter of the school year, we will be spending time delving into our own passions, trying to identify what we are each personally interested in. Based on these interests, we will develop inquiry questions which will lead us on our own personal journeys of investigation.
To get this discovery started, the students will be taking a survey on Thrively.com that will help to identify thier strengths and interests.
To get to Thrively, CLICK THIS LINK: http://www.thrively.com/login/school/15374
VIDEOS ~ Below are some of the videos we have watched to inspire our Genius Hour ideas.
5th Graders: Please take this quick survey!
Create the 4 slides for your Shark Tank presentation by clicking the "Shark Tank" title above.
Remember to:
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make a COPY of the presentation in order to use it
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DELETE the text that is already there and type in your own ideas
Project Planning Page ~ Having trouble framing your ideas into a project? Check out this planning guide that has thinking questions included.
Tech: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
Our world is filled with different kinds of technology, and we are surrounded by it. We will take a look at how technology has changed over the years and predict what it might look like in the future.
Yesterday
Take a look at these sites for examples of what technology from the past was like!
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Choose a type of technology from the PAST.
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Answer the questions on THIS Google Doc about the object you chose.
(Hint: You must make a COPY of the doc before you can use it!)
Today
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Choose a type of technology that we use today that REPLACES the object from the past.
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Answer the questions on THIS Google Doc about the object you chose.
(Hint: You must make a COPY of the doc before you can use it!)
Hour of Code
5th graders will be learning about code and programming during this school year. We will be using a variety of activities and lessons from code.org, commonsensemedia.org, and tynker.com. Check out these resources for more info:
Try out RunMarco for a different coding challenge:
Want more coding fun? Download these FREE iPad apps:
Kodable Code School Tynker
iMovie QR Codes
The first project this year will be for the students to work in small group to create a short video to introduce guests to the various people and places in Leighton.
To view the DIRECTIONS, click here. Be sure to read the SKILLS and the OVERVIEW.
To get started, students will add ideas to a PADLET. These ideas will be used to define each of the videos that is created.