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Students will be able to generate at least two questions about the topic “How a book is made” and record them in the correct place on a KWHL chart.
Using at least two different LMC resources (books, reference materials or computers), students will be able to locate and record in complete sentences relevant information relating to how a book is made.
Working cooperatively in small groups, students will be able to gather the information they have located and create a product that will reflect their understanding of how a book is made.
Library Mouse by Daniel Kirk
LMC resources
KWHL charts
COWs cart and Internet connection
Projector screen
www.harperchildrens.com/hch/picture/features/aliki/howabook/book1.asp
Student information worksheets
Class dictionaries
Student checklist
Project rubric
LESSON ONE:
1. Librarian asks students if they know how books get onto the library shelves or on the shelves of a bookstore.
2. Librarian tells the class that today they will be reviewing the writing process that all authors use, reviewing the parts of a book, then looking at how everything gets put together to make a book.
3. Librarian reads Library Mouse by Daniel Kirk. This is a story about a mouse that lives in a library. He reads the books at night, then decides to write his own books, leaving them on the library shelves for people to find and read.
4. Teacher reviews the steps in the writing process that the students use regularly in class, filling in a KWHL chart as students offer relevant terms. Students copy these words onto their individual KWHL charts.
5. Librarian reviews the parts of a book and their uses with the class, also writing down on the KWHL chart the terms that students suggest. Students copy these terms down onto their KWHL charts.
6. Librarian and teacher encourage the students to think about what other information they might need to help them discover how a book is made, and where they might find this information. Students add their questions and suggested places to find information to their KWHL charts.
7. Librarian briefly reviews what the students have learned today.
LESSON TWO:
1.Librarian explains that today the class is going to work in small groups to use Library resources and websites to try and discover information about how a book is made. They may also find new words that they will have to look up in a dictionary. They will then, in their groups, put all their information together to make a product that will show their understanding of how a book is made.
2. Using wireless laptops, the librarian gives the students a step-by-step demonstration of how to look for and select information from the website "How a book is made". They will record their information on their worksheet.
3. Using class dictionaries, the teacher gives a step-by-step demonstration of how to use a dictionary to look up unfamiliar words. They will also record this information on their worksheet.
4. In their groups, students will decide on their final product. This could be a timeline of how a book is made with definitions of important words, a poster showing the parts of a book and their uses, or a "Who am I?" riddle sheet listing parts of a book and the people involved in making a book.
5. Students will continue to look for relevant information and definitions, always recording the information on their worksheet.
6. Librarian and teacher will circulate around the students, offering guidance and support as needed.
7. Librarian closes the lesson, telling the class that in the next lesson, they will finish searching for information and then work on their final product.
LESSON THREE:
1. Librarian and teacher will conference with students to check on progress. They will establish who still needs to find more information or who is ready to start on their final product.
2.Students will spend most of the period working on their group product, and will also complete their self-evaluation checklist that will be handed in to the teacher or librarian.
3. Teacher and Librarian will continue to circulate among students, offering guidance and support as required.
4. Students will be given the opportunity to present their work to the other groups at the end of the period.
5. Teacher/Librarian will grade finished product according to the rubric.
