4th and 5th grade

Back to School

If you want to be like Warren Buffett and Bill Gates, adopt their voracious reading habits​ (check this link to make sure it works at school, you may want to download it).

Activity:  As a class (or at tables) make a list of 50 must read books for students at their school.  This would be a good activity to talk about noise level at tables.  Extending the activity--have groups share out their books and make a bigger whole class list.

Bonus extension : Research the top names in these articles--who are they?  What is their job?

Day 2

If you have time
Day 1 Followup:  What types of things is Bill Gates interested in reading?  ​

This would be a good chance to pull one of Bill Gates topics and read about it with your students.  This is where it might be helpful to know about your classes, which ones are struggling with growth mindset?  Which need more social emotional support.

Growth Mindset Read Aloud

Social Emotional Support

Sustainable Materials / Innovative Learning

Character

How do you find books you want to Read?

B~o~O~K~t~u~b~e!!!

Middle Grade Recs for boys (couldn't embed, click here!)

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Day 3

If you want to continue on the money theme--how do we get Books for Free??
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For WES and LES

What is a LFL?
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This page includes the design blueprints for our LFL so you can use it for kids to design their new one.

Roosevelt do we want to 3D print the smallest LFL in the world?  Why, yes, yes we do!!

​Here is the Thingiverse page

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EES--

It would be fun to have the kids organize a book swap.  (And I think doable for 4th and 5th graders to organize).  

They could work in groups to figure out When/Where/Why/How and then the rules and secure the permissions.

Day 4 or 5 

Dewey Review Day 1

Play Shelver as a class

Dewey Worksheets (please do a worksheet page on the first day)

Dewey Review Day 2 

Review and have students sign Acceptable Use Policy

​Destiny Discover!

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Day 6 or 7


Link to William Allen White Trailers http://felibrary.weebly.com/