I usually start mentioning it as soon as children start asking for a
specific book. With some that starts in K so it is done as a running
commentary when I am helping them find something. Some kids will pick
it up easily this way, but I do the more formal instruction at the
middle or end of 1st grade. I start off with putting the class in ABC
order by their first names and then move to their last names and then
apply it to the library, phone book, etc. When I have book posters out
I always label them with the call number so students can go find them
and then it is an easier transition to finding books in the catalog
and locating the book on the shelves.
****************************
Barb Engvall
=^..^=
Teacher-Librarian
John Campbell Elem
Selah, WA
macbarb@charter.net
http://www.selah.k12.wa.us/JC/jc.cfm
On Nov 30, 2009, at 7:17 AM, Marcia Dressel wrote:
> Please help. I have a hard time determining the when and who of ABC
> practice in library skills classes.
> Could you help me determine WHO this is appropriate for - and WHEN -
> Let me know if you cover "ABC order" in your library classroom and
> to what extent - and also, what time of the year.
> I'm looking for evidence that this skill is something for which I
> should wait until "the second semester of first grade" for example.
>
> Marcia
>
> P.S. This coming from a librarian whose 4-year-old sings "... Q S
> R T U V..." and who's husband doesn't want her to correct it! ABC
> order, indeed!!
>
>
>
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> Marcia Dressel, K-5 Librarian @ the
> Elementary and Intermediate Schools
> Osceola, WI
> dressel@osceola.k12.wi.us <mailto:dressel@osceola.k12.wi.us>
> http://www.myteacherpages.com/webpages/MDressel/
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