Overview
This book is an invaluable resource for school library aides who conduct storytime activities, providing everything from instruction on how to read to children to a week-by-week read aloud curriculum for the entire school year. School Library Storytime: Just the Basics is the perfect resource for library aides, paraprofessionals, or other library staff who conduct storytime in a school library media center. It provides all of the essential information, materials, and step-by-step guidance needed to facilitate these all-important events for children in kindergarten through second grade, allowing library staff without previous training or experience to get started with confidence. The fifth title in the highly regarded Just the Basics series, this book starts with an introduction, followed by explanations of how to read aloud and tips for managing and working with children in the primary grades. The authors suggest specific picture books that tie into school year-based themes and supply materials that can be used as listed or easily modified to meet the individual library's needs. Event-specific lessons are supplied for many weeks within the school year, making this title one that educators will rely on for storytime ideas from September through May. Follows the school calendar, providing a lesson for nearly every week of the school year Uses both fiction and nonfiction readalouds Supplies a resource page for each month
Full Product Details
Author: Brenda Copeland ,
Patricia Messner
Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
Imprint: Libraries Unlimited
ISBN: 9781610692038
ISBN 10: 1610692039
Pages: 195
Publication Date: 23 April 2013
Audience:
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General
Format: Electronic book text
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
The authors share their years of experience for those new to storytime in the elementary library. This work will be a useful addition to the school library professional development library as well as a useful tool in many public libraries. - ARBA
-This accessible, easy-to-use guide will help storytime become a lively and enjoyable part of those programs.- - School Library Journal -The authors share their years of experience for those new to storytime in the elementary library. This work will be a useful addition to the school library professional development library as well as a useful tool in many public libraries.- - ARBA This accessible, easy-to-use guide will help storytime become a lively and enjoyable part of those programs. - School Library Journal The authors share their years of experience for those new to storytime in the elementary library. This work will be a useful addition to the school library professional development library as well as a useful tool in many public libraries. - ARBA The authors share their years of experience for those new to storytime in the elementary library. This work will be a useful addition to the school library professional development library as well as a useful tool in many public libraries. - ARBA This accessible, easy-to-use guide will help storytime become a lively and enjoyable part of those programs. - School Library Journal
Author Information
Brenda S. Copeland is an elementary librarian in Palmyra School District, Palmyra, PA, where she has worked since 1996. Patricia A. Messner is elementary media specialist in the Lebanon City School District, Lebanon, OH, a position she has held since 1989.
