library orientation for school children

Reviews the history of cooperation and collaboration in school libraries since the 1990s, discussing the benefits of collaboration between library media specialists and teachers at the elementary level; and features a common template for use in planning collaborative units, as well as a selection of units contributed by teams across the U.S.

Offers a step-by-step method for integrating library resources and skills into the classroom curriculum; provides a research base for the program; and gives detailed suggestions for implementing the program at each grade level.

Provides ten lessons librarians may use to teach students basic library skills, covering parts of a book, genres, areas of the library, the Dewey system, book care, and other topics, each with one twenty-minute activity, as well as one time-flexible activity.

Presents comprehensive instruction on information literacy skills and discusses the trends, issues, and applications for the reviewed research as well as processing and diagnostic models and assessments.

A collection of fifty-seven games designed to teach students how to use libraries, media centers, and other reference tools.

Contains ready-made, flexible lessons designed to help librarians engage students in kindergarten through fifth grade in various reading actvities.

Contains lessons for teaching elementary students to use reference sources, including the dictionary, thesaurus, encyclopedia, atlas, almanac, online catalog, and Internet; and features curriculum units using reference sources for each grade from kindergarten through sixth, as well as a selection of games for practicing reference skills. Includes a companion CD.

An instruction manual designed to help library media specialists understand information literacy and its place in the classroom.

Provides librarians and teachers with resources for activity programs to improve literacy and library skills. Activity programs include friends and family, holidays and traditions, animals seasons, and other topics.