Re: 6th grade library class

[Janet <janets@sv.CAT.MX>]

I am looking for some fresh ideas for 6th graders.  We have a rigid library
schedule whereby each class from k-6 has a half-hour library class each
week, usually with no classroom assignment.  I have been trying to change
this for three years, but I can't change an entire culture, and without a
principal on the job for more than a semester I am spinning my wheels.
Teachers want the half-hour free time.  Their schedule allows a half-hour
for library, phy. ed. and music, and heaven forbid that anyone should
change that.

The problem is that we are having a hard time keeping 5th and 6th graders
busy for a half hour when they (like the teachers) think it is their free
time.  They are noisy and rambunctious and management alone is a challenge
much less getting them interested in the library.  There are some students
who are interested in looking at books and checking them out, but about
half of them couldn't care less.  Help!  Help! Before I lose my mind.

Thanks.

Janet Schuh, Librarian
Colegio Americano
Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico
CP 27200

janets@sv.cat.mx

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