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Library skills games for Microsoft Word
Human Library Call Number Game
Get students up and moving and learning how to arrange books on the library shelves! This document includes 20 pages of library call numbers (10 fiction and 10 nonfiction - Dewey Decimal System numbers) to print out and laminate. Have students come to the front of the class and hold their call numbers in front of them (they are books!), and arrange themselves in order as if they were on a library shelf! Active, engaging, and social! You can also punch holes and tie a string around each card.
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3rd - 5th
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Library Search Party - Library Scavenger Hunt - Information Literacy
Library Scavenger Hunt - fun, educational and interesting. Students use information literacy skills to independently search the shelves and answer questions. Reference, fiction, non-fiction materials are all included. Total 1 page (word document).
This activity works in 1-2 class periods (older grades needing less time).
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3rd - 5th
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30 Minute Library Lessons: What Am I? Genre Identification
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.
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3rd - 5th
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Book Bingo! - Genre Project
Complete packet is included here! Game board, Form to reproduce, and Direction Sheet. Tailor the directions and the Game board to be appropriate to your students and situation. In my 5th grade class, I have students do one row each nine weeks in order to facilitate their exposure to multiple genres. The students like having choices and it is so gratifying to hear them discussing the genre definitions. Enjoy!
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3rd - 12th
Opening Day Activity - That's Me! Game
This is a great, active opening week activity for any classroom!
You get to learn some things about your students, and they get to learn some things about each other, and about you (you get to participate, too!) This document includes a list of statements, and if it is true for that student, the student stands up and shouts, "That's Me!". They can look around and see who enjoys the same kinds of things. Examples include:
I like to sing or play an instrument
I like animals
I like comic books
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PreK - 12th
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Back to School/Getting to Know You Activity (Reading Focus)
Get your students up and talking about reading with this back to school/getting to know you activity. Each square is focused on books and reading. Students must go around to each classmate and discuss which square best describes him/her. The classmate then signs his/her name in the square. The first student that gets all of his/her classmate's signatures is the "winner" (it could be a prize like a bookmark or no actual prize at all). This has an added advantage for teachers/librarians to get to
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3rd - 6th
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Sources of Information Relay Game
This is a game on choosing and using sources of information such as dictionaries, encyclopedias, and almanacs. This game is intended to be a small group relay on selecting resource tools, using key words, and ultimately finding information in those resources. To make the Sources of Information Relay Game, print the file front to back to make 20 question cards and 4 example cards. The students will compete in small groups to find the answers to all 20 questions. Questions can be answered in rand
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3rd - 6th
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The Tryout by Christina Soontornvat. Battle of the Books questions.
Battle of the Books questions/answers. In my district I hold two rounds. Round 1 contains 20 "In What Book" questions. Round 2 contains 20 short answer questions/answers in red. In my district, I hold a Crosstown Battle of the Books with our neighboring middle school.
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6th - 8th
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Charlie Thorne and the Last Equation Battle of the Books questions
Battle of the Books questions for Book 1 Charlie Thorne and the Last Equation by Stuart Gibbs. I have included 20 In What Book questions and 20 short answer questions with answers in red. In my district, I take my winning battle team and we compete in a Crosstown Battle of the Books with our neighboring middle school.
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6th - 8th
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Lasagna Means I Love You by Kate O 'Shaughnessy Battle of the Books questions.
Battle of the Books questions.Includes 20 In What Book questions and 20 short answer questions with answers in red. In my district, I take my Battle of the Books winning team to compete against our neighboring middle school in a crosstown battle.
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6th - 8th
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Seen and Unseen by Elizabeth Partridge and Lauren Tamaki. Battle of the Books.
Battle of the Books questions + answers.In my district, I hold two rounds. First round contains 20 "In What Book" questions and second round includes 20 short answer questions. Answers are in red. I battle in my school, then hold a Crosstown Battle of the Books with another school in my district.
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6th - 8th
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A First For Everything by Dan Santat. Battle of the Books questions.
Battle of the Books questions. I have included 20 In What Book questions and 20 short answer questions with answers in red. In my district after I have my winning battle team, I hold a crosstown battle of the books with our neighboring middle school.
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6th - 8th
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Muhammad Najem, War Reporter. Battle of the Books questions.
Battle of the Books questions:Included: 20 In What Book questions and 20 short answer questions with answers in red. In my district, I take my winning team to battle against a neighboring middle school in a crosstown classic.
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6th - 8th
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How to Become a Planet by Nicole Melleby. Battle of the Books questions.
Battle of the Books questions.Included are 20 In What Book questions and 20 short answer questions with answers in red. In my district I take my school's battle team to compete in a crosstown classic with our neighboring middle school.
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6th - 8th
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Battle of the Books - Flora & Ulysses
27 original BOTB questions for Newbery winner, Flora & Ulysses. Trivia-type questions are not intended for book studies. Great for Intermediate and Middle grade students.
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3rd - 6th
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30 Minute Library Lessons: Authors Last Name
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.
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3rd - 5th
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Fish in a Tree Battle of the Books Questions
This document contains 100 questions to be used for Battle of the Books practice and competition for the book Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt. Each question begins with "In which book..." and the answer to every question is "Fish in a Tree by Lynda Hunt". The questions are listed in random order.
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4th - 8th
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Battle of the Books - One Crazy Summer
Use these 18 original questions for your Battle of the Books (BOTB) competition. Historical fiction novel, One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia, winner of several National awards, is perfect for Middle School.
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4th - 7th
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Battle of the Books - Paperboy
20 original Battle of the Books questions for Paperboy by Vince Vawter, a 2014 Newbery Honor Book. These trivia questions are great for your middle school BOTB competition. Not intended for book studies - all questions can be answered with the title of the book.
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5th - 8th
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Teaching Dewey Classification Game : Office of Information
The Barbarian's Creative Library Store brings you an interactive, class participation game to teach the Dewey Classification System.
This is a fun activity which involves a whole class. There are cards to print off which students hold up.
The story centres on a student with an enquiry about elephants who has to find the right floor in the Office of Information.
The repetition and fun associations embed the numbers for years to come. One student of mine returning from university said he still
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6th - 9th
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Story Elements Game: Mystery Manuscript
Mystery Manuscript is a game that teaches students story elements and library/online researching skills by offering up one book-clue a day (Monday-Friday) and asking students to guess the title. Students will use the clues and their library to find the correct titles. In addition to repeated exposure to story elements in action, the Mystery Manuscript game introduces students to a variety of high quality books, authors and genres. Enough entries for 15 weeks worth of playing! Visit my store for
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5th - 7th
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Nevermoor Battle of the Books Questions
This document contains 100 questions for Battle of the Books practice and competition for the book Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend. Each question begins with "In which book..." and the answer to every question is "Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend". The questions are listed in random order.
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4th - 8th
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Battle of the Books Questions - Lightning Thief
17 original BOTB questions for the book, Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
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5th - 8th
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Battle of the Books Questions - 90 Miles to Havana
26 original questions for your BOTB competition. This ALA Pura Belpre Honor book is perfect for Intermediate and Middle School.
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5th - 8th
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