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Region20 Library Resources Roundup: Library Centers
The document outlines various library center activities designed to enhance student engagement and choice through interactive learning. It discusses the setup of simple centers such as puzzles, listening stations, and animal displays, along with tips for managing them effectively. Additionally, it provides suggestions for library displays and themes for book reviews to encourage student participation.
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Region20 Library Resources Roundup: Library Centers
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- 2. Why Library Centers? • Studentengagement • Student choice • Classroom management • Skills review • Library classroom • Library advocacy
- 3. When Library Centers? 1. Lesson 2.Check-out 3. Library Centers
- 4. Where Library Centers? • Tabletops • Old dictionary stands • Bulletin boards • Area rug on floor • Walls
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- 8. From Mrs. Lodge’sLibrary
- 9. Area rug onthe floor
- 10. What Library Centers? • Simplelibrary centers • Centers with Region 20 animals • Centers for library displays • More center ideas
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- 12. Sign, puzzle, related booksfor check-out
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- 15. CD, usb, memorycard
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- 18. Students can drawbookmarks.
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- 20. Sign plus 3Nooks loaded from Overdrive
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- 22. $6.95 in ScholasticResource Catalog Sign plus whispys= all you need (plus wipes,
- 23. Primary Graffiti: PVCpipe whispy
- 24. Animal Library Centers • Addwriting or drawing prompt on butcher paper or poster • Display related books for check-out • Magnifying glasses • Sign: “do not touch cage”
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- 26. • No feedingrequired • May need to add water • Cage is locked • Add fresh paper • Snake Center Video
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- 29. • Feed livecrickets • Add water • Has a hideout • Tarantula
- 30. Kate Messner lovedGordon!
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- 32. • Changes color •Eats crickets • Needs fresh water • Spray water
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- 34. • NOT fromRegion 20 • Find a farmer • Chicken feed • Water • Change paper • Chick video
- 35. To try thisyear: • Turtle • Green Tree Frog • Tadpoles
- 36. Not to tryagain: • Frog (jumps) • Worms (hide)
- 37. Tips for choosingan animal from ESC 20 Living Science • Check feeding instructions • Container provided? • Watch for “yours to keep.”
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- 39. Book reviews onholiday shapes
- 40. Book reviews tomatch book fair theme
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- 42. Responses on butcherpaper or poster
- 43. Responses on butcherpaper or poster From doodlebugsteach ing. Blogspot.com
- 44. Responses on butcherpaper or poster From doodlebugsteach ing. blogspot.com
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Editor's Notes
- #6 I put the instructions in an acrylic sign holder. All materials are there. They don’t need to come to me to get more stuff.
- #7 I always display related books, and replace them as they get checked out. I have plenty of markers because a few will go dry.
- #14 Jigsaw puzzles include book-related art. Check at Walmart, Target, and Amazon.There are also different types of puzzles. You can put a book cover or illustration on popsicle sticks.Magic square puzzles, environmental print puzzles.
- #16 You can check out audio books from your public library, if you don’t have any. You can download audiobooks from Overdrive and use USB or memory card in your listening center.
- #18 Scholastic printables subscription costs $39.99/year, can use Scholastic Dollars from book fair. I prefer Twistables over crayons or colored pencils or markers.
- #19 In schools where there are no art classes, students like to have an opportunity to draw.
- #21 Here you see 5 5th grade boys completely engaged. Borrow titles from your public library, if needed, to add more variety.
- #23 You can buy these with Scholastic dollars. You may need to wipe occasionally with germ-killing wipes.
- #27 April Fool’s joke.
- #29 When I start the center, I either write a response myself, or I glue student responses onto the blank poster
- #30 You can add the water and feed the crickets through the hole in the top of the critter keeper.
- #31 This is from Kate Messner’s Twitter feed. When she visited our school, she wondered what would happen if Gordon the tarantula got loose in the library. She wrote a picture book about it, and her agent is sending it to publishers.
- #42 Book People in Austin