[LM_NET] ELEM/MIDDLE: egg hunt

[Leanna Giesige <library@ISO.BF>]

I thought I would share with you all a great activity that I did the week before 
Spring Break here.  My students loved it!  We had been working on how books are 
shelved by the author's last name so I decided to do a modified easter egg hunt 
with them.  First I created on my computer about 30 2 inch eggs, listing the title 
and the author at the top and then on the bottom of the egg I put the call number.  
I had these laminated before cutting them in half like broken eggs.  

For my elementary students I gave them the top half and they had to find the book 
on which I had taped the bottom half of the book.  They did this in team like a 
relay - and they really enjoyed it!  Only one person was allowed to look for the 
book at a time, however they could go back to their team and ask anyone for help.  
It was a great way for them to realize how we librarians can "cheat" in finding a 
book if we just know the author.

I modified it a bit for my middle school students to include non-fiction as well.  
I still gave them the title and author of the fiction books (even through in a 
couple of paperbacks so they would realize that sometimes you need to look in a 
couple of different sections) but I gave them the bottom half of the egg for the 
non-fiction books.  This gave them great practice in locating the books on the 
shelf - again they did it in teams and only one person could go at a time.  It was 
a big hit and a great activity for that day before Spring Break - especially since 
I get them last period...

I hope that you all have a great Easter break and get to read some of those great 
books that have been building up!

Leanna

Leanna Giesige
Teacher Librarian
International School of Ouagadougou
Burkina Faso, West Africa
library@iso.bf

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