Lesson Plans for the Busy Librarian: A Standards-Based Approach for the Elementary Library Media Center [Paperback]

Joyce Keeling (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 5, 2002 | ISBN-10: 156308869X | ISBN-13: 978-1563088698

Take the pressure off your busy schedule with these standards-based library lessons! Quick and easy to implement, these proven 20-minute instructional lessons, organized by grade level, equip you with everything you need to effectively teach library and information literacy skills to students in kindergarten through fifth grade. Based on AASL/AECT standards and McREL benchmarks, each lesson plan includes standards, learning objectives, teaching directions, reproducible worksheets and graphics, learning styles, teaching team, and related resources. Students will learn how to effectively employ print and electronic resources to find the information they need, and you will be thrilled with how effortlessly you can bring information and literary appreciation into every classroom and still have time for other library and teaching responsibilities!

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From School Library Journal

This workbook for busy librarians (is there any other kind?) is divided into sections by grade level, from K to 5. The content is based on AASL/AECT standards (Information Power) and language-arts standards of Kendall and Marzano, Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL). Each chapter begins with a list of that grade's standards and includes 15-20 lessons. Each one includes a reproducible worksheet, (for distribution or overhead), the standards, objectives, directions, the teaching team involved, the learning styles used, and suggested resources. Typical lessons involve researching an animal, acting out a story, or filling in a worksheet. Though the standards-based approach is current and educationally sound, this book looks and feels dated. True, the team approach is advocated by listing suggestions for science or art teachers, but one gets the impression that this text would be used by librarians who have scheduled classes and are supposed to teach "library skills," like Dewey decimal classification and card catalog in isolation. Indeed, the old-fashioned printed card catalog is used as a basis for lessons in third, fourth, and fifth grades. Instead of this volume, invest your professional dollars in Donna Duncan and Laura Lockhart's I-Search, You Search, We All Learn to Research: A How-to-Do-It Manual for Teaching Elementary School Students to Solve Information Problems (Neal-Schuman, 2000) or Jenny Ryan and Steph Capra's Information Literacy Toolkit: Grades Kindergarten-6 (ALA, 2001).
Debbie Whitbeck, West Ottawa Public Schools, Holland, MI
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

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?Time-crunched librarians will appreciate more than 87 library skill and literature appreciation lessons for grades kindergarten through five in this title....The goal of information literacy for all students will be met using these easy-to-teach lessons. Recommended.?-Library Media Connection

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Product Details

• Paperback: 266 pages
• Publisher: Libraries Unlimited (March 5, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 156308869X
• ISBN-13: 978-1563088698
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #691,380 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not what I expected., September 9, 2005

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This review is from: Lesson Plans for the Busy Librarian: A Standards-Based Approach for the Elementary Library Media Center (Paperback)

With a title like "Lesson Plans for the Busy Librarian," this book seemed like a must have for me, a busy librarian. When I received the item I was very disappointed to find that none of the lessons were that unique or interesting. In addition to being the same old thing, the clip art is subpar, and the organization is very random. Let me just say this, I have owned the book for over a year and am yet to use a single lesson plan from it.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Better books out there, July 14, 2004

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Heather Rider (Charlotte, NC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lesson Plans for the Busy Librarian: A Standards-Based Approach for the Elementary Library Media Center (Paperback)

I am an elementary school librarian. While this book has a few good lesson plans, I find the majority of them to be overly simplistic. Also, a lot of the graphics on the reproducibles are of very poor quality.

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Time saver for teachers too!, January 2, 2003

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Carol Gartrell (Manitoba, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lesson Plans for the Busy Librarian: A Standards-Based Approach for the Elementary Library Media Center (Paperback)

Although directed to librarians, this book is also fantastic for elementary teachers. It's indexed to the Language Arts standards, learning styles and Multiple Intelligences. It contains patterns, instructions, hands-on activities and more, for literature-based multi-disciplinary units. A super resource!