Elementary Library

Resource & Discussion Guide

Chicken Clicking by Jeanne Willis (E WIL) One night Chick hops onto the farmer's house and has a browse on his computer--CLICK--soon she's shopping online for the whole farm But when she arranges to meet up with a friend she's made online, she discovers all is not as it seems. . . Little Red Riding Hood for the iPad generation, this is the perfect book for teaching children how to stay safe online. Discussion Prompts: ●​ Think of some strong passwords that the farmer could have used to stop the Chick using the computer without permission.

●​ If you want to buy something online, whose permission do you need first? ●​ What online safety messages does Chick learn? What mistakes did she make? ●​ Who is it safe to share passwords with? ●​ How did going online make Chick feel? How did that change?

The Fabulous Friend Machine by Nick Bland (YouTube) One fine day, Popcorn, the friendliest chicken of the Bagatelle farm, finds a wonderful machine to make friends: a smart phone. She decides on the spot to use it. Soon, she is so busy sending and receiving messages that she neglects her good old friends. Far from being wary, Pep even invites her new virtual friends to dinner . . . What will be her surprise when she finds out their true identity Discussion Prompts: ●​ How would you characterize (describe the traits of) Popcorn? ●​ What does it take to be kind, friendly, and helpful? ●​ Make a prediction: What will happen when Popcorn meets the new fabulous friend in real life? ●​ Are cell phones really “fabulous friend machines”? What are some positive and negative aspects of owning a phone? ●​ Do you think Popcorn means to ignore her old friends? How can the excitement of making new friends sometimes distract us from our old friends? What can we do to make everyone feel included? ●​ What is the difference between a friend with whom you keep contact using your phone and on social media and someone who you don’t know except online? Nerdy Birdy Tweets by Aaron Reynolds (E REY) Spending all of his time on social media making online friends, Nerdy Birdy neglects his live friend, Vulture . Discussion Prompts: ●​ Have you ever done something that you were sorry about after you thought about it? ●​ What advice would you give to someone who had hurt a friend’s feelings? ●​ Do you think Nerdy Bird’s tweetster friends are really his friends? How can you tell? ●​ Do you think Vulture uses a good problem solving strategy to get Nerdy Bird to stop tweeting so much?

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