Library centers elementary

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Here are some fun library activities to make check out time run smoothly

You can save planning time, reduce behavior challenges, increase student engagement, and teach to ALL learning abilities with library centers.

MAKERSPACES … I tried to ignore them! I tried to deny their growing momentum. I skipped over articles and blogposts where makerspaces were the headline. I averted my eyes when newsletters about them crossed my mailbox. Not that I didn’t find value in them! I ABSOLUTELY did. Honestly, I was just so overwhelmed with the […]

These library activities for kids help kids make the most of the time they have in the library!

The start of the new school year means another round of library centers after check out time! To talk about our library centers, we read Dan Santat's book The Adventures of Beekle the Unimaginary Friend. After the read aloud, we talked about using our imaginations when we read and how we might use our imaginations in other ways in the library, including during our library centers time. Centers at Dallas Center Elementary include some old favorites--like the computer center and the cash…

It has been such a busy year that I haven't had a chance to change my centers much, but a few weekends ago I got busy and finished up a ...

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Don't let a short schedule keep you from providing engaging library programming. These 30-minute library lessons are perfect for librarians!

Over the last several years, I've done at lot of change up our library space at Stewart. Here's some of my tips to help you rethink your library.

It has been such a busy year that I haven't had a chance to change my centers much, but a few weekends ago I got busy and finished up a couple of new centers that I have been trying to put together since the beginning of the year. I only put them out every other week because I need the tables for 2nd-5th grade lessons every other week, so maybe it wasn't noticed as much as it might have been if I had permanent weekly centers. I was able to put out the new centers this week and the kids seem…

I know elementary librarians whose library programs thrive on the Specials Rotation. I am unfortunately not one of them. I was on the rotation only in my fifth year in the library, and it was enough to make me apply at the middle school for the next school year. Here's why it went so bad for me... #elementarylibrarians #specialsrotation #schoollibraries #librariantruths

Can genrefying the school library improve student engagement? Find out what happened when elementary librarian Tara Ethridge made the switch.

In an effort to clean up my freebies page and to make different types of freebies easier to find, I have made this page for CENTER FREEBIES. Click on the picture or the link below to access them. Many of the freebies are Google Docs, but you don't need to request that I "Share" the document with you in order to download a Google Doc from me. All you have to do is click on the download button at the top of the screen and save the file. The download button is circled in the picture below. Hope…

Library musical chairs is a terrific game to promote reading and incorporate technology with Google Form surveys.

This post discusses how I use library stations (or library centers) to teach my elementary library lesson plans, as well as the advantages and challenges.

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Whether you call them reading centers, stations, rotations, or something else, literacy centers are so beneficial for kids in upper elementary classrooms. Here are 7 reasons why you should be using reading centers with 3rd – 5th graders: 1. Gives Students Targeted Practice with Reading Skills and Strategies Whether you do a reader’s workshop model […]

Set the stage for a fantastic school year with these fun, foundational, and differentiated September library lessons!

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