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Library Treasure Hunt: Locating books in the OPAC
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Description:
A treasure of knowledge awaits you in the library. Take a peek in the (OPAC) to see what awaits you. Children will search the catalog (OPAC) to find their treasure on the shelves in the media center.
Goals & Objectives:

LEARNING GOALS:

Students will be able to use the catalog (OPAC) to locate a book by title. Students will be familiar with the Dewey Decimal System. Students will collaborate with peers. Students will be familiar with parts of a book.

 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

5th graders, in a small group, will locate a book in the OPAC by searching by title. 5th graders, in a small group, will jot down the call number on a note card. 5th graders, in a small group, will locate the book on the shelf by Dewey number. 5th graders, in a small group, will bring book back to group to fill out worksheet on the parts of a book.

 

MOTIVATIONAL GOALS:

The students will understand the important role the catalog (OPAC) and plays in finding resources in the library. The students will relate how this information will be important for them when they are assigned research projects next year.

Materials & Sources:
Worksheet, white board, mystery box, colored squares of paper, markers, overhead projector, computer connected to internet, OPACs, brainstorming, lecture, questions, demonstration, previous knowledge, encouragement, review, link assignment to expectaions for next year.
Procedures:
INTRODUCTION:

A mystery box will be on the table and it will be filled with slips of paper with book titles printed on each one. As the students come in I will had each one a square of colored paper, but I won't tell them what it is for. I will also have written the learning objectives on the white board and when everyone is settled I will run through them to give the students an idea of what we are going to do and what is expected of them.

I'll begin by asking how the students think they would find a book entitled Treasure Island in the library. (pause). I'll give them time to think and brainstorm some ideas. "What would be the best way to find a book by its title? "(pause). Refer to the catalog (OPAC) stations and say "I bet you could find the answers there".

BODY:

Then turn on the overhead projector to show them the catalog (OPAC) search screen. Ask them if anyone has seen this before (pause). Has anyone used it (pause)? What did it help you do (pause)? Ask the students who volunteer what they had used it for.
"Let's try typing in the title Treasure Island and see what we come up with". When the title comes up show them the title, author, call number, publisher, number of pages, date, and summary if available. Explain that the Catalog (OPAC) record can tell the searcher a lot about a book. Show them the call number again and demonstrate how they should job it down on the note cards they will be given.
At this point, refer to the learning objectives on the board again and begin forming the groups by telling the kids to find 3-4 other people with the same color. Then tell them that they will be working as a team to search the catalog (OPAC) find and a book on the shelves. Pass out the worksheets (one for each child). Now tell them it is time to choose something from the mystery box. Have each group come up and pick a slip of paper from the box. Each group will then proceed to the catalog (OPACs) to search for their title. They will write the call number on a note card and then find it on the shelf. After the book is located they will meet as a group at one of the tables in order to fill out the worksheets. The topic of the worksheets will be parts of a book which will be a review for these students and will also have a place to write the title of the book, call number and the type of book (fiction or non-fiction).

CONCLUSION:

As the students finish their worksheets they will hand them in, I will try to comment on something about each of them. Have the students sit in their groups and review what has been done in this assignment. Ask them "Why do you think we have reviewed this lesson today?" Tell them that next year in 6th grade they will be working more independently to research projects. The media specialist, Mrs. X, will always be available to help just like I have been here to assist you since 3rd grade, but the assignments next year will require more independence. In the middle school you will be doing research just like you did here at elementary, but they will have different materials available to you. But what you learned here today you will be able to use in the middle school because the catalog (OPAC) in the middle school looks exactly like the catalog in the elementary school and can be searched in exactly the same way, however, that catalog will search for the materials that are in the middle school library rather than the materials here.
Assessment:
Learning Assessment Method(s):
The worksheets will assess whether the students found the correct call number and located the correct book on the shelf. It will also assess whether they were able to identify the parts of the book correctly.
Sources:
Hand out adapted form: "LiBEARy Skills: Library skills for grades 4-6", developed by the School Library of Chambersburg, PA. T.S. Dennison
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Presented By: Katie Infantino
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