Assignments

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" background="097785a3.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>Library Media Web Page</B></FONT><B>     |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Library Media Web Page"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="teacher.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Meet Your Teacher"><U>Meet Your Teacher</U></A>   |   <A HREF="books.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="New Book Titles"><U>New Book Titles</U></A>   |   <B>Assignments</B>   |   <A HREF="author_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Author Visit"><U>Author Visit</U></A>   |   <A HREF="happenings.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Library Happenings"><U>Library Happenings</U></A>   |   <A HREF="links.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Related Links"><U>Related Links</U></A>   |   <A HREF="displays.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Displays"><U>Displays</U></A>   |   <A HREF="contact_me.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Me"><U>Contact Me</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" background="098d2b03.jpg"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>Assignments</I></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="508" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 966 WIDTH="496"><div> All classes have a weekly library time. Only third grades have a formal library special - for one semester.  The other third grades and the fourth and fifth grades come weekly with their teachers for book selection and often instruction related to a class project or to simply brush up on their previously learned library skills.</div> <bR> <div>     Having this relatively open library schedule allows flexibility.  Individuals, small groups, and teachers with all or part of their classes can use the library when they need to, instead 0of waiting for an assigned weekly slot.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>THIRD GRADE</U></B></div> <div>    Third grades learn basic library skills: how to find the information they need.  They learn what fiction, nonfiction, and biography are and how to locate them on the shelves.  They practice using the automated card catalog (and they are almost immediate experts at that.)  Lessons with the dictionary, encyclopedia, and almanac teach them when to use what source for the information they need.  The final activity is a brief animal research project using an abbreviated version of the B6.  </div> <bR> <div>    To me, the most important role of the library is to make curious readers of the children by providing a wide range of the best in childrens' literature and informational books on such beloved subjects as pets, wild animals, drawing, sports, and many others.</div> <bR> <div>     The third grade classes  that did not have a library special  first semester 2006-2007 had the computer pilot program,  The practiced interpreting Athena information, using the Word tool bar, and exploring the school website.  Finally, we discussed online safety.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>FOURTH GRADE</U></B></div> <div>     Fourth graders come with their teachers once a week or whenever they need to.  I review their Athena and shelf-searching skills, introduce them to more specialized reference books (foreign language, geographical, and biographical dictionaries, etc.).  I acquire, collect, and in general help with materials needed for their big research project.  Before they begin it, I do an overhead presentation of the Big6, the basic steps in any research project, from inception through evaluation.</div> <bR> <div> <B><U>FIFTH GRADE</U></B></div> <div>     Fifth graders also come to the library with their teachers on a weekly basis at least.  We review Athena and shelf searches. By fifth grade students should be able to search Athena for author, title, and subject.  A reminder of the use of the Big6 is also necessary.  This year I want to introduce them to www.iconn.org, the Connecticut digital library.</div> <div>   </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div>     </div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>