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What I have done is this: There are always a few students who cannot check out due to not bringing their books back. I put them to work doing "library chores" so that they have something to do during check out time. One of those jobs is going around and pushing the books back up. I also have them do jobs like sharpening pencils, making sure all of the programs are closed on the computers, etc... there are always a few students who find their books very quickly, and may need a job to do while they are waiting for everyone else to finish since silent reading is not always feasible (it tends to get noisy during check out time).

Women of Web 2.0 http://www.womenofweb2.com/

Washington Library Media Association http://www.wlma.org/

Library Science Curriculum [|www.henrico.k12.va.us/curriculum/library.html] http://home.comcast.net/~gaeta3/ http://libraries.risd.org/curriculum.htm

Pathfinder how to http://home.wsd.wednet.edu/pathfinders/path.htm

I need to assume nothing. Teach how to use guide words, index, table of contents. Baby spaces.

Shelf talkers - piece of paper folded in half. Half goes under book, the other half hangs off the shelf with a description of the book.


 * 5 Most Important Books to read by each grade level **

Grade 1 Koller, Jackie French. Horace the Horrible. Rathmann, Peggy. Officer Buckle and Gloria. Sanderson, Ruth. Cinderella. Sierra, Judy. Wild About Books. Willems, Mo. Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! and sequels.

Grade 2 Bauer, Marion Dane. Allison’s Wings. Choi, Sook Nyul. The Best Older Sister. Fritz, Jean. George Washington’s Mother. Jenkins, Martin. The Emperor’s Egg. Rylant, Cynthia. The High-Rise Private Eyes mysteries.

Grade 3 Avi. Who Stole the Wizard of Oz? Cameron, Ann. The Most Beautiful Place in the World. DiCamillo, Kate. The Tale of Despereaux and The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane. Hodge, Deborah. Bears and other Kids Can Press Wildlife Series titles. Prelutsky, Jack. A Pizza the Size of the Sun and other poetry books.

Grade 4 Hill, Kirkpatrick. The Year of Miss Agnes. Lewin, Ted. Gorilla Walk. Schlein, Miriam. The Year of the Panda. Winkler, Henry. Niagara Falls, or Does It? and other Hank Zipzer novels. Woodruff, Elvira. George Washington’s Socks.

Grade 5 Berry, James. Around the World in Eighty Poems. Clements, Andrew. Frindle. Creech, Sharon. Heartbeat. Giff, Patricia Reilly. Nory Ryan’s Song; Maggie’s Door; and Water Street (sequels). Kehret, Peg. Small Steps and Five Pages a Day (sequel).