Elementary Library

Unit 4 K - 5

Week 1 How do I be my best self in the library?

STUDENT OBJECTIVES

I CAN…

Students will understand and follow library routines, procedures, and rules.

I can be my best self in the library.

RESOURCES & MATERIALS

NOTE TO INSTRUCTOR

Choose one or two to read aloud per grade:

After extended breaks, students need help to remember how to behave in school. Review all procedures and routines that students will need to know to be successful learners in the school library.

●​ Two New Years by Richard Ho ●​ Our Favorite Day of the Year by A.E. Ali ●​ Shante Keys and the New Year’s Peas by Gail Piernas-Davenport ●​ Freedom Soup by Tami Charles ●​ Every Month is a New Year by Marilyn Singer

WELCOME & ACTIVATE BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE Greet students warmly at the library door. Remind students of opening procedures that will prepare students for learning. Practice entering the library appropriately. Repeat as necessary.

OBJECTIVE Bring to attention.

Display and read “I can” statement.

Say: What does it mean to be your best self? What does that look like in the library? DIRECT INSTRUCTION & PRACTICE Step 1: Review library procedures Review: ●​ How to enter and leave the library ●​ Attention-getters ●​ How to ask to use the bathroom and get water ●​ Whole Body Listening ●​ Noise levels ●​ School & Library rules & consequences ●​ Expectations for circulation time and what to do after finding a book ●​ How to move from tables to rugs/rugs to tables

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