11 Card Flickr - 5O

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Once there was this cat watching a Patriots game. He was tiny and his name was Tiny.

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Tom Brady threw an interception, and the cat meowed. After that, he (Tom Brady) crashed his car into a zoo.

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Then all the tigers in the zoo went loose.

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The tigers ate Tom Brady, but afterwards, they felt sorry. They attacked a bowl of fruit.

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There was still some left when they were done, so the dog ate it. Then the dog went to play with his owner.

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Meanwhile, the cat was staring at the TV and became hypnotized.

Credit: Marysol

Then the cat eats the angry birds. Then he wondered, "Where is the BBQ sauce?" So he went on a giant journey around the world to find the best BBQ sauces.

Credit: Carrie Stephens

The cat found a gingerbread house in China and attacked it. While continuing his journey, he stopped by Gilette Stadium and watched the Broncos defeat the Patriots.

Credit: Jelene

Then the android dude in a jelly bean car was going off to buy an Android phone.

Credit: Sean MacEntee

So the guy stopped in Guatemala, where Katy Perry was performing an exclusive concert. But then he got kicked out because he was stealing the little breath mints at the bar. The cat brought him back in and then barfed up the Angry Birds, which reminded him of his iPhone, and they got in a fight over which phone was better. Then Steve Jobs came back alive and kicked the Android right in his tushy. Then the cat went to the bar and he had a bunch of martinis, and then he got in the car and drove to Arizona and crashed into a cactus and caught on fire.

Credit: Roshan Album

When the jaguar saw the car catch on fire, he called all his friends and told him he was going to perform a circus trip and jumped over the car.

NOTE: All photos are Creative-Commons-licensed; students found them by using a specialized search.

14 Card Flickr - 5LM

Credit: Taya Bailey

There was once a lady sitting in a chair smiling at everyone.

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She saw a blue fuzzy man eating a cookie and asked, "Can I have a cookie?"

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Then a pony walked by, said "Hi," and ran away.

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When the pony walked by, he dropped a pear, and the woman took it and ate it.

Credit: Sarah Ackerman

Meanwhile, Dora threw Backpack on the ground and stepped on it. Then she asked Hope Solo to find a soccer ball.

Credit: Pố Trường Vĩ Đại

But instead, Hope brought back a troll.

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The troll was carrying a soccer-ball-shaped cake.

Credit: Lost in the Sound

Lauren Alaina took the cake, shoved it in her face, and started singing.

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A squirrel was so mad because she ate the cake that he had to make another cake and then shoved it in HIS face.

Credit: Eva Rinaldi

Then Taylor Swift stole the squirrel, and he was very upset and started throwing a fit.

Credit: Luiz Fernando/Sonia Maria

Taylor Swift gave the squirrel to the Beatles to be their backup singer.

Credit: coming soon! (on school computer)

Cereal Guy was at the concert eating cereal from the concession stand.

Credit: coming soon! (on school computer)

Elmo went on stage and sang "Elmo's World." Then he fell off the stage and died.

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The Green Man was actually the Hulk, and he ate Elmo. The Hulk had a stomachache and married Taylor Swift. Then he jumped and blew up, and the world ended.

NOTE: All photos are Creative-Commons-licensed; students found them by using a specialized search.

5Card Flickr

Fifth graders have been learning about the importance of giving credit to all content creators; while most students understand that you have to list text sources, they weren't aware that you also have to acknowledge where you get images.

We went over Creative Commons licensing, which web content creators use to specify how others can share their stuff. One site that uses Creative Commons is Flickr, an alternative to Google Images. Photographers can tag their images with all kinds of labels, including "5cardflickr," a game that involves choosing randomly generated pictures and then creating a story to go with them.

Here are our stories ... try playing at home!

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Five Card Story: The Fortuneteller Game

a Five Card Flickr story created by 5LM

flickr photo by krutscjo

flickr photo by bionicteaching

flickr photo by bionicteaching

flickr photo by bionicteaching

flickr photo by bionicteaching

Once there was a fortuneteller, and he had a friend that was a man. He discovered a butterfly, and then he ate it. The fortunteller told the man that the frog was in his destiny. Soon enough, the frog appeared and carried the man to the lion. The lion said to go to the store of knives, where he would meet a hippie that has a knife collection. But they were all very dull, because hippies are peaceful.

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Five Card Story: The Apple that Fell Down the Mountain

a Five Card Flickr story created by 5O

flickr photo by Serenae

flickr photo by katerha

flickr photo by bionicteaching

flickr photo by cogdogblog

flickr photo by kairós


Once upon a time, there was this guy who watched Annoyed Orange, and he said, "Hey! If I create an Annoyed Apple, will he be too strong to break if he falls down a mountain?" Then the guy that threw the apple down gave an inspirational speech in the living room with his workers. And the dog was thinking of eating the monkey.

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Dewey Decimal Order

5LM and 5O students have adopted shelves to take care of through the end of the year. Before they signed the adoption certificates for their new charges - whose names include Bella, Blob, Bubbles, and Sheldon - we had a "shelf parenting" class: Dewey Decimal review!

Test yourself ... do you know how to read call numbers? Try these quizzes created by other librarians at Quia:

Ordering Dewey Call Numbers

Ordering Decimals 

Dewey Decimal System 3

After we discussed the elements of a call number, students then put themselves in order, first in small groups, which you can see in the pictures. Then the entire class had to reorganize into one long line of call numbers.

Reading the numbers after the decimal point tripped up some students, but once they grasped the concept of going by tenths place, then hundredths, etc., (i.e., 529.235 comes before 529.4, even though 235 is a higher number than 4, because .4 can be read as .400) everyone was ready to hit the shelves.

5O Paper Slide Videos

All the videos have been uploaded. Enjoy!

How Humans Threaten Sharks

Threats to Dolphins

Muppets

Are Pit Bulls Vicious?

Hand of God Soccer Goal

Do Bears Like Honey?

Alien Visits

German Shepherds and Bull Mastiffs

5LM Paper Slide Videos

 All of the videos are finally posted ... enjoy!


Introduction to Hieroglyphics

Famous Ghosts

Threats to Polar Bears

What Gorillas Eat

Airplane History Highlights

Our Solar System

WWII Weapons

Threats to Dolphins

Red Sox History

Longhaired Cats

Grade 5 Research

Writing the script

5O and 5LM students have been gathering information on a wide range of self-selected topics, including:

- How humans are threats to sharks
- The origins of the solar system
- Are pit bulls really mean and vicious?
- Hieroglyphics
- How Muppets are made
- Famous ghost sightings

Adding design touches

Working in groups, they are putting together paper slide shows; since we don't have enough computers in the library for everyone to access presentation software, we're going a little low-tech instead. However, we'll be recording the slide shows and posting them online, which is high-tech!

What's a paper slide show, you ask? Here is the sample I showed the kids:

Stay tune for our final videos! We start taping next week.

Grade 5 Origami (Yoda)

Getting through Origami Yoda as a readaloud took a lot longer that anticipated. However, along the way, students learned about the Twist, the National Spelling Bee (can you spell "sardoodledom"?), and Tycho Brahe. Not to mention how to make their own Origami Yodas.