Favourite Books Introducing Young Students to the School Library
Favourite Books Introducing Young Students to the School Library
~Contributed by Heather Middleton, Aspengrove School
At the beginning of the school year, Kindergarten and Grade One classes read What Happened to Marion’s Book? by Brook Berg; illustrations by Nathan Alberg. c.2003. Marion, the main character is a Kindergarten student who loves books so much that she wants to be a librarian when she grows up. The reader learns proper book care through Marion’s misadventure with her library book.
Introducing Grade One’s to writing their own stories is made much more interesting when reading the delightful story of Library Mouse by Daniel Kirk c. 2007.
Grade Two and Grade Three classes navigate the nonfiction areas of the the library stacks as they begin their research topics. The Shelf Elf Helps Out by Jackie Mims Hopkins; illustrated by Rebecca McKillip Thornburgh. C.2006. explains the Dewey catalog system and how to locate a book using the call number as an address on the book spine.
Follow up lessons include YouTube tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bV_sI8XQdI and cooperative activities with partners in library hunts for books in favorite categories such as cooking, animals, and Mine-craft, using call numbers and the categories shown on the library’s book shelf signage.
As children begin to research on the internet and write their own papers, the book When Marion Copied by Brook Berg; illustrations by Nathan Alberg. C.2006., discusses plagiarism.
