library orientation for school children

Contains fifteen lessons designed to improve the library, research, and literature skills of students in fourth through eighth grade, created for use in a library setting, each including visuals, activity sheets, an evaluation, and extension.

Introduces the resource tool of online searching into the school library for accessing accurate and up-to-date information.

Presents practical strategies for teaching information literacy skills. Includes plans for classroom instruction and special library programs.

Examines the problem-solving model children use with the I-Search process, offering advice on how to pinpoint a search topic, where to find answers, how to record and showcase information, and how to assess results.

Contains thirty lesson plans for developing library research skills in students, each including a statement of objectives, background information, reproducible activity sheets, and an answer key.

Contains ready-to-use lessons requiring little to no preparation that can be used to teach a variety of universal themes and values in the library.

Contains ready-made, flexible lessons designed to help librarians teach students in kindergarten through grade five improve their research skills.

Discusses how to use specific reference titles and how to teach the research process.

Outlines the development of an information literacy program. Presents model lessons for working within the elementary program; provides sample lessons for secondary schools; and includes templates for common instructional resources. Includes a CD-ROM with activity sheets, forms, and other documents mentioned in the text.

Contains lessons designed to introduce elementary and middle grade students to the basic research processes and to provide opportunities for them to practice these processes.