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30 Minute Library Lessons: What Am I? Genre Identification

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In this 30 minute lesson, students work in pairs to write down clues about books to identify the genre. This activity requires little preparation and utilizes resources available in any library.

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Literature, Library Skills

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Activities, Games

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30 Minute Library Lessons: 5 Easy Kinder and 1st Grade Literacy Activities

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This collection of 5 literacy activities uses resources readily available in any elementary library. They require little preparation and can be used throughout the year. Students will use speaking skills to describe elements in stories, sort

Subjects:

EFL - ESL - ELD, Literature, Library Skills

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Activities, Centers

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Antonyms Maze Set 1

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The Antonyms Maze Set 1 contains 6 slides of printable pages for student work, one instruction page, and one answer key page. Students will be expand their vocabulary of opposite words and use the words in sentence context. Students color in boxes

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Vocabulary

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Activities, Handouts, Printables

CCSS:

CCRA.L.4, CCRA.L.5, CCRA.L.6

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30 Minute Library Lessons: What Should I Read Grades 2-5

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Students often do not know what they want to look for during library visits. These 10 questions will help them see that life interests are a good place to start. Afterwards, you can collect the information to determine future book purchases for

Subjects:

Math, Library Skills, Back to School

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Research, Printables

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30 Minute Library Lessons: Text Illustrations

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This resource includes 4 activities to use in the classroom or library. The lessons address the Common Core Standard of Reading Literature #7; Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Visual Arts, Literature

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.K.7, RL.1.7, RL.2.7, RL.3.7

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30 Minute Library Lessons: Characters

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This activity requires little preparation and utilizes the resources available in any elementary school library. Students will work together to analyze well known book characters. Alternative activities are listed for younger students as well.

Subjects:

Reading, Literature, Library Skills

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

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Lesson

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30 Minute Library Lessons: Authors Last Name

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Students practice alphabetizing skills and learn how to locate books in the library. This lesson takes little preparation and uses resources available in any library.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Library Skills

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Activities, Games

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30 Minute Library Lessons: Speaking and Listening

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This activity uses available resources in any library. It can be adapted to any grade level. Students will use listening and speaking skills. Students will discuss a story using cause and effect, inferences, temporal words, as well as complete

Subjects:

English Language Arts, EFL - ESL - ELD, Library Skills

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

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30 Minute Library Lessons: 5 After-Reading Activities

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These activities can be used with any book in your library. They work best with fiction, but can be adapted to be used with non-fiction. After a read aloud chose one of these activities to help measure student comprehension, recall, and

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Literature, Library Skills

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Centers

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DRA Word Analysis Chart`

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Word Analysis tasks 1-40 from the Developmental Reading Assessment program. You can list all your students and check the task skills they have mastered or not, and create small groups of students to work with on specific skills.

Subjects:

Classroom Management, Early Intervention, Phonics

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Assessment, Excel Spreadsheets, Classroom Forms

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Introduction to Dewey Decimal Classification

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Student in grades 1-2 will be introduced to the classification system of most school libraries, participate in a sorting activity, and listen to a read aloud. Students in grades 3-5 will be introduced to the DDC, participate in an idenification

Subjects:

Literature, Library Skills

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Activities

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Library Bingo

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This activity uses the resources available in your library. Students do all the work as they locate items in the library in order to complete a BINGO or in this case a DEWEY. Students work in pairs, alone or in small groups.

Subjects:

Library Skills

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Activities

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Monsters in Literature

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Introduce children to the history and literature of some of the most popular monsters of all time. Students will learn about the Werewolf, Frankenstein, and The Headless Horseman. Perfect timing for the Halloween season!

Subjects:

Literature, Library Skills, Halloween

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Activities, Lesson

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30 Minute Library Lessons: Story Elements

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In this lesson students activate their prior knowledge to recall the events of the first traditional Thanksgiving by using story elements. The lesson requires little preparation and uses the abundant resources in the school library. The lesson

Subjects:

Library Skills, Thanksgiving, Informational Text

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Printables, Lesson

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30 minute Library Lessons: Story Sequence

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This activity requires little preparation and utilizes the many resources of the school library. The lesson addresses Common Core standards and can be used for any subject. Students work as a team to complete a task. Students use text and

Subjects:

For All Subject Areas, Short Stories, Holidays/Seasonal

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

Types:

Activities

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15 Minute Library Lessons: Reading Interests K-2

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Great back-to-school activity. Read these questions to students to get an idea about how much they enjoy and participate in reading activities. This is a great activity for classroom and library teachers.

Subjects:

Reading, EFL - ESL - ELD

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Activities, Assessment

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15 Minute Library Lessons: What Should I Read

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Help students discover their interests by having them take this short questionnaire. After they answer the questions, remind them where to find books on their favorite topics in the library.

Subjects:

Library Skills

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st

Types:

Handouts

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30 Minute Library Lessons: Patriotism

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This lesson introduces students to the idea of American Patriotism. Students discuss the meaning of patriotism and then navigate the library for various topics on the United States of America. Students practice Dewey Decimal skills. This lesson

Subjects:

Civics, Library Skills, Informational Text

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th

Types:

Activities, Handouts, Lesson

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Dewey Decimal Relay

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Library classes, grades 4 and 5, students team up to find 5 books in the library. Previous lessons on Dewey Decimal required.

Subjects:

Library Skills

Grades:

4^th, 5^th

Types:

Games

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Any Picture Book Activities based on the Common Core Standards

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This is a list of activities that can be performed with little preparation in any children's library or classroom. With any Picture Book, you can address the requirements of the Common Core Standards and have fun!

Subjects:

Reading, Literature, Library Skills

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Activities, Printables, Lesson

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