Re: [LM_NET] ELEM: can't find Shelf Elf award

[Lisa Hunt <lisa3moon@YAHOO.COM>]

I bought my Shelf Elf supplies from Upstart, and this is my second year with my own 
Shelf Elf program.
 
I use it with grades 1-3.  Each class has a weekly check out time, and after their 
visit we check the shelves.  We are always reminding them to help the Shelf Elf 
with good book care, neat shelves, quiet voices and feet.  Each Monday we have our 
Cougar Call (school assembly) and I award two Shelf Elf trophies to the best 
classes.  I print my Weekly Checkout calendar for each week, and we rate class 
performance 1-5 stars.  Most classes earn 4-5 stars so I note who wins each week 
and try to share the wealth during the year.  Students really respond well, and the 
first week of school they all asked if Skoob, the shelf elf was back from vacation 
yet.  I have a home for him in the library, he hides on the shelves, and we even 
have a mailbox where students can leave letters.
 
It's a fun easy program to promote responsibility.  Sadly, right now my worst shelf 
behavior comes from 6th grade.

 
Lisa Hunt, NBCT 2005
School Library Media Specialist
Apple Creek Elementary
Moore, OK
lisa3moon@yahoo.com 



----- Original Message ----
From: Johanna Halbeisen <JH@NEWSONGLIBRARY.ORG>
To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2008 8:53:58 AM
Subject: ELEM: can't find Shelf Elf award

Sometime list year I remember reading about someone giving a Shelf 
Elf Award to a class if the shelves looked neat at the end of their 
library period.  I searched "Shelf Elf" in the archives.  No mention. 
Only word puzzles and library aides.  Does anyone remember this?
Johanna
-- 
Johanna Halbeisen, Library Media Teacher
Woodland Elementary School (K-4)
80 Powder Mill Rd, Southwick, MA 01077
JH@newsonglibrary.org
"Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet 
day, I can hear her breathing."  Arundhati Roy

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