LEARN NC

K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

My name is Elizabeth Gibson. I work at Shepherd Elementary School in Mooresville, NC. I’ve taught for 18 years, first in the classroom and the last 12 years in the library. I have a BS from Winthrop College and a Masters in Library Science from UNC-G.

Resources created by Elizabeth Gibson

Dear Peter Rabbit
Students will identify formal language and sentence structures in friendly letters. They will use similar formal language and style to create friendly letters to other story book characters.
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 English Language Arts and Information Skills)
By Caroline Annas, Elizabeth Gibson, and Stephanie Johnson.
Recipe for Success
Students will use an electronic card catalog to find books by subject using the call number. This lesson was used in collaboration with a third grade thanksgiving unit. As part of the unit students were to find a recipe to prepare and bring to class.
Format: lesson plan (grade 2–3 Information Skills)
By Elizabeth Gibson and Melissa Withers.