Favorite Information Literacy Lesson

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Comment by Tracie King on May 5, 2010 at 12:50pm

This is a lesson I pulled off the S.O.S. site about easy fiction shelf order. The lesson is great to use with first grade students to help them with the concept of fiction titles being in ABC order. You do a read aloud of Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes with this lesson which and then give each student a flower with their last name on it and they find where they would go on the shelf.

http://www.informationliteracy.org/plans/print_format/270

Comment by Kathy Hayward on April 29, 2010 at 8:49am

Dede,
You found a very engaging lesson that challenges students to apply and refine their information literacy skills while having fun!

Comment by Dede Pazour on April 28, 2010 at 10:43am

I found this online and really liked it because it gets the whole school involved, teachers included, and it's a fun way to assess the students' knowledge of information resources. It's not grade specific, though questions would have to be leveled in elementary for primary vs. 4-6, but middle and senior high kids could all have the same questions.

http://www.eduref.org/Virtual/Lessons/Information_Literacy/IFO0001....

Comment by Kathy Hayward on March 28, 2010 at 6:01pm

Jeanette,
What a great lesson idea and a testimony to the thinking skills of kindergarten aged students! I loved the hands-on structure of the lesson and the support from the fifth graders. What a wonderful lesson for teacher librarians to use!

Comment by Jeanette Causey on March 28, 2010 at 1:26pm

I guess you could call me a "Non-believer" because I really had my doubt about a class of Kindergarten students doing real research on spiders. I am a high school science teacher and was skeptical about how this might turn out but will ing to give it a try. We set a small pile of spider picture books at each table. We wrote the name of each student on a graphic organizer then set it with a sharpened pencil and a small box of crayons at assigned seats. The Kindergarteners came in single file and we started the lesson. We explained that they would research spiders and that they would complete the 4 sections of the graphic organizers. In one section they needed the "types of spiders," in the next "types of webs," then "food eaten by spiders," and finally "other interesting facts." We showed them the special features of the different books. I bashfully modeled how to draw and label the parts of a spider. Then much to my surprise, a group of 5th graders walked in. These were students who volunteered to give up their recess to help the Kindergarten students. they were told that they could only assist and guide in the research not lead. They were reminded that the Kindergartners would do all the drawing and coloring but that they were to read for them and do the labeling. The lesson went great! They worked well together. The research buddies were patient but had the little ones do the research. I was impressed.

If I were to do this activity again I would add some of the components from this lesson that I saw on S.O.S. for Information Literacy.

http://www.informationliteracy.org/plans/view/361/back/30

I think this lesson is exciting for students and a great introduction to piecing together what research is.

Comment by Alizzy on March 14, 2010 at 7:49pm

No other teachers fully participate, but I think the concept is catching on. Another 8th grade LA teacher does about half of the lessons the librarian and I create, and the other 8th grade LA teacher never goes to the library.

So, this year Adams 12 is requiring an Inquiry Quest Project. The librarian expressed that she is curious to see how my students do in comparison to the students who go about half as much and the students who never go. We are anxious to see what kind of a difference it makes. Will my students be more savvy and less frustrated with the 21st century skills? I hope my efforts pay off. She has some interesting data and observation coming up when we start this project after Spring Break.

Comment by Kathy Hayward on March 14, 2010 at 5:55pm

Alizzy,
The information literacy lessons you shared offered some great ways to integrate 21st learning standards with content standards and the variety of grade levels you included provides some wonderful ideas for working with many different ages. Does your librarian meet with other teachers for a "non-fiction Friday" lesson?

Comment by Kathy Hayward on March 12, 2010 at 11:11am

Regina,
This is a very detailed library orientation lesson which is very interactive. I liked the idea of combining a map with a scavenger hunt activity to really reinforce for the students where resources are located.

Comment by Regina Hoskins on March 11, 2010 at 10:13pm

Here is a library orientation lesson from the S.O.S. for Information Literacry website. It's geared towards 3rd-6th grade.

When I did my secondary field experience, I created a similar lesson with the social studies teacher. We taught an orientation lesson of the new library. It included students filling out a map of the library by labeling the different areas. It also included a scavenger hunt where students used their maps to find resources to answer questions. It was fun and I've included it below.

Library Orientation Lesson.doc

Comment by Kathy Hayward on March 11, 2010 at 12:22pm

Natalie,
What a great tool to use to give students a hands-on demonstration of how to find information using Google. You are so right, students will continue to depend on Google as their primary search tool so we do have a responsibility to teach them how to use it effectively. Thanks for sharing this idea!

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