Here's Part 3:
book titles and authors.
Activity 9 - You Can't Tell a Book From It's Title
This is an activity designed to reinforce call number recognition, teach the
meanings for call numbers, and provide practice in using the computer
catalog. Students are asked to search a book by title and identify the type
of book it is based on the call number designation.
Activity 10 - The Oldest Book
This is an activity skill designed to reinforce students' ability to
competently use the computer catalog, to identify pieces of information on
catalog cards, and to ascertain the age of a book based on its bibliographic
information.
Activity 11 - Dewey Riddles
This is an activity designed to give student's practice in locating and
interpreting Dewey numbers, in a game format. Students are asked to locate
books with a specific Dewey number, and solve a riddle using the titles of
those books.
Activity 12 -- Top of the Page/ Title Only
This is an activity designed to consolidate previously learned book location
skills. Given only the title of the book, students are asked to locate it in
the catalog and on the shelves.
Activity 13 -Individual Reference Puzzles - Guinness
This is a skills activity that allows students to practice locating
information and answering trivia question using the Guinness Book of World
Records CDRom.
Activity 14 -Bartlett's Demo and Practice
This a a demonstration of key word searching and locating information using
the Bartlett's Quotations CDRom reference.
Activity 15 - Go Fish One
This is a hands on skills lesson designed to give students practice in using
three major reference resources, the Webster's Biographical Dictionary,
Bartlett's Famous Quotations, and The Guiness Book of World Records.
Activity 16 -Grolier's Demo and Practice
This a a demonstration of key word searching and locating information using
the
Bartlett's Quotations CDRom reference.
Activity 17 - Go Fish 2
This is a skills activity lesson designed to give students hands on practice
in using three basic reference sources to answer trivia questions. Sources
used in this lesson are Webster's Biographical Dictionary, Bartlett's
Familiar Quotes (book and CDRom), and an almanac.
Activity 18 - Go Fish 3
This is an activity designed to provide student's practice in using three
basic reference sources to answer trivia questions. Sources used in this
lesson are Bartlett's Familiar Quotes on CD-ROM, the encyclopedia, and
Famous First Facts.
Activity 19 -Reference Bingo
This is a skills activity game designed to reinforce the idea that certain
reference sources are the best place to research certain types of questions.
Activity 20 --Combined Reference Puzzles
This is a skills activity lesson designed to give students practice in using
a variety of basic reference resources to answer questions. Students must
use the atlas, Guinness book, almanac, and dictionary to solve each puzzle.
Activity 21 - Trivia Trackers
This is an exercise designed to give students practice in locating
information bits in any available reference source.
Activity 22 - Caudill Vote
This is an activity in which students particiapte in an election to select
the winner of the Rebecca Caudill Young Reader's Book Award.
Activity 23 - Library Detective
This is a research skills unit designed to give students practie in locating
basic information in the Learning Center. Students are posed a series of
nine trivia type questions, to which they must locate the answer, working in
teams.
Activity 24 - Battle of the Books 2
Activity 25 - Battle Off
Linda Lucke
Learning Center Director
Butterfield School
Libertyville, IL
LLucke@d70.k12.il.us
Happy are those who have learned to laugh at themselves, for they shall
never lack for amusement!
Eva,
Here is a link to tons of library lessons.
http://www.school-libraries.org/resources/
Kristine Wildner
Librarian
Holy Apostles School
New Berlin, WI
Dear Eva,
Our local county curriculum has lessons attached to them and are available
on-line. You have to go to the main page: Welcome to the Howard County Public
School System and then navigate through to "In the Classroom", click on
"Curriculum". From there, Click on "Media" and then "Curriculum Resources". These
lessons are aligned with the Maryland Voluntary State Curriculum. There are also
resources on the site to help with collection development, management, etc. I
myself will be starting my first year as a media specialist this fall in a private
school, but am a 15-year veteran of HCPSS and will use this as a major resource
this coming year.
I hope this helps.
Sincerely,
Anne E. Howard, MA, MS
Media Specialist
Trinity School
Ellicott City, MD 21042
Hi Eva,
Don't forget that we have LearnNC. Also, remember to check out
<http://www.ncwiseowl.org>. As far as ready-made lesson plans, LearnNC is the only
place right now that I can suggest. I am entering my 2nd year as a media
specialist, so I still need help with this also. I purchased some books that I
didn't get a chance to use since I was in charge of the media center and the
computer lab as well as serve as technician fixing the break-downs and glitches in
the entire school. However, I can recommend some books that may help.
Stretchy Library Lessons: Grades K-5 by Pat Miller
Stretchy Library Lessons: Research Skills : Grades K-5 (Stretchy Library Lessons)
by Pat Miller
Stretchy Library Lessons: Reading Activities : Grades K-5 (Stretchy Library
Lessons) by Pat Miller
Elementary School Librarian's Survival Guide: Ready-To-Use Tips, Techniques, and
Materials to Help You Save Time and Work in Virtually Every Aspect by Barbara
Farley Bannister
I found these sites this morning:
Note: I typed < and > marks around the links so that the links wouldn't be broken.
If for some reason you cannot link to the pages, copy and paste the links removing
the < and > marks in your browser.
<http://www.k12.hi.us/~mkunimit/Library_lessons/>
<http://mte.asd103.org/library/lesson.htm> - I really love this page! Every grade
level is broken down with a lesson for each week!
<http://www.prosserschools.org/krv/library/main_pages/lessons.htm>
<http://www.internetnewsroom.com/library/> - No lessons available right now because
the page is being updated. You can still check it out to see the format.
<http://www.horacemann.pvt.k12.ny.us/lower/LibraryWeb/libhome8.html> - This page is
still being developed. Click on a grade level, then click "Library Lessons". Some
grades have a few lessons posted. Some like 2nd has nothing yet. Fifth has two
lessons listed, but they haven't linked them yet.
I have to go now. For more links, enter "library lessons" into a search engine. You
might find more good ones. Would you mind sharing your lists by either e-mailing me
or posting a hit so that others in the same boat can have another resource?
By the way, are you going to the IMPACT workshop that's at Wake Tech Community
College on August 16?
Janice M. Askew
Media Coordinator
T. S. Cooper Elem.
237 NC Hwy. 32 South
Sunbury, NC 27979
jma0525@earthlink.net
Hi,
I don't have to create lesson plans anymore or at least not detailed plans.
I just write objective, activity, assessment in the little tiny boxes in my
electronic planbook.
On my webpage I have my outline of lessons that I teach my students under
grade 3, grade 4 and grade 5.
http://www.teacherweb.com/nj/Branchburg/OYlibrary/
I hope this helps. I had no idea what I was going when I was hired four
years ago. I just made it up as I went along and the kids, teacher and
principal seemed happy so I am sure that you will be find.
Good luck.
Thanks to all for the help for all of us newbies in the cybrarian field. Here are
is a list of the info that I received from my querry.
1. Kelly Kelsoe wrote:
First decide the checkout procedure you want to use with your classes.
Make those mental decisions before they come in. Do they come in and
sit first before getting up to get a book? Do they go straight to the
shelves? Do you have them use place-markers when getting a book?
I have mine come in and sit in their assigned library seat (K-3) then I
dismiss them by table to get a place marker and get a library book. I
am able to help them better this way. (4-5) They come straight in and
get a marker and go straight to the shelves to select a book, then
check
it out and sit down.
When everyone is finished, I do some sort of lesson.
That is what I do, you can do it any way you want, just have it planned
ahead and be ready to give them instruction. My second year, I figured
this out and it was much smoother. (Lessons are nothing--you can pick
up and book and read it and have a discussion about it with the class
for a lesson to begin with)
Let me know if you want to talk with me further. I'm surely no
expert...but willing to talk and share war stories...ha
Kelly Kelsoe
kelly.kelsoe@lcsk12.org
2. I apologize - the site is libraryinstruction.com and the URL is
http://www.libraryinstruction.com/learnthelibrary/LearntheLibrary50.ppt
Sorry for the confusion this caused. I've been moving my home and family and am
sooo disorganized! Yee gads.
Claudette Curl, M.L.I.S.
Elementary Library Media Coordinator
3. Hi,
You might take a look at the Books and Activities area on my site:
http://www.bellaonline.com/subjects/7869.asp
You might be interested in Welcome to the Library
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art22172.asp and Helping Young
Patrons Check-Out Books
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art22173.asp
Bene e Pace (Blessings and Peace),
Paula Laurita
Library Sciences Editor
http://www.bellaonline.com/Site/librarysciences
4. First day:
Kg--Read "Miss Bindergarten Goes to Kindergarten"--discuss their first
days of school and their feelings about it.
1st & 2nd--Read "Chrysanthemum" by Kevin
Henkes--http://www.kevinhenkes.com/mouse/02.asp
Play a name game and try to remember everyone's name...or discuss her
feelings...lots of things you can do with this book.
That's all I have time for now.
I'll share some more activities later.
Kelly Kelsoe
Elementary Library Media Specialist
kelly.kelsoe@lcsk12.org
5.
Get your hands on the books STRETCHY LIBRARY LESSONS by Pat Miller. There are
several. There is a good orientation to the library activity in the one on Library
Skills or the one on Research Skills (I can't remember which and don't have it at
home.). I have also used the Research Skills one extensively. The lesson involves
creating a simple powerpoint to areas you want the students to be aware of in the
library. I think it's called, "Where in the Library?" You play it sort of like a
game. My kids really enjoyed it last year!
Good luck!!
Melissa Norris
LMS
North Elementary
Prince George, VA
Melnorris@aol.com
6. Hi Darlene,
Good luck in your transition!
I'm in a middle school. Mine isn't a formal lesson, but here are two
things
I do during my 6th grader orientation.
I make sure that we walk around the library so I show them things as I
tell
about them. Helps to get them moving, less boring than just listening
to me.
I don't know if that would be better or worse with the younger ones,
but
your fifth graders are only a year away from my 6th graders. Don't
expect
to do it all at once. Make a checklist of what you want to tell them
about.
Check things off as you get through them. May take several lessons to
show/discuss the basic orientation. Not a problem!
I always try to engage the students, so one thing I ask during
orientation
is that they fill in a simple worksheet with student's name, and the
name of
something they read over the summer they enjoyed and why they liked it.
(Not
such an easy thing with some middle schoolers who spend a lot of time
denying that there's anything in written form that they could enjoy!)
It
doesn't have to be a book, but it does have to be something they
enjoyed. I
have gotten some very creative responses -- the map that got them to an
amusement park, lyrics to a popular song, etc. Those go up on our
bulletin
board outside the library for the month of September. This also helps
me
stay abreast of new teen lit that appeals to middle schoolers.
I hope this helps!
Mary Melaugh
Marshall Middle School Library
Billerica, MA
mmelaugh@comcast.net
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