Library Orientation and Lessons

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Learning to use your school library will open doorways to a lifetime of both pleasure and information.

Library Orientations
     TAKE a variety of library quizzes at:
           "Interactive Quizzes" by Tami Maloney 
     LEARN your reading level from the STAR Reading test. 
           Login to Accelerated Reader's Renaissance Place.    
           Example:  Login:   dstan000000
                           PW:      000000
                 (Do NOT click on "Quiz." Be sure to click on STAR Reading Test.)
     LEARN about the Dewey Decimal System on the Literature tab RAP!
     LEARN about the computer lab:
                             Computer Lab Orientation (from James Workman MS) 
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Lesson on Parts of a Plot (PowerPoint)
     BrainPop Jr.: Plot  (login=riversidevs, PW=rvs)
 Lesson Resources and Materials
     BrainPop: Login is riversidevs, Password is rvs   
     DiscoveryEducation: Free Teacher Resources
     "Down the Drain," project-based lesson example   
     Eagles Love to Learn: Let's grow this site with Web links for content-area standards  
     EdHelper: lessons and activities in all content-areas
     Edutopia, 
     Enchanted Learning: unit resources and easy-read content   
     Thinkfinity: Lesson Plans in all content-areas
     Virtual Middle School Library: online resources  
     "What is project-based learning?"   

Begin the year with a Thinking Map activity for the "Biblioburro" video. This helps you appreciate all that a library offers: the system for finding books (Dewey), the variety of free materials, and how a library helps your mind grow along with your reading level.


(CLICK here to view) Biblioburro video attributed to RocketBoom via YouTube














Here is a sample Thinking Map on the value of the biblioburro.

















Lesson on Edgar Allan Poe for 8th grade literature unit.






















Lesson on Charles Dickens (links)


















Lesson on Information books (nonfiction)
GoAnimate.com: Informational books by Library Teacher

Create your own at GoAnimate.com. It's free and fun!



Lesson on Expository and Persuasive Writing
     Expository Writing Tips!     
     Expository Prompts   
     Information about Expository Writing (with Thinking Maps)   
     The Writing Site: Expository Writing      
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     Writer's Workshop: Persuasive Writing     
     The Writing Site: Persuasive Writing   


Lesson on the language of billboards: What do they "say?"
     50 Extraordinary and Attractive Billboards    
     Images for billboards     

Sample Zooburst to explain a Science concept:
Colony Collapse Disorder (for bees).