Mrs. Harrison’s blog (what students see)

Week of October 8

Grade/Class/Subject: 1-3/Harrison/Media Skills

Unit/Theme:

Media Center and Computer Lab Procedures

Standards (AASL):

Standard 4.2.2: Demonstrate motivation by seeking information to answer personal questions and interests, trying a variety of formats and genres, and displaying a willingness to go beyond academic requirements.

Key Vocabulary:

• Media Center
• Library
• Computer Lab

Supplementary Materials:

Video: “Arthur’s Lost Library Book,” Arthur Season 1, Episode 4

PowerPoint templates for each class

Preparation:

• Adaptation of content
• Links to past learning
• Strategies incorporated

Scaffolding:

• Modeling
• Guided practice
• Independent practice
• Comprehensible input

Group Options:

• Whole class
• Independent

Integration of Processes:

• Reading
• Writing
• Speaking
• Listening

Application:

• Hands-on
• Meaningful
• Linked to objectives
• Promotes engagement

Assessment:

• Individual
• Written
• Oral

Lesson Sequence

Anticipatory Set:

Ask students if they know the difference between a media center and a computer lab?

Input:

Review what students know about book check out from lesson two weeks ago.

Lesson:

1. Review/introduce rules for borrowing books, including lost or damaged books.
2. Show “Arthur’s Lost Library Book.”
   1. How did Arthur lose his library books?
   2. Why should they keep their library books in a safe place?
   3. Where is a safe place in their home?
3. Review/introduce rules for the computer lab.
   1. Show students their library cards and explain how they are used to log into the computer AND how it is an exit ticket when they complete their assignment.
   2. Show students my blog and how it is the entry point for each week’s computer lesson. Point out the Symbaloo section at the bottom of the blog with link to free choice sites.
   3. Using the PowerPoint templates, have students generate their list of rules
      1. Steer students towards identifying appropriate use of computers

Independent Practice:

Have students log into their assigned computers and launch the blog to review the PowerPoint their class made.

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.