Lesson+Plans

Other possible substitutions (as requested by teachers-- at least one week advance notice please!): Research Skills -- Note-taking, graphic organizers, citing sources, online research, website evaluation, web safety, etc. Genres or Booktalks -- any topic
 * Library Media Specialist lessons**
 * Unit 1 Sept)** Introduction & Book care
 * Unit 2 Sept/Oct)** Library organization: Dewey Decimal System (non-fiction)
 * Unit 3 Oct/Nov)** Introduction to state awards (Monarch, Bluestem, Caudill)
 * Unit 4 Nov)** Alphabetical Order (Fiction & Picture Books Organization, Reference Skills)
 * Unit 5 Dec/Jan)** Fiction Genres (4-5) & Winter (2-3)
 * Unit 6 Jan)** Visual Literacy: Graphic Novels
 * Unit 7 Jan/Feb)** Introduction to Destiny OPAC
 * Unit 8 Feb/March)** Intro to National Book Awards & Voting for IL Awards (*Caudill deadline Feb 28, Monarch/Bluestem deadline March 15)
 * Unit 9 March/April)** Biographies
 * Unit 10 April)** Folk/Fairytales & Storytelling
 * Dan Keding coming April 4-5
 * Unit 11 April/May)** Creating Fractured Fairytales
 * Show free eBooks for summer (Storytelling Resource Links, [|ICDL], etc)
 * Unit 12 May/June)** Library Skills Review

Computer lessons or websites: Please let me know your requests