ELEM: Library Easter Egg Hunt

[Diane Averett <averett4@gloryroad.net>]

'Netters,

Thought I'd share a fun activity I did with sixth graders today.  I got
the start of this idea from Bookbag magazine.Although the students think
they're too sophisticated for an egg hunt, they surely were curious when
they arrived in the library and found plastic eggs hiding (well, not too
well hidden!) all over the place.

Each egg had a question that could be answered with some "tool" in the
library--catalog, thesaurus, atlas, almanac, newpaper,
globe,encyclopedia, etc.  The student had to locate the answer and then
share with the class how they found their information

I had enough eggs for each student to have two, although more per child
would have worked well.  They really enjoyed it and got a chance to
practice their information retrieval skills, too.

This could be tailored for a variety of age groups, depending on their
familiarity with reference tools in the library.

Counting the days till spring break......................


Diane Averett/Librarian
Kerr-Vance Academy
Henderson, NC
averett4@gloryroad.net

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