Fun activities @ your library® | Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) The following fun and engaging activities were designed to help you promote your library and engage youngsters at the same time! The contest, game, and scavenger hunt documents can be easily customized to suit your needs/library. Letterboxing | Poetry | Bookmark Contest | Mad Libs | Scavenger Hunts | Readers Theater "How to" Guide and Scripts | Letterboxing 15 Ways to Use Poetry @ your library® Poetry Programs @ your library® Bookmark Contest - Entry form for hosting a bookmark design contest with a theme of "So much to See. Bookmark Contest - Similar to the above entry form but the contest is not judged by children. Mad Lib @ your library® - summer theme! Dr. Mad Libs Game - Story Sheet Mad Libs Game - Answer Sheet Scavenger Hunt (K-1) Scavenger Hunt (Grades 2-3) Scavenger Hunt (Grades 4-5) Library Treasure Hunt (Grades 5-8) Readers Theater Scripts! Readers Theater "How to" Guide Story © 1999, Christopher Paul Curtis. Story © 1997, Jerry Spinelli. Story © 1994, Carmen Agra Deedy.
ICDL - International Children's Digital Library LIS The Office of Library Information Services provides leadership in developing PreK-12 school library media programs to support student achievement. It ensures that students and teachers have equitable access to an organized and centrally managed collection of library resources, instructional materials, and information technologies in order to improve instruction, accelerate student learning, and facilitate student critical thinking, problem solving,and research. The mission of the library media program of instruction is to prepare students as “knowledge workers” by integrating information and technology literacy skills with all curricular content. The library media specialist is the catalyst that inspires students to choose reading for pleasure by providing an age/level appropriate and current collection of reading materials. Additionally, the Office of Library Information Services:
Free eBook Library Welcome to our free eBooks collection, developed for children aged 3–11 years old. If you'd like to learn more about how to support your child's reading, visit our Reading pages. All our eBooks are tablet-friendly. Just register or log in to start reading. Learning to read with phonics? Click the '+' for advice. Learning to read with phonics If you live in England, your child will learn to read using phonics. Using Letters and Sounds? If your child is using Letters and Sounds, you can find this list of eBooks by Letters and Sounds Phases useful. If you don’t know your child’s Phase, you can check with your school. If your child is being taught to read using the Read Write Inc. programme, you can find books suitable for them by clicking on the ‘Levels’ menu below and using the 'Read Write Inc.' filter to select the right level. Find more support and resources for Read Write Inc. in our parents' guide to Read Write Inc Looking for printed books for phonics practice at home? Are you a teacher?
Kindergarten - 1st Six Weeks : PISD Library Connections IC Overarching Concept: Balance & Stability ELA Unit Theme: Start Smart / Families Language_Arts Websites - Primary Library Curriculum Connections At-a-Glance Unit Contents IC Students are introduced to important school routines, procedures, and safety rules, which establish balance and stability for the upcoming school year. ELA Start Smart is a beginning 3-weeks devoted to development of reading readiness: finding out what the student knows now, building on that knowledge and providing fun lessons that reinforce the child’s abilities through simple poems, nursery rhymes, songs, and clapping and movement activities. Activities K-1 Fiction K-1 Nonfiction K-1 Fiction vs. K-1 What Happens Next? Return to Library Connections home
Read.gov | The Library of Congress Powell County Schools What is the Purpose and Layout of the Library and What are the Rules/Procedures? Students will tour the library and learn that the library is the place to come for books to read and to find information about things (research). They will be introduced to rules and procedures and how they relate to our "Be your BEST" motto. Use inside voicesWalkShare/take turnsTake care of materialsShow repect to others Students will be given assigned seat to aid librarian in identifying students who are both present and absent (for safety and record-keeping purposes). Orientation - Using a map of the library floor plan, students will review the major sections of the library and what they can find/do there.
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