Week 4, week of September 25, 2017

Grade/Class/Subject:

1-3/Harrison/Media Skills

Unit/Theme:

Library Orientation

Standards (AASL):

4.2.4 Show an appreciation for literature by electing to read for pleasure and expressing an interest in various literary genres.

Scope and Sequence:

Goal: Children will become lifelong readers.

Objective and Purpose:

Children will learn to use the media center independently.

Key Vocabulary:

Review: Borrow, Shelf marker

New: Spine label

Supplementary Materials:

PowerPoint with key vocabulary

Powerpoint with today’s poem

Basket of shelf markers

Digital and print versions of “Murmel murmel murmel” by Robert Munsch

Other books by Robert Munsch

Computer lab with link to the “Shelve It” game.

Link to rules generated last week

Lesson Sequence

Anticipatory Set:

Tell students that we will review the procedures for selecting books in the media center.

Input:

Show students the book to be read and point out the spine label; explain how it helps to find books in the media center.

Lesson:

1. Review the rules generated by the class last week. Discuss them and make any changes.
2. Read the day’s poem and invite students to read along.
3. Discuss what the poem means to them. What does eating grapes have to do with September?
4. Read the digital version of “Murmel, murmel, murmel.”
5. After reading and discussing the book, ask students how they could find the book in the media center if they wanted to check it out.
6. Walk through the thought process (it’s a picture book, so it’s “Easy,” the books in the easy section are in alphabetical order by the author’s last name, which is “Munsch,” etc.
7. Point out the spine label of the library books and show how they are all the same, why is that?

Independent Practice:

Students will play the “Shelve It” game online (http://www.mrs-lodges-library.com/shelver)

Preview for Next Week:

Tell students we will read Halloween books next week.