elementary school libraries

Describes a media center program that combines the teaching and use of library skills with language skills in a way that invites higher order thinking and student involvement in the creation of a product.

Provides information that examines the role of the librarian in achieving high-quality, standards-based science education for students; and features hands-on activities for science instruction in the library, Web references, a guide to selecting science books for children, advice on fund-raising, and a bibliography.

Presents fifty activity lessons pertaining to libraries, books, and reading, arranged by grade level ranges, with games, skills objectives, and low-cost materials lists.

Contains lesson plans that use picture books as tools to teach the AASL/AECT Information Literacy Standards in kindergarten through third grade, with reproducible patterns and activities, as well as a reading resource bibliography for each month of the school year.

Presents a comprehensive manual with accompanying CD on teaching library media skills to elementary students, covering book care, the parts of a book, the Dewey decimal system, and computer research.

Contains over sixty-five activities and worksheets designed to teach children in grades K through 6 about book care, library behavior, and reading appreciation.

Presents games and activities designed to teach pre-kindergarten children through sixth graders how to use the Dewey Decimal Classification System. Also includes an answer key and a list of online library catalogs.

Develops activity units for reading comprehension in primary grades based on the works of twelve authors. Also provides brief biographical information on each of the authors.

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.