This book of lesson plans using common picture books to teach the AASL/AECT Information Literacy Standards is targeted for grades K-3, complete with reproducible patterns and immediately usable reproducible activities providing lessons for each grade level (K-3) for each month of the school year. Each lesson will teach information literacy skill based on the AASL/AECT Information Literacy Standards for Student Learning. The skills are taught in a logical progression throughout the school year. Included is a reading resource bibliography for each month giving the Library Media Specialist or teacher additional picture books to teach specific skills with other lessons they choose to create.
This book consists of tried and tested collaborative lesson plans for teacher librarians to use when planning lessons with classroom teachers to use with students in the primary grades. These lessons integrate research skills instruction with curriculum standards in science and social studies. Lessons are developed using standard reference materials such as biography, atlas, encyclopedia, and the almanac. Each lesson contains all patterns, worksheets, and plans necessary to immediately implement the lesson.This book consists of tried and tested collaborative lesson plans for teacher librarians to use when planning lessons with classroom teachers to use with students in the primary grades.
Teaching is a complex process which involves the development and utilization of subject knowledge and teaching skills. Containing reflective and practical skills, this book supports such development, focusing specifically on teaching skills, considering what they are, how they develop and how they differ between age and subject. The book contains three sections – Planning, Doing and Reviewing - which demonstrate effective classroom practice. It uses examples of practitioners at different stages of their professional development to link theory and practice, and includes discussions on contemporary issues in primary education
Very practical, on target for schools today-good balance of theory with anecdotal connections. The book describes what many creative people really do when they create. It focuses on the practical applications of a theoretical approach to creativity training the author has developed. This new approach may be helpful for those seeking to develop 21st Century Skills of creativity.
This ebook comprises 15 sections that focus on different aspects of vocabulary knowledge. Some of the activities concentrate on the finding and identification of existing words, others on learners’ learning and recall abilities.
There are also activities that aim at the development of learners’ critical thinking abilities and their ability to explore and understand multiple-meaning words and riddles. Five of the lesson plans involve access to computer programs, downloadable free of charge.
