NAME:
Mrs. Lisa Egly Lehmuller
SCHOOL:
St. Patrick's Catholic School
Class:
Library
SCHOOL PHONE:
704.333.3174
School Libraries meet two objectives: first, to support and enhance
curriculum and instruction by providing access to materials selected
especially for that purpose; second, to provide opportunities for
instruction in the North Carolina Curriculum for Information Skills. Each
class visits weekly for stories and activities that support the curriculum
goals, aligned not only with the information skills goals, but usually
integrated with a content area goal for each grade level.
Kindergartners have learned the St. Pat's technique for keeping books on the
shelves where they belong. Ask them about the "Old Switch-a-roo! They now
select books in small groups, creating a more personal and authentic library
experience. It's a big deal that, in their journals, students are now
expected to write the author and title of stories we read.
First graders have learned a little about how books are arranged in the
library--fiction is alphabetical by the author's last name, and non-fiction
has a special number on it's spine label. They have arranged pretend shelves
of books in their journals and done a great job!
Second graders are learning the conventions of reference books. We've worked
on dictionaries and encyclopedias!
Third graders are busy writing Christmas stories for their school mates to
check out of the library!
Fourth graders are all completing a "care and concern" unit the emphasizes
writing letters of well-wishing. Each will make a Christmas card for a
teacher whose name was selected at random, as well as a card for a family who
will be having Christmas dinner here at St. Patrick's.
Fifth graders completed the Rules and Tools unit and practiced the rules by
using the tools for their biomes and Native Americans projects.