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Here's the hit from those who responded. The notebooks in library for
any grade seems to be successful! Thank you.
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I haven't used notebooks for library classes, but I have done so in a
Media Literacy enrichment class I teach to 8th graders (one of those
9-week cycle things). It becomes routine for students to pick up their
notebooks when they enter the room and deposit them in a box upon
leaving. The school supplies composition booklets of various sizes.
With all work kept in one place, it's easy for me to check. The best
part is that students can't say, "I forgot it in my locker," and try to
slide by without doing any work that day. I can also ask them to check
the notes they took on a particular subject to help with a current
project. To save space, they skip a couple of lines and write the
current date, rather than beginning a new page each day. To discourage
doodling, I occasionally give an unannounced grade for neatness. If
your school is into portfolio assessment, notebooks are a great way to
demonstrate progress.
Judy Klement, LMS
Dover Middle / East Dover Elem. Schools
Dover, NJ
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I am in a fixed schedule also in grades 3-5 with six 50 minute classes
daily. I do easily manageable center rotations. For example, I divide
a class into 4 or 5 groups depending on the class size. These groups
remain the same all year, unless I need to separate kids for various
reasons. When they come to media (every 3 days) first we have a whole
group session where I take care of house-keeping announcements, library
promotions, etc. Next, the kids are told their center assignments for
the day. Then, they all go to check-out books before going to the
center. Center time is usually around 20-25 minutes max.
My centers are not very structured but I am working on them to make
them more "meaty" for next year. Examples: listening center,
free-reading center, research center, computer center, information
skills (with media specialist, at least to get them started on an
assignment) center, puppet center, games center (using store bought ones
such as Brain Quest, Guess Who?, Scrabble,...or teacher-made ones such
as a media center scavenger hunt), writing center (could be a book
review, holiday type activity, etc.), & art center (could be centered
around holiday, types of art, etc.). As I get more computers into the
media center, I hope to incorporate them into the above centers, for
example in the writing center.I do have a wonderful parprofessional who
does all of the daily clerical-type jobs and book shelving...if I didn't
have her I could not do as well with the center format.
Judy Coxwell
Washington-Wilkes Elementary
Washington, GA
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I am going to be starting flex scheduling next fall, but before that
with a fixed schedule, I had fifth graders keep a folder. I had them
keep notes about authors taken from my monthly author talks. Then I
kept the folders and passed them out to the kids when needed. Seemed to
work well. I could glance at the folders to see if they were keeping
notes. At the end of the year I gave them the folders to keep.
Judy Evans, Media Specialist
Hudson Prairie Elementary
Hudson, WI
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I had notebooks for my 6th grade Technology classes this year. The kids
loved their notebooks. I bought a couple of gold marking pens and let
them label the spines with their names, last name first . I also gave
them a colored dot with their class "section" on it: 1A, 1B, 2 A, 2 B,
etc. We put the adhesive dots at the top of the spine and covered them
with tape to help keep it on.
I got a local office supply to make up the "Tech packs" ahead of time.
They gave us a discount. The notebooks consisted of 1 3-ring notebook,
1 zipper pouch in which to keep their pencils and computer disk (which
was in a disk storage box, and a package of 8 subject dividers. We
labeled the dividers as we went along, and any time I gave them
pre-printed notes or instructions, they would put them in the
appropriate divider. (We have an electric 3-hole punch in the
office.) I also had them label their disks and the disk holders with
their names and section numbers.
The worst thing was storage. I had an old storage shelf I kept them on,
and got "milk crates" at the supply store to keep them in. It was kind
of awkward every time they came in to have to go and get the crates and
get the notebooks. In relation to storage space, it would have worked
better if I had used 1/2" notebooks instead of 1" notebooks, but the
1/2" ones were about a dollar or so more expensive than the 1" ones. I
thought it worked well otherwise. Taught them something about
organizing their notesbooks, and they just loved labeling things. When
the year was over, I let them take everything home, including the disks
I had given them. You'd have thought they were gold!!
Suby Wallace, Librarian/Media Specialist
Nettleton Intermediate Center
Jonesboro, AR
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I try to have my students use notebooks. The problem comes with
scheduling: if the class is once a week, they don't take it as seriously
as they do a "regular" class. However, once you establish that, they
may come in handy (as a reading journal, note taking, etc.).
Laura Pearle/Head Librarian
Gladys Brooks Library
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I was thinking of using folders for the 5th grade and maybe my 4th. I
was going to ask them to put some filler paper in the folder and maybe
even
a pencil. I was thinking a folder because then if I had some handouts
such
as a list of Newbery winners, or information about the DDC or the
research
cycle then they could put that info in the folder. I could collect the
folders by table and pass them out the same way. They would be easier
to
store too. Work in progress could be kept in them too.
Rosemary Meece
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this is basically what our literacy program entails. In our school, we
have various means of "planning". With the older kids, grades 2 - 5 we
use something called a power outline. It is the basis of all the
research we do in the library. I will try to attach one to this
message. If you don't have publisher, tell me and I will cut and paste
into an e-mail for you. From this outline, the kids write their research
paper. From various webs,
pictures, outlines, little kids in k - 1 are taught to write into their
journal (notebook)
jonie fitzsimmons MIRLS
mountainside elementary
ft. carson, co
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I think the composition books would work. I would have the students
keep the
folders in my school but the teachers would never remember to remind
them to bring
them to library each week. I might give notebooks a try and if I need
them to keep
loose paper, I can make a pocket to tape to the back.
Jennifer Kaysak
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I have used "portfolios" for the past 2 years for all of my 1st-6th
grade classes. We put all of our work in there and then they take them
home at the end of the year. Although the kids beg to take work home
earlier, it is fun for them to go through it all at the end of the year
- I let them pick out their favorite project/illustration/etc.. and
share with the class. The 5th and 6th graders do a self-assessment on
their work twice a year, and then I give them a grade that goes home. I
have a small school so this works, but wouldn't in a large school (too
much work). My portfolios are just pocket folders, and I let the kids
"doodle" on them during read-aloud time also.
Carie O'Banion cobanion@ops.org
Library Media Specialist, Oak Valley Elementary
Omaha, NE
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I'm in K-5 school. I ask that all my 3-5 kids have a Library Folder.
This is a simple two pocket folder and they bring it to everyclass. I
tell them it doesn't go home until the end of the year and isonly for
Library stuff! That way, they can keep any handouts or work
started and have it for the next time. I don't need to worry about
loose papers or not having enough room. I usually start off the year
with the list of "Rules" that we review and a paper on which they can
record each book they read over the year. (In NYS the standard is that
each child read a minimum of 25 books each year.) The folders are pretty
inexpensive and most of the kids manage to keep theirs through the year.
Pauline Herr, LMS pherr@int1.mhrcc.org
Arlington Elementary School
Poughkeepsie, NY
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I was in a 4th and 5th grade building and was on a fixed schedule for
media and computer lab. I was also responsible for report cards. My
second year I had the students make folders out of manilla folders.
They stapled a zip lock bag in the back for their library card and other
small things, note cards etc. and they used a colored marker to code
everything, folder, library card, name tags. Each class was coded with
a different color and I used those plastic magazine holders, one for
each class. Tape on the baggie
where you staple it makes it stronger so it won't ripe out.
The folders solved a couple of problems for me, how to keep their
library cards and still have easy access to them, how to save papers we
were working on, how to organize class materials etc. I made up extra
folders for new students and put in paper that I would want a new
student to get like the AUPs, library rules etc.
Kimberly Blunt/Media Specialist
Edgerton Upper Elementary
Howard City MI
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I have required spiral or composition books from each student in grades
4 - 12. My school is a small (70 students), private school for students
who are dyslexic. I just have my notebook put on their supply list for
the year. One student (now a senior) has used his same notebook for
three years now :) Because I am so small (@10 students per class), I
keep the notebooks in the library and they go home only for something
really special. They take notes in them, do research in them, write
reports in them. If I have handouts, I staple or tape the page in
place. Everything is in one place. This is particularly handy when
they are doing research and reports for me.
Pam Stein, Librarian
The Bodine School
Germantown, TN
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Vanessa M. Zoll, librarian
Eden Elementary School
Eden, NY
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