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            This is a HIT on library related books for elem. students.
  Some are ones I received and others I made up.  Thanks for the help.
          1.  I work in a Title 1 school with fairly low levels of
            achievement,
            so depending on the level of your students you could
            adapt this activity.
            I have done this with 4th-6th graders with the Library
            Dragon.  I chose
            excerpts from the book that are particularly heavy with
            metaphorical
            language and double-spaced these excerpts (1/2 page for
            4th graders; 1 full
            page for 5th and 6th graders).  After reading the book to
            the students I
            had the students find and circle all the words that had
            anything to do with
            fire or dragons...things like incendiary, smoking,
            knight, draggin', etc.
            Good way to talk about vocabulary and puns.
            Susan Penn, Librarian
            Georgian Hills Elementary
            Memphis, TN
            penns01@ten-nash.ten.k12.tn.us

        2. How about the Library Dragon on the first day...to stimulate
           discussion of the library and your expectations,            
consequences, programs,
           etc.

           Library Dragon by Carmen Agra Deedy:  I made a                          
larger-than-life dragon out of
           light green kraft paper, put it up on the buletin board
           and cut out "scales" from dark green, purple and yellow
           paper.  we read the story early in the year, talked about
           how important it was to take care of books, then the
           class turned around and saw the dragon looking at them, I
           put ticky-tack on the back and my kindergartners put
           their own scale on to remind them that if they did'nt
           take good care of their books Mrs. Hancock(me) might turn
           into a library dragon.  The Headline for the BB was "The
           Library Dragon is watching YOU!"  (on scorched brown paper)

I Took My Frog to the Library by Eric A. Kimmel
     Have a bag of stuffed animals and students draw one out and say
"I took my _______(whatever they drew out) to the library but ______."
I got this idea off LM-NET

Library Lil by Suzanne Williams
    Compare to other tall tales.  Make a list of the things libraries
and books do for the people in the story.

Richard Wright and the Library Card by William Miller
    Research history of library usage of different races throughout
history or history of libraries.

Tomas and the Library Lady by Pat Mora
    Compare with a Venn diagram Tomas and Richard Wright

Cannon the Librarian by Mike Thaler
   Compare to Library Lil or Library Dragon

Rebecca Adams, Librarian K-8
Woodland Public Schools Fairfax/Ralston OK
rock1@provalue.net

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