Third graders will be learning how to use the online catalog and convert call number listings into shelf locations. Right now we're working on the fiction section. Every fiction call number has "FIC" as the first line, and then the first three letters of the author's last name as the second line.For example, if I wrote a book, the call number would beFICMOOWhat would YOUR call number be?Students figured out the call numbers for a list of books and and then created their very own for a fiction book they "wrote." Here are some of their book covers:
Second graders are reviewing how call numbers help us find books in the library.
We read The Z Was Zapped by Chris Van Allsburg, which features the letters of the alphabet meeting sad fates. The students had to guess the action happening to them, which started with the same letter; for example, the F was flattened by a foot and the Q was quartered.
Then the kids created their own version of the book, as well as their personal call number. I've added their work into a binder that can be checked out and brought home as a library book. Here is a preview:
Working on the difference between authors and illustrators in K. We read "The Book with No Pictures" by B.J. Novak and the kids drew their own illustrations for some key terms.
Part of our grade 1 focus in library is sorting and categories. As an introduction to how the library is arranged, I gave groups of first graders a pile of books and asked them to sort them into two categories. They came up with so many different ways to arrange the piles, I was impressed, including:
- softcover v. hardcover
- big v. little
- chapter books v. picture books
- animals on the cover v. people
- fiction v. nonfiction (which is the focus of our next lesson!)
