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Frustrated

by Mrs. D

Oct 17, 2010

I am a new graduate and new employee for a private school. I am having a hard time writing lesson plans. I have grades pre-k thru 12th for an hour various days of the week (mon- fri) and I am becoming frustrated trying to figure out how I can stick with one lesson for the whole week regardless of the grade..Please help me I am beginning to think I picked the wrong major....:-( P.S. I doesnt help that the teachers at the school I teach at feel that because I have a degree in Library Science I should know how to do it and they are not compassionate.. Thank you in advance, Mrs. D

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CTJS I would have different lessons for different grades.

For the younger grades, our librarian reads a story with them and then the students get to pick out books. There may be a supplemental activity to go along with the story that she reads depending on the time.

Oct 18, 2010

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Leah On 10/18/10, CTJS wrote: > I would have different lessons for different grades. > > For the younger grades, our librarian reads a story with them > and then the students get to pick out books. There may be a > supplemental activity to go along with the story that she > reads depending on the time.

I agree. There is no way...See More

Oct 18, 2010

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Librarian in AK On 10/17/10, Mrs. D wrote: > I am a new graduate and new employee for a private school. > I am having a hard time writing lesson plans. I have grades > pre-k thru 12th for an hour various days of the week (mon- > fri) and I am becoming frustrated trying to figure out how > I can stick with one lesson for the whole week regardless >...See More

Oct 19, 2010

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kga2nd I am also new to teaching in the library. I have found that certain subjects can be taught to all grades and others cannot. At the moment, I am repeating certain lessons across a couple of grade levels (e.g., G3/4), as this helps me know what they are able to do, and can adapt it for next year.

On 10/17/10, Mrs. D wrote: > I am a new g...See More

Oct 31, 2010

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Media Lady On 10/17/10, Mrs. D wrote: > I am a new graduate and new employee for a private school. > I am having a hard time writing lesson plans. I have grades > pre-k thru 12th for an hour various days of the week (mon- > fri) and I am becoming frustrated trying to figure out how > I can stick with one lesson for the whole week regardless >...See MoreOn 10/17/10, Mrs. D wrote: > I am a new graduate and new employee for a private school. > I am having a hard time writing lesson plans. I have grades > pre-k thru 12th for an hour various days of the week (mon- > fri) and I am becoming frustrated trying to figure out how > I can stick with one lesson for the whole week regardless > of the grade..Please help me I am beginning to think I > picked the wrong major....:-( > P.S. I doesnt help that the teachers at the school I teach > at feel that because I have a degree in Library Science I > should know how to do it and they are not compassionate.. > Thank you in advance, > Mrs. D

Lack of Compassion is not an uncommon problem in Media. I am sorry THEY have frustrated you. Let me see if I can help a little.

How often are you seeing each class? Daily or weekly? If weekly then my original plan after the line below might work. If daily, I would say stretch out a "skill". For instance to use a dictionary students first have to know their ABC's. ABC's are really a language arts skill. A lot of what we "teach" are LA skills. So start off your week with LA skills and end with library Skills. Example: ABC's on Mon. ABC Trace the DOTs on Tues. Put words in ABC order on Wed. ABC Words On Thursday again and FRIDAY would be find words in the Dictionary. *Of course younger grades wont know what the Dictionary is, but that's ok. You have just introduced it for another weeks lesson. :)

___________________________________________________ The first thing I would do is group grades together and come up with 10 things you want each group to learn throughout the year and make a lesson plan for each thing. The groupings could be K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-10, 11-12. You would end up with 5 groups and 10 lessons for each. You could increase or decrease the number of lessons based upon how often you see each group.

For example: K-2 ABC Order - Sept. Parts of a book - Oct. Ficton vs. Non Fiction - Nov. Dewey Decimal - Dec. Call Numbers - Jan. Each subsequent group would increase in difficulty of library skills.

In order to make lessons plans for each of these things I would look in books like, Complete Library Skills, Magical Lessons and Stretchy library lessons. Scholastic, HighSmith and Demco sell these books.

Nov 7, 2010

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