Thursday, April 26, 2012

Library Tourists


Tourists



OVERVIEW:   Our library has 3 neighborhoods: the FICTION neighborhood, the EVERYONE neighborhood, and NONFICTION.  In each neighborhood, books have their own address.  Today we are going to be tourists in the town of Libraria and visit these neighborhoods.  As a team, we will fill out a postcard to tell someone about the kinds of books we saw in the neighborhood!


CURRICULUM FRAMEWORKS:

2.1.5 Collaborate with others to exchange ideas, develop new understandings, make decisions, and solve problems.
2.2.4 Demonstrate personal productivity by completing products to express learning.
2.4.2 Reflect on systematic process, and assess for completeness of investigation.
3.2.3 Demonstrate teamwork by working productively with others.
4.4.1 Identify own areas of interest.
4.4.6 Evaluate own ability to select resources that are engaging and appropriate for personal interests and needs.


OBJECTIVE(s):
Learners will be able to identify separate areas in the circulation area.
Learners will identify differences in these areas.
Learners will display teamwork.
Learners will seek out an area of shared interest.
Learners will explore an area’s resources.
Learners will choose and evaluate resources.
Learners will complete postcard.
Learners will evaluate ability to find subject areas with the circulation area.

RESOURCES AND MATERIALS:
Pencils
Blank postcard
Access to circulation area


Tuesday, April 17, 2012

All about CATs

Learning about the OPAC! 




Search by Subject, Title, or  Author

Type carefully

How do we find the CALL number?




Link:
http://opac.libraryworld.com/opac/home