Happy week!
Thanks again for all your hard work last week when both Ms. Trumm and I were out. I appreciate your doing what you are supposed no matter who the adult personnel is.
This week we will practice Step 1 of the research process. Last week you identified a topic and research question that you could research in our library. Many of you wrote great questions! Remember that a good research question does not have just one answer and will not require just one source. Information is gathered from many sources and perspectives in order to create answers to big, interesting questions and LOTS OF LITTLE QUESTIONS.
We are also going to use a new tool called mywebspiration.com Set yourself up a new account or use the SLA account info to sign in, and use the mindmap template for brainstorming. You want to put your topic or main question in the center of the web, and then generate all the related questions, ideas, and words you can think of. Don't discount anything yet. This is a brainstorm so anything goes! Aim for at least nine bubbles off your main idea. Under the "share" menu, add me as a collaborator. Later this week, I will ask you to add other SLA's as collaborators too, and you will comment and add to each other's brainstorms.
Keep working on your BibMe reading log. Please comment below on how Wednesday and Thursday went for you last week. This is your check-in! What did you accomplish last week that you are proud of? What struggles did you have? What should I know?
Assignments - due by Friday
1. Mywebspiration.com brainstorm on your topic. Main topic/question bubble with 9+ offshoots.
2. Blog comment on your work last week.
3. BibMe - keep working on that reading log!
I can not find where I'm supposed to go to make the "mindmap template". Elissa tried to help me look for it, but we could not find it anywhere. Can you be a little more specific where it's located? Thanks(:
ReplyDeleteI think that Wednesday and Thursday went well. On Wednesday i worked on the audio books on the blue book rack. I dusted and organized them. On Thursday I worked on that weeks info-lit. I think that i worked hard and was very constructive.
ReplyDeleteI worked on my info lit for most of the period and then I made my shelves look good. On Thursday I'm not quite sure what I did. I read my shelves for order. Oh and I took like 4 AR test! I think in general both of the days went pretty well considering the subs didn't know exactly what they were doing.
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On Wednesday I mostly just did my shelves, cleaned up after BOB practice battle... went to Kentucky. Not literally, it's kinda an inside joke. On Thursday pretty much the same, except I only got as far as Idaho. Sorry, I shouldn't keep referring to something you guys probably don't know about.
ReplyDeleteOn Wednesday me and Jessica w finished dusting my non-fiction shelves. Yay! On Thursday I worked hard to get my reading log caught up, since it was erased, so now I'm working to catch up on the blog.
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I think that the week went pretty well.On Wednesday I shelved and faced up books.Thursday I cleaned the front table and dusted. Over all I think everything went very well.
ReplyDeleteI looked up Jacques on our catalog. I learned that he was an oceanographer. I worked the circulation desk a lot this week and shelved a lot of books. We had to help the subs figure out how things work. i enjoyed helping out though.
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