Teaching good research habits to younger grades is a very important part of being a librarian.  In the past, I have introduced the research steps using a lesson that connected the Big 6 steps to following a recipe for making an apple pie.  You can read about this “Recipe for Research” lesson on…

     I have been using centers in the library for several years now and absolutely love them.  They work really well at giving students choices of activities to do after the lesson and checking out new books.  Now that I have 50-minute library classes as part of the Special’s rotation, this has proven to…

     For the second half of the year, I wanted to do an activity that would encourage my students to reflect more about the “type” of books that they were checking out, with the hopes that they might explore some new genres instead of just checking out the same books or series over and…

Are you in need of Kinder Literacy Lesson Plans?  Then check this out!      When I became a librarian, I had already taught third grade for 15 years.  I was pretty confident in my teaching, and I felt like I had a good grasp on how to plan interesting lessons, build differentiated activities, and create…

     This has been an amazingly BUSY year so far, and it’s been hard to catch my breath, much less update my blog! But, better late than never, right?!  So here’s a summary of all the exciting library events we did throughout October!      Our first fun event was our 2nd annual Monster…