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From owner-lm_net@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU WFrom: Wendy Morris <tlbDate: Wed, 1 Sep 1999
20:56:36 -0700
vior Lesson Plans (Ideas?)
From: silengo <sharons@fone.net>
Subject: TARGET: Internet Acceptable Use Policies--Renewals
HMy principals and I have a question regarding the Internet Use forms
that are signed by parents and students--do they need to be re-done
each year? Or will one signed last a student throughout their time
at the school. We are a PK-12 school and they have AUP's on file for
5th and 6th graders from last year and don't know whether to send
new ones home for re-signing.
I like the idea from the archive of including the information in the
handbook, but our elementary side does not have a handbook of their own
currently.
Thanks
--
Sharon Silengo
Librarian
Sierra Grande School
Rt. 1 Box 15
Blanca CO 81123
719-379-3257
sharons@fone.net
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ules review.
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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.
Wendy Morris
Educational Media Student
Omaha, NE
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