[CASL-L] [EXTERNAL] Elementary Reference Sections

[CASL Vice President]

I have a super small reference section at Rumsey (PreK - 9th). We have a
very old set of encyclopedias really just for the visual. Helps to explain
what a database is. I sometimes have my 2nd grade use a physical atlas and
then use Google Earth on the iPads. I always love hearing them compare the
two and why they prefer one over the other. I also have them use physical
dictionaries.

Coincidentally, an Upper School teacher came in last week looking for two
dictionaries (exactly the same). Had them! He used them for a color game
contest during Morning Meeting. Very entertaining watching middle school
kids try to find words in a dictionary for color points!

~Val DiLorenzo
Vice President
CT Association of School Librarians

Connecticut Association of School Librarians' Organization Address:

4 Wotton Lane

Burlington, CT 06013


On Wed, Nov 15, 2023 at 3:52 PM Sharon Rodko via CASL-L <casl-l at mylist.net>
wrote:

> We are a Pre-K-2 school. The picture shows our reference section. It's
> mostly used after students check out when they're waiting for their class
> to finish. It's also a place to put student authored books and a few pop-up
> books and books with music that don't circulate home. They seem to love
> "the big books." I had the space so I kept an old World Book Encyclopedia
> set that they are enthralled with and ask to borrow the volumes.
>
> Sharon Rodko, Librarian
> Hurlbutt Elementary School
> 9 School Road
> Weston, CT 06883
> 203-221-6310
>
> On Wed, Nov 15, 2023, 9:02 AM Christine Smey Zeiser <
> christine.smey at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I would love to hear about the reference section in your library! What
>> does your elementary reference section look like? Do you have one at all?
>> Just dictionaries and thesaurus? Special subject books for teacher use?
>> Mine is a mess and I’m trying to decide what to do with it!
>>
>> Thanks everyone!
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