I am posting the hit for the request I had for a practice page (worksheet) for
alphabetizing call numbers. I received some great responses, everyone basically
agreeing that worksheets are 'something of the past'. I completely agree but I
have a 30 minute class each week with each class and in those 30 minutes I have to
teach 1.)A new skill, 2.)Have each student select a book, and most importantly 3.)I
have to give grades for each student. I am at a loss of how to give a grade
without some type of written assignment that I can use to show parents how their
students got the grade. I have about 25 students in each class and no assistance.
If anyone has a situation like this or some advice I would love to hear it. Okay I
am off my soapbox now...Thanks for everything, I love the professional
communication that comes from LM_NET!!!!
Lori Gibson
Media Specialist
Gibbs Magnet Elementary
Lori.gibson@lrsd.org
Responses:
Lori
Eons ago, when I was K-12 library (now am 7-12) one of my best alphabetical
projects with grades 1-2 wasn't a worksheet. I had the classes put themselves in
alphabetical order by their first names, then their last names. We mostly worked
with 1 letter alphabetizing, but sometimes had to do 2 letters when first or last
names started with the same letter. If you didn't want to work with names, you
could make cards (I'd probably laminate them) with letters of the alphabet, or
common words --> give each student a card and them have them get in line in the
correct order.
Good luck!
~ VAN
Diane Van Gorden, Librarian
Baker High School
Baker Middle School
PO Box 659
Baker, MT 59313-0659
Lori,
Can I suggest a different approach? We moved away from worksheets, because
kids kept copying from neighbors and not really "gettiing" the lesson. Instead, we
have now created sets of "book spines", 10 spines to a set, with call numbers on
them. Each student gets a set, which they have to lay out on the table and put in
alphabetical order. I move through the students, helping and correcting, until
everybody has their sets in the right order. This eliminates erasing and
rewriting, and since every set is different, every student has to do their set
themself, and cannot "copy" from another student. Sometimes I have students trade
sets, sometimes, for even more difficult work, I will then have students
"interfile" their set with another students. (The sets are color coded, to make re-
compiling them easy.) We do this type of exercise several times a year, and find
it really works. Best wishes, Linda L.
Linda Lucke
Butterfield Learning Center
Butterfield Elementary School
1441 W. Lake Street
Libertyville, IL
llucke@d70schools.org
Save paper and pull a few books for them to alphabetize! They can do it in pairs or
individually.
Chi Anne McGrew
Shawnee R-III
Chilhowee, MO
Would you mind sharing if you get any hits - possibly on the LM_NET wiki if the
original author doesn't mind?
Thanks,
Malin Lauschus
Librarian
International English School in Gävle
S Kungsgatan 59
SE-802 55 Gävle
Sweden
Phone: +46 (0)26- 54 30 94
Fax: +46 (0)26- 54 30 98
E-mail: malin.lauschus@gavle.engelska.se
More fun is to make cards with the letters (use letter blends such as the first 3
letters of an authors last name for the older kids). Have the kids hold the cards
and put themselves in alphabetical order. It is fun to time them and keep track of
how fast they are and challenge them to get faster.
Caitlin Hooker
Librarian
St. Gabriel's Catholic School
(512) 327-7755, ext. 1122
caitlin.hooker@sgs-austin.org
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