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J.R. Lowell Elementary School Library
Watertown, MA

Welcome Digital Learners!
All library and technology classes meet
only virtually  until April 2021. Please check your schedule for your time and Zoom link.

Tech Support
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WPS Ed Tech for All 

The Digital Learning Team offers LIVE HELP Sessions via Zoom!
 Family and Student Educational Technology Support Session Schedule
Staff Educational Technology Support Session Schedule
Book Collection of the Month
​Computers and Coding 
Are you interested in writing code? Learning more about playing a favorite video game? Wondering how a computer works? This is a vibrant K-5 collection covering fiction, nonfiction ,and biographies about computer history, gaming and important computer scientists.
Affirming Black Lives: Picture Books
Books in these collections are part of the Lowell Library collection and available for checkout when circulation of library books resumes.
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Digital and Information Literacy

Curriculum Map 2020/2021
What are we learning?
Digital and information literacy skills are taught in grades PK-5. Students learn the basic skills of library organization and strategies for managing the vast amounts of information found online with an emphasis on personal safety and responsibility. This year all our classrooms are "Live" on Zoom at regular times each week. Our focus remains on learning to manage large amounts of electronic information and to use lots of new and exciting digital tools. 
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*at this time we are not checking out library books but check back to see when this service is available*

A diverse and vibrant collection for students in grades PK- 5. Featuring picture books, easy readers, chapter books, graphic novels and nonfiction.
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Recent Work With Awesome Students

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Check out what we've been up to in Digital Learning and Library class:
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Parts of a Book Drag and Drop
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STEM Week: "I can't believe it held 12 erasers!!!"
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Email: kelly.mccollum@watertown.k12.ma.us
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My house is reading/ listening to: The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss; All Thirteen​ by Christina Soontornvat
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Updated March 22, 2021
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    • Library Catalog
    • Biography In Context
    • Brainpop
    • Elementary: Gale in Context
    • Encyclopaedia Britannica
    • Gale Databases
    • Science (Gale in Context)
    • US History (Gale in Context)
    • World Book Kids
    • World Book Online
  • Students
    • Login to >
      • Google Login
      • iReady
      • Keyboarding Without Tears
      • MCAS practice test
      • Seesaw K-2
    • STEM Week Activities
    • Coding Activities
    • Keyboarding PK-5
    • Poetry >
      • Acrostic Poem
      • Diamante Poems
      • Haiku
      • Poetry 4 Kids
      • Riddle Poems
      • Theme Poems
      • Word Mover
    • Research Projects >
      • Regions and States
    • Shelver
    • Starfall ABC
    • Storyline Online
    • 5th Grade >
      • 21 Things Google Docs
      • 21Things WebQuests
      • Alien Life: Web Evaluation
      • Web Evaluation
  • Go to
    • Community
    • Contact
    • Curriculum Map
    • Faculty >
      • Suggest a Book
    • Learn at Home
    • Newsletter >
      • Newsletter June 15, 2020
      • Newsletter June 8, 2020
      • Newsletter June 1
      • Newsletter May 26, 2020
      • Newsletter May 18, 2020
      • Newsletter May 11, 2020
      • Newsletter May 4,2020
      • Newsletter 4/27/20
      • Newsletter 42020
      • Newsletter 4/13/20
      • Newsletter 4/6/2020
      • Newsletter 3/30/20
      • Newsletter 3/22/20
      • Newsletter February 2020
      • Newsletter December 2019
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      • Newsletter February 2019
      • Newsletter 1/2019
      • Newsletter 12/2018
      • Newsletter 11/2018
      • Newsletter 10/2018
      • Newsletter 9/2018
      • Newsletter 5/2018
      • Newsletter 4/2018
      • Newsletter 3/2018
      • Newsletter 2/2018
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