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Wow, here are the responses that I received! Thank you so much for the ideas -- I cannot wait to use them!! Sorry it took so long to get out the HIT -- I am unexperienced with this (but am learning!). Thanks again! Hi! I use tons of puppets when I teach my elementary classes. Kids just love them!!! And what a hook to get them in tune to what you are trying to get across to them. So, instead of a boring "behavior" lesson, get those kids really interested with puppets. My students beg for the puppets to "visit" through the year too! Have fun! Sue Philhower LMS Valley View School Califon, NJ TU1976@aol.com Try searching the LM_NET archives (address is at the bottom of each LM_NET message) using words such as behavior, kindergarten, 1st grade, rules, lessons, or orientation, etc. as keywords. These kinds of lessons have been mentioned there before. You might be able to locate a book called 57 Games to Play in the Library or Classroom by Carol K. Lee and Fay Edwards. I found an older title called 50 Games... in our Public Library. This book has some games which could be adapted to Media Center rules review. -- Carol Wheat Library Media Specialist Vestavia Hills Elementary - Liberty Park Vestavia Hills, AL cwheat@bellsouth.net I am also studying LM, and found a useful reference in Teaching Library Skills in Grade K through 6 by Catharyn Roach and Joanne Moore (Neal-Schuman Publishers, NY, 1993). The orientation lesson for Grade 1 is called "Clowning Around." Focus: Use a clown puppet to welcome the students. Explain he is glad to be visiting and knows he must be on his best behavior in the LMC. He cannot clown around. Ask students what that means. Discuss what clowns do at a circus. Ask them if this appropriate behavior for the LMC. Tell the students that today we'll discuss the right way to act in the Library Media Center so they'll always be able to follow the rules. Activity: Have a bulletin board with a clown juggling five colored balls (9"). On each ball have a rule of appropriate behavior. The following rules are suggested, but you can compose your own! 1. We will arrive and leave in a quiet straight line. 2. We will work quietly. We will not fight or run. 3. We will talk quietly so we will not disturb other students. 4. We will bring our library books back on time. 5. We will keep the books neat and straight on the shelves so others can find them. Use the puppet to ask the students if they can follow those rules. Then ask students to sign their names to the bulletin board; signing their names is like making a promise. As students sign, ask for questions...Other themes: We're Not Media Monsters (Monsters); We're un BEARably Good in the LMC (Bears). We're DINOmite in the LMC (dinosaurs). Does your school have a mascot that you could use? Good luck and have fun! Catherine LMStudent catherine@fiam.net K-1 kids are very specific in their interpretation of language. Start with the few simple rules the Information Specialist will be developing for the whole school and think about specific behaviors that adults would see as violations of the rules that are not specifically listed as don'ts. For example, Do not "talk" out of turn in library class, would probably preclude whispering, laughing and singing to you. Not so for a little one. Do not run in the library, says nothing about jumping, skipping or hopping to a five year old. Get the idea? Good Luck! Dorothy E. Tissair Library Media Specialist Mark Twain School Hartford, CT I did the lesson with the grab bag - pencils, markers, scissors, etc. and had the children make up rules for behavior. They loved it and it worked very well. I also had a doll for a baby, a stuffed dog, gum, glasses, earphones, a marked up book and a new book, a shelf marker, bookmark. Even the 5th graders got into it. Janie Stapleton Kingsport, TN I would recommend reading Harry Wong's First Days of School. Generate simple rules, easy for them to remember, and focus on procedures. Nancy Fuller, Teacher-Librarian Peters Colony Elementary 5101 Nash Drive The Colony, TX 75056 I read about this in School Library Media Activities Monthly, September 1999. The article is on Use and care of books. They do a Tic-Tac-toe game to review bookcare rules. I made a nice tic tac toe board with foam core and the pre made stick on letters and large X's and O's out of construction paper. I plan to use the board for other games as well. Divide the class into two teams and take turns asking them questions about book care but throw in some ringers like how to spell the principal's name or who wrote what, what is the librarian's favorite book, etc. The article suggests using true/false questions and fill in the blank questions. Good luck. I just finished my certification and am serving my first year as a librarian. Debby Baumgartner New Albany Elementary Librarian New Albany, OH For K-1 a half hour of lesson is long...we read a story, select and check out a book, a have a brief lesson...but this is a suggestion. Get one of those rubbery foam cubes that you can find in a toy department. On each of the 6 sides draw a smiley face or a frown face. Sit the kids in a circle and give each a turn tossing the cube. If it lands on a smiley s(he) must tell a positive behavior ( hold you book by the spine). If it lands on a frown s(he) must give a No No (do not leave your book out in the rain). Depending on how large the class is it can take some time. I usually do it over two weeks due to the other activites. Good luck! Cindy Williams, LMS, AW Cox School, Guilford, CT On this list, someone posted the idea of comparing animal characteristics to unwanted library behaviors. For example, show the children a picture of a dinosaur and let them discuss that, since dinosaurs roar, they should use quiet voices in the library. Others I have used: frog - walk (no jumping) bear - handle books carefully (no pawing them) whale, dolphin or fish - keep books in a dry place elephant - remember library book each week (an elephant never forgets) I can't remember anymore off hand, but you can access the original ideas in the LM_NET archives. Good luck! Jennifer Nelson jennnelson@prodigy.net Dear Wendy, Got the following idea from the archives from Karen DeFrank. Maybe you could do something with this... "I made a cube from yellow foam board using six 6 inch squares. Three squares have a sad face made from felt, the other have happy faces. I hot glued the edges together. We sit in a circle and each child has a turn rolling the cube. If it lands on a happy face, they say something that is a GOOD thing to do in the library. If they roll a sad face they say something that is a BAD thing to do. This gets quite comical with the kids who "get it". I printed out each rules on a piece of paper 8.5 x 11 and keep them on the wall next to where we sit, in case soneone need help remembering. I got the face cube idea from LM_NEt but I have no idea who it was! It works great. The kids ask about playing it all year." Laurel Brunell, Media Specialist Orland Center School Orland Park, IL brunell@interaccess.com I wish you the best with your practicum and career. Mine has been delightful, and I hope it continues as such. I'm not sure if this will help, but I will share what I do. I have made flannel board cut outs to illustrate the rules for the media center visit for K - 2. I have the pictures on one cut out and the wording on another. (I use the words with the 1 and 2, but not K at this point.) The rules are called the Five Finger Rules because there are 5. I use the fingers to remind them. 1. Bottoms on the floor (or chair if that is the case) 2. Legs crossed pretzel style (or legs in front of you and still) 3. Hands in laps (or empty and still) 4. Lips closed tight 5. Eyes on the speaker We have a special "mascot" -- a huge sheepdog puppet named Bookx. Bookx loves books, so he wants the students to be very caring with them. He choses the book that I will share at story time. He does a "Five-finger" check with me to make sure everyone is following the rules. He pets the students (instead of their petting him) as they line up to leave IF they are lined up the way Bookx likes it. I play the guitar (just simple chording) and have made up little songs to sing to remind them of different rules, etc, such as "Shelf Markers", "Good Book Care", and "When I Come to the Media Center." After rereading this, I am not sure it will be helpful. If anything might be, feel free to use it. Janet Carmine, Library Media Specialist George Marks Elementary School DeLand, Florida Your kindergarteners and first graders are certainly more mature than mine! At this point in the year, a 10 - 15 minute lesson is more than enough. I have used a sound filmstrip (we're getting a video) about library manners. Then each week for a couple of weeks, we pick out the manners being stressed. This includes book care. Then when the unit is completed, each student gets a book care bookmark (from Highsmith, Demco or Upstart, can't remember) to take home. Judy Crocker Chamisa Elementary Library Los Alamos, NM 87544 drummer@rt66.com I teach first grade, but I am pursuing my MSLS now. My first graders love to role-play situations. We spend a lot of time on manners, and they delight in my having poor manners and them having to correct me. Of course, I have modeled how to behave properly, too. Perhaps the student can model situations like "how to look at a book from the shelf" and "how to NOT look at the book." I can think of many situations, from asking an adult for help politely to returning books to the proper basket after taking them from the shelves. Hope this helps. Janice Raspen first grade, Fredericksburg Academy Fredericksburg, Virginia Last year I cut out pictures of various animals that would exemplify certain behaviors such as a mouse for quiet, an elephant with ears for listening and remembering, a monkey for not fooling around (not very positive tho'), a turtle for slowly walking. I put these on the flannel board and we discussed their attributes and how that fit in with what we want in the Library. I also read Mike Thaler's book, The Librarian from the Black Lagoon (i'm not sure if that is the title.) Good luck. Jeannie Bellavance, Librarian Gwynedd Mercy Academy Spring House, PA 19477 There was a cute posting this summer (look in the archives) about someone who makes a die (as in dice) out of styrofoam and paints smiley and frowny faces on the sides. When it lands on a smiley face the kids have to say something that is good to do in the library, when it lands on a frown, they hae to say something that is not good to do. Nancy Westendorf, Librarian Community School 14 Rochester, NY NSpringWes@aol.com Check the archives from a few weeks ago - there was a great hit about filling a purse or bag with items that would remind kids of rules, behavior. I'm going to use the idea this week - I'll read Lily's Purple Plastic Purse by Henkes, then show them everything in my purse - items like a cat toy mouse for being as quiet as a mouse in the library, mittens and socks for keep hands and feet to yourself, tennis shoes for walking not running, bar of soap for clean hands when you read your books, bookmark for not turning down pages, etc. I will let the kids pass these around and may get them back out in a few weeks as a second reminder. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-= All postings to LM_NET are protected under copyright law. 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