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Navigating Nonfiction: In order to engage in research processes, students must be able to access informational (nonfiction) books independently. In this lesson they will learn how nonfiction books are arranged. They will then practice putting nonfiction books in order by call number, and will practice locating nonfiction books on the shelf.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Information Skills); By Kay Sanderson.

Reading picture books: resources for teachers: Illustrations, picturebook finding aids, and great picture book websites.; By Melissa Thibault.

Books cannot be killed by fire (World War II poster): This World War II propaganda poster published by the U.S. government depicts enemy soldiers setting fire to a book that looms over them like a building. The book's cover reads: Books cannot be killed by fire. People die, but books...; Format: image/poster

Guess The Genre!: Students apply knowledge of genres to identify different genres from "reading-alouds of excerpts" from selected books representing different genres.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Information Skills); By Ann Jenkins.

Making patterns make sense: Students will analyze organizational patterns in analytical writing by reading, Oh, the Places You'll Go! by Dr. Seuss. Students will then apply these patterns to their own writing by creating children's books about success.; Format: lesson plan (grade 10 English Language Arts); By Heather Bower.

Book order math: Using a book order catalog, students will calculate costs for their book choices, learn how to write a check, and to fill out an order form.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Mathematics); By Teri Dammann.

Celebrating the freedom to read: Banned Books Week teaches the importance of our First Amendment rights and draws attention to the danger of restricting information in a free society.; By Melissa Thibault.

Books we've read: This lesson plan creates a classroom database collecting information on books that students have read over a period of time determined by the teacher and/or students. By sorting and filtering, students evaluate the data and can later create other products from their findings.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Computer/Technology Skills and Information Skills); By Mary Rizzo.

Meanwhile...: Transition words that connect ideas: Students will identify transition words in picturebooks that they can use in their own writing. Transition words are the glue that holds sentences and paragraphs together. They signal that this is a new part of the story.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 English Language Arts); By DPI Writing Strategies.

The wolf in children's books: Students will explore the ways wolves are represented in children's stories. They will decide if the wolf is a protagonist or an antagonist in the story. They will also attempt to determine if these representations are scientifically accurate. The first in a two-part lesson.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3 English Language Arts and Information Skills); By Vanessa Olson.

Letter books: Kindergarten children are usually familiar with beginning sound "ABC" books with texts such as "A is for apple." In this activity, repeated for each consonant letter, art, writing, conventional spelling, and reading are combined to create a personal "Letter Book" for each child.; Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts); By Clara McKenzie.

Congruent figures: This is a fun, hands-on activity to help students identify congruent figures.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Mathematics); By Jennifer Robinson.

Put It Back Where It Belongs: Primary students will learn the basics of library organization. They will be introduced to the use of call letters.; Format: lesson plan (grade K Information Skills); By Caryl Houghton.

Learning about Ezra Jack Keats: Students will learn about Ezra Jack Keats using a variety of resources in the media center.; Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts and Information Skills); By Brittany Basinger, Jenni Conine, and Vickie Mcmillan.

The long and short of it!: This lesson will assist children in recognizing and discriminating short and long vowel sounds.; Format: lesson plan (grade 1 English Language Arts)

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 3 Information Skills); By Elizabeth Gibson and Melissa Withers.

Reading guides: Groups will develop a Reading Guide for each non-fiction resource book for units in science, social studies, and other curriculum areas. Students will identify useful features each book and where the important information will be found. Reviewing non-fiction features of print resources will familiarize the class with material on reserve for the unit. Overviewing and identifying text features will help students determine how to approach the various formats of text relevant to the topic.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Arts and Information Skills); By Elizabeth Hubbe.

Jelly beans count!: Children will fill plastic Easter eggs with the correct number of jelly beans. After they complete the entire dozen, they are allowed to keep the ones they get correct.; Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts and Mathematics); By Ronnia Frazier.

Writing a fish book: Number and color details: Students will learn and write color words and number words.; Format: lesson plan (grade 1 English Language Arts); By Stephanie Phelps.

Subject search in card catalog: This lesson encourages students to engage in independent research through providing them with experience in accessing the variety of library materials available to them. This lesson is good for those schools who do not have online catalogs.; Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Information Skills); By Jennisen Lucas.

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