Collaborative Library Lessons for the Primary Grades: Linking Research Skills to Curriculum Standards - Softcover

Copeland, Brenda S.; Messner, Patricia A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1591581850 ISBN 13: 9781591581857

Publisher: Libraries Unlimited, 2005

Synopsis

This book consists of tried and tested collaborative lesson plans for teacher librarians to use when planning lessons with classroom teachers to use with students in the primary grades. These lessons integrate research skills instruction with curriculum standards in science and social studies. Lessons are developed using standard reference materials such as biography, atlas, encyclopedia, and the almanac. Each lesson contains all patterns, worksheets, and plans necessary to immediately implement the lesson.

This book consists of tried and tested collaborative lesson plans for teacher librarians to use when planning lessons with classroom teachers to use with students in the primary grades. These lessons integrate research skills instruction with curriculum standards in science and social studies. Lessons are developed using standard reference materials such as biography, atlas, encyclopedia, and the almanac. Each lesson contains all patterns, worksheets and plans necessary to immediately implement the lesson. Grades K-3.

About this title

About the Author

Brenda S. Copeland is an elementary librarian the Palmyra School District of Palmyra, Pennsylvania. She earned her MLS degree from Kutztown University and her BA in Elementary Education at the University of Delaware.

Patricia A. Messner is an elementary media specialist in the Lebanon City School District of Lebanon, Ohio. She earned her Masters of Education degree from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, and her BA in Elementary Education at Asbury College.

Reviews

This collection includes 37 lesson plans aimed at students in grades two and three. Activities address biographies, encyclopedias, almanacs, atlases, online catalogs, and the Internet. There is also a thematic unit centered around ants. Sessions are designed for 45-minute blocks and encourage collaboration between media specialists and classroom teachers.

The authors have aligned the lessons with national language arts, social studies, and science standards. No mention is made of Information Literacy Standards for Student Learning developed by the American Association of School Librarians nor ISTE's National Educational Technology Standards. Suggested activities range from simplistic time fillers (word searches) to abstract concepts inaccessible to this age group (time lines) to unreasonable expectations for media specialists (dress up like Eleanor Roosevelt and host a tea party). Media specialists and classroom teachers will be better served by resources that reflect current best educational practices and integrate Information Power and national information literacy standards. Kathleen McBroom
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Edition details

• Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1591581850
• ISBN 13: 9781591581857
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176