Re: Library Lesson Plans site

[Barbara Braxton <barbara@AUSTARMETRO.COM.AU>]

Dear Mary-Ann
The most successful library programs are those that are closely connected to
what is happening in the classrooms, so head off to ask your teachers what
they are doing and tie your theme to that.

If you are looking for the sorts of skills that we expect students to be
able to manage, have a look at http://www.palmdps.act.edu.au > Staffroom
(from menu under main graphic) > Key Learning Areas (bottom drawer of filing
cabinet) > and then click on Information Literacy from the Profile Outcomes
folder.

The Australian National Profiles recognise that there are many abilities
within a classroom and so levels tend to span about 18 months of
schooling...therefore students in Yr 6 would tend to be bridging Levels 3
and 4.

Show these to the teachers - print them if you wish - and ask the teachers
which skills they would like you to target to support what they are doing.
That way, you ease their load and have students doing things that are
connected to the rest of their curriculum and therefore have a purpose.
Discipline disappears when kids are engaged in what they are doing.

Good luck
Barbara

Barbara Braxton
Teacher Librarian
Palmerston District Primary School
PALMERSTON ACT 2913
AUSTRALIA

T. 02 6205 7241
F. 02 6205 7242
E. barbara@austarmetro.com.au
W. http://www.palmdps.act.edu.au

-----Original Message-----
From: School Library Media & Network Communications
[mailto:LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU]On Behalf Of Mary Ann Shisler
Sent: Friday, 26 October 2001 8:55 AM
To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: Library Lesson Plans site


This is a great idea and would be invaluable to me.  As a new librarian,
I've been searching the net and wishing for something like this.  So far,
I wouldn't have much--if anything--of quality to contribute, but I think
it's a wonderful idea and would welcome this kind of resource from you
veterans. And in another year or so, I'll probably be ready to contribute.
At this point I'd also be interested in how experienced librarians choose
their themes.  I'm at a K-8 library of at-risk students with lower skill
levels and welcome ideas.

Thanks.
Mary Ann Shisler

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Onondaga Nation School, Syracuse, NY
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