I took classes into the computer lab and did a short demonstration of
the online catalog. When we were done we went back into the library and
5 students at a time used the lookup computers to find a book. Since
that time I have played a game every couple of weeks - I have a jar
filled with search topics: subjects (dogs-nonfiction, weather,
dinosaurs, etc), authors, favorite story characters (Curious George,
Froggy, etc.) and book titles. The kids pull a paper from the jar and
find a book to fit the topic. Yes it is chaotic and yes I have a lot of
books to reshelve but they have a great time. Of course as soon as the
kids want to find their own books they are back to asking me to find
them, but I can then point out that they just demonstrated that they
could do it themselves!
Cathy
On Tuesday, March 16, 2004, at 01:59 PM, Rebecca Reitz wrote:
> Dear Librarians,
> I just started in a new school and notice that the kids really don't
> know how
> to use the catalog.
> I'd like to give a simple introduction to catalog searching to the 3rd
> and
> 4th graders. We have 5 OPACs and 25 kids in a class.
>
> I thought I might do a kind of scavenger hunt with a work-sheet (quez
> & room
> for answers) so while some are at the computers, others are running
> around the
> library finding books. Does that sound too chaotic? What has worked
> for you?
> Thanks!
> Rebecca Reitz
> Librarian
> PS 87
> New York, NY
> Rebreitz@aol.com
>
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