[LM_NET] HIT: New Librarian Lesson Plans

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Thanks to all for the help for all of us newbies in the cybrarian field.  Here are 
is a list of the info that I received from my querry.

1.  Kelly Kelsoe wrote:
First decide the checkout procedure you want to use with your classes.
Make those mental decisions before they come in. Do they come in and
sit first before getting up to get a book? Do they go straight to the
shelves? Do you have them use place-markers when getting a book?

I have mine come in and sit in their assigned library seat (K-3) then I
dismiss them by table to get a place marker and get a library book. I
am able to help them better this way. (4-5) They come straight in and
get a marker and go straight to the shelves to select a book, then
check
it out and sit down.

When everyone is finished, I do some sort of lesson.

That is what I do, you can do it any way you want, just have it planned
ahead and be ready to give them instruction. My second year, I figured
this out and it was much smoother. (Lessons are nothing--you can pick
up and book and read it and have a discussion about it with the class
for a lesson to begin with)

Let me know if you want to talk with me further. I'm surely no
expert...but willing to talk and share war stories...ha

Kelly Kelsoe
kelly.kelsoe@lcsk12.org

2.  I apologize - the site is libraryinstruction.com and the URL is
http://www.libraryinstruction.com/learnthelibrary/LearntheLibrary50.ppt

Sorry for the confusion this caused.  I've been moving my home and family and am 
sooo disorganized!  Yee gads.

Claudette Curl, M.L.I.S.
Elementary Library Media Coordinator

3.  Hi,
You might take a look at the Books and Activities area on my site:
http://www.bellaonline.com/subjects/7869.asp

You might be interested in Welcome to the Library
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art22172.asp and Helping Young
Patrons Check-Out Books
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art22173.asp

Bene e  Pace (Blessings and Peace),

Paula Laurita
Library Sciences Editor
http://www.bellaonline.com/Site/librarysciences

4.  First day:

Kg--Read "Miss Bindergarten Goes to Kindergarten"--discuss their first
days of school and their feelings about it.

1st & 2nd--Read "Chrysanthemum" by Kevin
Henkes--http://www.kevinhenkes.com/mouse/02.asp
Play a name game and try to remember everyone's name...or discuss her
feelings...lots of things you can do with this book.

That's all I have time for now.
I'll share some more activities later.


Kelly Kelsoe
Elementary Library Media Specialist
kelly.kelsoe@lcsk12.org

5.
Get your hands on the books STRETCHY LIBRARY LESSONS by Pat Miller.  There are 
several.  There is a good orientation to the library activity in the one on Library 
Skills or the one on Research Skills (I can't remember which and don't have it at 
home.).  I have also used the Research Skills one extensively.  The lesson involves 
creating a simple powerpoint to areas you want the students to be aware of in the 
library.  I think it's called, "Where in the Library?"  You play it sort of like a 
game.  My kids really enjoyed it last year!

Good luck!!

Melissa Norris
LMS
North Elementary
Prince George, VA
Melnorris@aol.com

6.  Hi Darlene,
Good luck in your transition!

I'm in a middle school. Mine isn't a formal lesson, but here are two
things
I do during my 6th grader orientation.

I make sure that we walk around the library so I show them things as I
tell
about them. Helps to get them moving, less boring than just listening
to me.
I don't know if that would be better or worse with the younger ones,
but
your fifth graders are only a year away from my 6th graders.  Don't
expect
to do it all at once. Make a checklist of what you want to tell them
about.
Check things off as you get through them. May take several lessons to
show/discuss the basic orientation. Not a problem!

I always try to engage the students, so one thing I ask during
orientation
is that they fill in a simple worksheet with student's name, and the
name of
something they read over the summer they enjoyed and why they liked it.
(Not
such an easy thing with some middle schoolers who spend a lot of time
denying that there's anything in written form that they could enjoy!)
It
doesn't have to be a book, but it does have to be something they
enjoyed. I
have gotten some very creative responses -- the map that got them to an
amusement park, lyrics to a popular song, etc. Those go up on our
bulletin
board outside the library for the month of September. This also helps
me
stay abreast of new teen lit that appeals to middle schoolers.

I hope this helps!

Mary Melaugh
Marshall Middle School Library
Billerica, MA
mmelaugh@comcast.net









"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle."


darlene price, cybrarian
Horseshoe Trails Elementary School
Cave Creek, AZ
dprice@ccusd93.org






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