[ISLMA-Share] Call number training

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There is a really amazing dewey decimal rap and slideshow on youtube!!! I
used these as an intro to Dewey and it worked fantastically....Here are the
links:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bV_sI8XQdI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZNeDlkye9A

On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 7:01 PM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> I work with K-3rd graders and the nonfiction sectioned out using bookends
> for easier access and out of necessity for reshelving. We have
> approximately 800 students in the building (all 37 classes visit the
> library every week) so shelving Dewey and maintaining it after every class
> would be almost impossible.
> I can send you pictures off the list if you are interested in seeing some
> of the categories. All the books are essentially still in Dewey order, but
> not within each given topic. My email address is Nclark at cusd50.org.
>
> When teaching the students how to find call numbers, I start with a
> modified version of elementary librarians PowerPoint on Call Numbers. It
> has quite a few visuals (and I added a few additional pictures) and it uses
> the metaphor of a bus driver uses an address to pick up students and the
> library patrons  use a call number to find a book on the shelf. The
> remaining slides review the sections of the library and how the call
> numbers are organized within nonfiction and fiction.
>
> I also use shelver Mrs. Lodge's Reshelver game, a quizlet call number
> quiz, call number sort, and putting call number plates in order as
> different centers stations.
>
> I am not sure how much time your students have in the library, but due to
> having 37 classes, we only have between 20-25 minutes. At least 10 of the
> mins. is dedicated to students searching and checking out their books.
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Dec 1, 2016, at 11:34 AM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
> Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
> >
> > I am in grades 6-8. I mostly do these lessons with 6th grade, but when I
> started I was doing them with everyone, since the librarians before me did
> not do lessons on a regular basis. I do a call number lesson and quiz. I
> also made an alphabetizing lesson, but I haven't used it yet. I do a Dewey
> lesson and play the game where the book has to get put back on the "shelf"
> in the right spot. If you have a SMART Board, let me know and I'll send you
> the lessons if you want. Here's the link to the Dewey game:
> http://web.archive.org/web/20070127034103/http://www.cs.
> utexas.edu/users/s2s/utopia/library4/src/library4.swf?
> >
> >
> > Cindy Beaudry
> >
> > Library Media Specialist:RESA Middle School
> >
> > 1800 Ogilby:Rockford, IL 61102
> >
> > cindy.beaudry at rps205.com<mailto:cindy.beaudry at rps205.com>
> >
> > 815-490-5125
> >
> > ________________________________
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> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info>
> > Sent: Thursday, December 1, 2016 11:16 AM
> > To: Email list for the Illinois School Library Media Association
> > Subject: [ISLMA-Share] Call number training
> >
> > Good morning,
> > As I go from library to library in my district, I am seeing that a lot
> of students are struggling to find books, because they don't understand how
> call numbers work, and they don't really understand how to alphabetize, so
> even if they understand the concept of the call number, they cannot find
> the book in the labeled section.  What types of lessons do you do with
> students so they understand these concepts?  I am noticing this really
> K-12, so all types of lessons are welcome.
> > Thanks!
> > Jill Bennin
> >
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