Stretchy Library Lessons: Library Skills: Grades K-5

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Author: Pat Miller

ISBN-10: 1579500838

ISBN-13: 9781579500832

Category: Elementary Education

Stretchy Library Lessons: Library Skills has 10 lessons that focus on basic library skills, including parts of a book, fiction and nonfiction, genres and the Dewey Decimal System. Each lesson has one 20-minute activity and one stretchy activity that you can tailor to fit your time frame. The lessons include: a listing of the library skills covered, grade range, statement of purpose, list of materials, items to prepare in advance, additional materials needed and appropriate resources.

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Stretchy Library Lessons: Library Skills has 10 lessons that focus on basic library skills, including parts of a book, fiction and nonfiction, genres and the Dewey Decimal System. Each lesson has one 20-minute activity and one stretchy activity that you can tailor to fit your time frame. The lessons include: a listing of the library skills covered, grade range, statement of purpose, list of materials, items to prepare in advance, additional materials needed and appropriate resources. School Library Journal These books are great for lesson plans for school media specialists, and they also have some interesting ideas for crafts and activities for public librarians. All three are aimed at K-5 students, but can be adapted for special-needs classes or sixth graders. Reading Activities offers useful suggestions for language-arts support, and most importantly, the handouts are immediately reproducible. It's likely that the Web sites listed will quickly become out of date, but that concern does not affect the usefulness of the books. Must-haves for anyone working in a school library.-Saleena L. Davidson, South Brunswick Public Library, Monmouth Junction, NJ Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

Introduction5How to Use This Book5Key Library Skills6Grade Appropriate Skills Index7Library Skills LessonsGenre Relay9Genre Lotto10Caldecott Challenge14Caldecott Close-Up15Fairy Tale or Folktale?20What's My Book?22Where in the Library?23I Spy25Real or Imagined?26Fiction or Nonfiction?27Selecting a Book30Just My Size32Book Care33Book Doctor35Meet Melvil38Internet Dewey Review40What's My Line?43Book Scavenger Hunt44Life Stories49Biography Timeline50Bibliography52

\ School Library JournalThese books are great for lesson plans for school media specialists, and they also have some interesting ideas for crafts and activities for public librarians. All three are aimed at K-5 students, but can be adapted for special-needs classes or sixth graders. Reading Activities offers useful suggestions for language-arts support, and most importantly, the handouts are immediately reproducible. It's likely that the Web sites listed will quickly become out of date, but that concern does not affect the usefulness of the books. Must-haves for anyone working in a school library.-Saleena L. Davidson, South Brunswick Public Library, Monmouth Junction, NJ Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.\ \