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Dear Mariya

Very well said.  As an elementary librarian, I, too teach my students
how to find books on the shelves.
I am a "release" teacher, which means, I have students while teachers
have their planning periods.
I have no assistants.  I check out books at the end of the day, because
I want to instruct my students
on reading and information literacy for the hour I have them.  I only
see them for one hour once a week.

When students leave elementary school, they may or may not attend a
middle school that has a library
or one staffed by a certified librarian.  They may or may not use the
library, if there is one.
Consequently, those skills learned may be forgotten by the time they
attend high school.

One more point.  I am in a large urban school district that have so few
librarians in elementary schools
it is inexcusable.  To save money, about 5 million according to their
report, they closed the elementary
school libraries.  Yet, they want to see our elementary students improve
their reading/writing skills on
those state tests. I guess the classroom teacher can do that by
him/herself.

Karen Lemmons
Library Media Specialist
Howe Elementary School
Detroit, MI 48214-4037



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