Hi there,
To piggyback off Jane's e-mail and the wonderful reserve of elementary school level library lessons she is helping to moderate...I need some help.
My first few years as an LMS I kind of was under the impression that it would be unnecessary to do a book care lesson at the beginning of the year with my 3rd - 6th graders BUT lost just piles and piles of books both those years. Since, I went ahead and developed book care lessons and have been using them, and my books have fared a lot better, so I'd like to continue explicitly teaching book care (one 45-minute lesson a year) with my students. My problem is this; I have lessons for 3rd and 5th grade that I adore (Never Let a Ghost Borrow Your Library Book and creating book care memes, respectively) but my 4th and 6th grade lessons are lacking - they are too long and too short, they require too much instruction on *how* to do the activities, etc. In searching the internet for ideas, I am finding plenty for younger students (K-2) but nothing I feel super confident or excited in adapting for my 4th and 6th graders. Anybody have any ideas/lessons they love on taking care of and being responsible for library books?
Thanks in advance!
Katie Clancy
LMS, Hebron Elementary School
PS - I'd be happy to share my 3rd and 5th grade lessons in Jane's Google Drive shared folder!
On Saturday, September 9, 2017 7:45 AM, Jane Martellino <janemartellino@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi all,
Now, that we are all settled back into a new school year, PLEASE share at least one lesson to a shared folder. We have great talent in our profession right here in CT.
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My originally intent was to support newbies but I see that experienced LMS also love to get ideas from the sharing of great lessons or to gain inspiration from a new design for a lesson.
If every LMS--new or experienced- submits just one lesson, we will have a great bank of lessons to inspire all of us to provide the best instruction for our students.
In time, we might decide to create a model lesson format structure to use for design with specific alignment to standards, but for now just submit lessons that worked well to support student learning. Let's keep it simple for sharing at this point.
One thing I ask of all who submit and/or use lessons submitted, please connect with the person who submitted the lesson and let them know you appreciate their generosity in sharing their original work. It's a great way to expand your PLN by taking the time to connect with that individual. And also, please credit the original maker of the work--we must model this digital citizenship skill if our students are to do so.
Contribute a lesson today!
Jane
Jane E. Martellino
Twitter: @janemartellino
Creator of Charter Oak Children's Book Award: www.cocba.org
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