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Re: uGH Fourth and fifth grades
Posted by Kathy/WA on 9/03/08
On 9/03/08, Kevin wrote:
> On 9/03/08, Susie wrote:
>> Hey,
>> First day. first class was awesome, Second grade, first
>> grade, third grade, fine. Fourth and Fifth...did okay
>> during the listening, quickly picked out books, and then
what?
>>
>> They opted for noise and rough-housing. Once they have
>> picked out their books, what do I have them do until time is
up?
>>
>> I was struggling with the new circ system that works
>> marginally well (Alexandria. faugh!) How to help them pick
>> books and check them out at the same time?
>
> Maybe separate the tasks, so that the last 5-10 minutes are
> checkout only, and there is no checkout until then. Tell the
> kids to pick books and start reading them until it is
> checkout time. Threaten not to let them check out if
they
> don't behave
You DO need to nip that in the bud. One thing that helped me
was that I had these classes right before recess. If they
completed their check-out they were to sit down and start
reading their books. If they had bee restricted from check-out
becasue of overdues, they were to take a magazine and read. I
woudl remind them if necessary that recess would start when
they had spent an apprpriate time on task in the library.
Once the circulation system is second nature, teach a couple of
students from each class to check out books. Then you can help
students with book choices. I had first graders who took care
of all the check-out for their class--granted, we were on
manual check out. They would have it completely under control
and I could take care of looking for things with kids and/or
monitoring behavior in the stacks.
Posts on this thread, including this one
- uGH Fourth and fifth grades, 9/03/08, by Susie.
- Re: uGH Fourth and fifth grades, 9/03/08, by Kevin.
- Re: uGH Fourth and fifth grades, 9/03/08, by Kathy/WA.
- Re: uGH Fourth and fifth grades, 9/04/08, by mpslib.
- Re: uGH Fourth and fifth grades, 9/04/08, by Susie.
- Re: uGH Fourth and fifth grades, 9/06/08, by Kevin.
- Re: uGH Fourth and fifth grades, 9/11/08, by Susie.
- Re: uGH Fourth and fifth grades, 9/11/08, by Kevin.
- Re: uGH Fourth and fifth grades, 9/17/08, by Jillian.
- Re: uGH Fourth and fifth grades, 9/18/08, by LMS in NY.
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