These are some hits I got for some 1st month ideas of a library lesson =
format. If anyone has other ideas to add, please email me and I'll post =
another hit.
Melissa Jaffe
Library Media Specialist
Yonkers - Elementary School, NY
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I still review class rules, circulation procedures, and care of books =
for all grades. I do read to the older ones at the beginning, selecting =
chapters from some great books to hook them: Gary Paulsen's My Life in =
dog Years, De Felice's weasel, Eva Ibbotson or Roald Dahl..
Gail Conley
Media Specialist (K-5)
Elms Elem. School
Jackson, NJ
cyberconley@aol.com=20
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I would start out assuming that they did NOT receive library usage =
lessons. Teach library orientation. Handout a blank floor plan and =
have them fill in the areas. You can even have them put an X in the =
chair they were in. This will remind them of where things are and will =
help you know how familiar with the library they are.
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Next week discuss the OPAC, or whatever you call it in your building, =
teach the finer points of searching and how to use the catalog to it's =
best advantage. I always remind they that it is not a search engine, =
you cannot ask it questions.
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third week discuss Fiction, alphabetical order and how the shelves are =
arranged. We shelve all the fiction books as part of the lesson. I =
have 5 up at a time, they find where the book should go, and then raise =
their hand. I come check them. If it's correct they pick up another =
book from the stack, and when they figure out where it should be they =
raise their hand so that when I'm looking for the next person to go, I =
know they are ready.
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4th week do the Non-fiction section. Really go over the dewey. Tell =
them you don't even have it memorized, that's not the point, the point =
is to know it so you can use it. I place a variety of dewey numbers on =
a worksheet, they work together with me helping figuring out the lowest =
number which they place on the top line in the next column. Down =
through all of the numbers. We start with a number from each category, =
000, 100, 200 etc. If they are quick I have another one ready that is =
trickier, it will be just from the 796. somethings so they can see how =
the numbers after the points and the author letters determine where the =
book should be.
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5th week. I have a bunch of flash cards with dewey numbers on them. =
First set are from all over the dewey numbers. We find a big spot on =
the floor and lay them out in order. Everybody has a number and they =
have to figure out where it goes. We usually will try to figure out who =
would be next , or first, so that when we lay them down, they are =
correct. Again, I also have a hard set.
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Another way of doing this, I have two identical sets of each. I give =
one set to two tables. We let them get them all laid out on the table =
and then say go. First table finished is the winner. Do all the tables =
once, then let the winning tables go against each other. Until you have =
the winning table again. Then, the winning table plays me, with the =
hard set of cards. We have great fun, and the students get into it, so =
I've never had a discipline problem with that many students just sitting =
and watching.
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but, by now, you know what your students know about the basics of the =
library and you can branch off from there. I've also done vocabulary =
the first few weeks because I talk fast and sometimes they do not know =
what I'm talking about. It has helped them use the correct words also =
when asking for help.
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Do not worry about what you do, anything will be better than just =
sitting. Enjoy yourself, wander around and visit the teachers as much =
as you can. This way you'll be seen by them, you'll be asked questions =
about the collection and you can give great idea help.
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The attachment is something that I put together for some teachers who =
were completing their library certification program. =20
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Jean
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R. Jean Gustafson
Selah Jr. High
Selah, WA
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Week 1 - Book Care (went over on overhead), Read LIBRARY DRAGON, Book =
Checkout
Week 2 - Went over rules, procedures, POEM, Book Checkout
Week 3 - Basic Scavenger Hunt - name of media specialist, who is the =
first book in the biography section about.
Week 4 - Go over answers for Scavenger Hunt, Book Checkout
Week 5 - I am planning on going over call numbers for fiction books and =
practice putting them in ABC order. May use book jackets and have them =
physically get in order.
Hope this helps.
Terri
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I do library rules and how to select a book.
Basically my schedule looks like this for all grades
first visit Library Rules
Second Visit - review of rules for K & 1, AR for everyone else
Third Visit - how to select the right book -AKA, why you can't possibly =
"read" Harry Potter in the first grade
4th visit - review of rules
then I go into story telling or lessons.
Guusje Moore
Librarian,=20
Housman Elementary School
Houston TX
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