Overview

Guide emergent readers through the library research process with this practical, hands-on manual specially targeted to librarians and K-1 classroom teachers. • Standards-based, step-by-step approach to research featuring the AASL Standards for the 21st-century learner • Focused on collaboration between the library media specialist and the classroom teacher • Employs research-based best practices for use with your young, emergent readers and writers • With the academic pressures of No Child Left Behind and other state mandates, a focus on emergent readers and library integration is a prime topic for today's library media specialists This book offers librarians and teachers hands-on research projects for emergent readers to help prepare students to meet challenging academic requirements. Targeted for media specialists and kindergarten and 1st grade classroom teachers who want to guide emergent readers through the library research process, this book provides background discussion and educational research on best instructional strategies, integrating curriculum standards, differentiating instruction, and step-by-step implementation of library research for emergent readers. Practical examples of library research units are the main focus of the manual. Find everything you need in this book to make your young students successful.

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<p> One of the first things that caught my eye as I began to look at this manual was the detailed ideas and worksheets to help librarians and teachers work together. The ways that research benefits emergent readers are also discussed, as well as how research at this level meets national standards. In addition, there are complete units with prepared handouts on animals, earth features, seasons, plants, community helpers, American symbols, and the five senses. They can be used as models for creating units on other topics. Included in the units are an estimated time needed to complete individual projects, detailed directions for their completion, and technology that could be used. There are self-assessment rubrics for students. The manual ends with additional resources that can be used when working with young students. I especially liked the effective ideas, like prove it, where students are asked to point to a picture or line of text to show the teacher or librarian where they got thei

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Christa Harker is a librarian at James Bowie Elementary School in Dallas, TX. Dorette Putonti is a librarian at Hamilton Park Pacesetter Magnet in Dallas, TX.

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