Re: Monthly Lesson Objectives

[Robert Eiffert <beiffert@HOME.COM>]

I suppose that would work; If there happened to be 9 areas of study and
they all happened to be of equal importance.

Why not curriculum map? Build a spreadsheet or a table listing all the
literacy standards (and sub-sections), other axis being date. Then plug
in lessonplan (or title) on the column-row intersection.  The gaps will
be obvious. You can adapt strategies to fill them in.

Might be easiest to take last year's plans and see what needs to be
changed /added/ deleted to make this year more inline.

The simple table can also become a webpage, linked to each lesson.

Actually, your teachers should be mapping their lit lessons, since our
expertise really is information literacy. My bet is they have been
getting a lot of training in that area. Our time is pretty limited to be
doing work that could be done better by someone else.

Or sit down with your administrator (and teachers), figure out which of
the areas are in your field and best taught by you, and focus on them.
Then the admin sees your (our) worth and expertise.

I've seen too many CL teachers that didn't know about (or didn't point
them out) guidewords, encyclopedia indices, See references, or article
outlines. And don't get me started on bibliography, notetaking, task
definition, resource evaluation, etc....


Robert Eiffert,
Librarian at Image Elementary
http://www.ima.egreen.wednet.edu/library.html
Elementary Librarian BLog
www.crypticmachinery.com


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Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 7:53 AM
To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Monthly Lesson Objectives

I am looking for ideas which I can use in order to make sure that I am
teaching
all the literacy standards to the students at my school.  I would like
to know
if any of you are using the approach to this problem by focusing on a
different
literacy skill or area every month.  When I was taking my library media
classes,
one of my teachers shared this idea with the students but I am unable to
contact
that professor at this time.  If you are using this type of teaching
approach,
would you please share your time line and objectives.  Thanks.

Gail Clotman, Librarian
Miami, FL
Holmes Elementary
clotman_g@firn.edu

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