Springboards to Inquiry : 50 Standards-Based Lessons for K-5
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| Title: | Springboards to Inquiry : 50 Standards-Based Lessons for K-5 |
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| Description: | This collection of ideas for lessons provides school librarians with inspiration for meeting the tsunami of new standards dictating change for today's next generation learners.Today's school librarian has less and less time to prepare for instruction. This book delivers lesson plans for the librarian to implement immediately, as is or with a little adaptation. Using the new AASL standards and an Information Literacy scope and sequence carefully crafted for K–6 students, the authors package lessons that are both engaging and challenging.This book inspires librarians to go beyond their usual role in literacy promotion and instruction only and moves to preparing students to be inquiry learners by embracing inquiry-based learning. Lessons include the Essential Question (begin with the end in mind); pre- and post-assessment ideas; technology integration ideas, where applicable; reading and research ideas; and collaboration ideas when applicable. AASL Standards and others are noted via an'integrated standards checklist,'while new educational research demonstrates that standards can be met via engaging, collaborative, and interesting lessons, modeled throughout the text. |
| Authors: | Paige Jaeger, Mary Boyd Ratzer |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Inquiry-based learning--United States, Information literacy--Study and teaching (Elementary)--United States, Elementary school libraries--Activity programs--United States, School librarian participation in curriculum plann--United States, Lesson planning--United States |
| Categories: | LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Library & Information Science / School Media, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / Library Skills |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | This collection of ideas for lessons provides school librarians with inspiration for meeting the tsunami of new standards dictating change for today's next generation learners.Today's school librarian has less and less time to prepare for instruction. This book delivers lesson plans for the librarian to implement immediately, as is or with a little adaptation. Using the new AASL standards and an Information Literacy scope and sequence carefully crafted for K–6 students, the authors package lessons that are both engaging and challenging.This book inspires librarians to go beyond their usual role in literacy promotion and instruction only and moves to preparing students to be inquiry learners by embracing inquiry-based learning. Lessons include the Essential Question (begin with the end in mind); pre- and post-assessment ideas; technology integration ideas, where applicable; reading and research ideas; and collaboration ideas when applicable. AASL Standards and others are noted via an'integrated standards checklist,'while new educational research demonstrates that standards can be met via engaging, collaborative, and interesting lessons, modeled throughout the text. |
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| ISBN: | 9781440869570 9781440869587 9798216148326 |
