Students will learn how to access non-fiction books on holidays by using the Library of Congress database. This lesson is a continuation of a previously posted lesson and represents Day 2 in the series.

INSTRUCTIONAL GOAL :

At the end of this unit the students will be able to locate books about the family holidays  using the computer in the library.

 

PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVE:

The measurable outcome of this lesson will be for the child to draw a symbol for their favorite family holiday and  describe what their family does on that day in a short class presentation. They will also have a book to present to the media specialist/classmates that they have found by computer search and obtained from the library shelf which they will share as part of their presentation to their classmates.

 

MATERIALS AND AIDS: media center computers, and media center books, index record cards, magazines (such as Dog World, Cat World, etc.) Large poster board, two sided scotch tape.

American Library Association and Association for Educational Communications and Technology. (1998), Information literacy standards for student learning. Online: http://www.ala.org/aaslTemplate.cfm?Section=Information_Power&Template=/
ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=19937.

 

Library of Congress Search:

http://catalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First 

 Child’s Calendar by John Updike (ISBN: 0823414450)

 

INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES

a.        Focusing event: presenting  example family tradition to the class in a discussion.

b.        Teaching procedures: Each student will receive the book list of title, author and subject and use a media center computer to find a book about the specific holiday.

c.        Formative check: Each student will present their book with a description about the family celebration illustrated by a symbol they will draw  on the class mural.

d.       Student Participation

        Kinesthetic Learners will receive hands-on activity at the computer and the library shelf and will demonstrate to the class how they spend that holiday .  Visual Learners will mark the flip board after each persons presentation to keep track of the favorite class holidays with a chart to show the most popular. The Auditory Learners will question the presenters with two questions for each presenter from the audience.

e.       Closure: Students will compare peer’s various holiday preferences by viewing the flip chart.

f.         If time permits, poems for the most popular holiday months will be read from A Child’s Calendar by John Updike (ISBN: 0823414450)

 

Supporting files contain entire lesson plan with graphics, templates, and book annotations. 

 

EVALUATION PROCEDURES: By using the media center catalogue computer, students were able to locate and select books in the media center pertaining to their holidays. They will present a brief presentation to the class regarding the holiday they have chosen and display a book they have found through the Library of Congress catalogue search which pertains to the holiday.