Elementary Libraries

This is a virtual space for gathering and creating books for beginning readers. Explore our collection of guided eReaders that are both professionally published and written by users like you.

https://morganjstaylor.wixsite.com/readers4everyone

Harry Potter is still popular with middle school students, 20 years after J.K. Rowling’s first book, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, was published. Give Potter fans a chance to explore Harry’s World through these resources:

The Harry Potter Lexicon is an extensive and delightful library of all things related to the world of Harry Potter. Start exploring!!

Harry Potter Digital Escape Room is a google form which takes students through a fun team building activity to complete, testing library skills along the way.

No-and Low-Tech Backpacks as Outreach

No-and-Low tech backpacks are a concept to create outreach for under served populations. The backpacks are part of a program for creating outreach to under served populations by The ALSC. In the toolkit found for this particular program there are ideas for resources concerning students with autism and sensory processing disorders, families experiencing homelessness and financial insecurity, Spanish speaking populations, and access to technology.

www.alsc.ala.org/blog/2021/03/no-and-low-tech-backpacks-as-outreach/

This website can be used as a template for K-8 librarians to share virtual field trips, tours, and live cams with their students. The resources are shared in a Bitmoji virtual classroom format that can be copied and customized. Topics covered are the arts, social studies, science, and math. Resources are organized in three grade-level bands: K-2, 3-5, and 6-8. Additional resources in the form of tutorials on a variety of related issues and an annotated bibliography of research from the Library and Information Science literature are included.

https://sites.google.com/sjsu.edu/virtual-field-trip-guide/home

This Google site offers more virtual field trips for students k-12.

https://sites.google.com/d/1dk9VAA_wIkSWSgy3Rw4u1Sedge2wkz0_/p/1-T7LxnDwujDcdciGOKZx6C8cr7wSnsmD/edit

Contributed by Joselle Garfias, Fall 2022

This resource can be helpful for teacher librarians who are looking for information about ways to use Common Core State Standards in the library and their instruction. Having this understanding can help teacher librarians create their own effective lesson plans that are relevant to classroom instruction as well as provide resources for students that align and support CCSS.

American Association of School Libraries. (2013). Common core state standards implementation toolkit. American Library Association. http://www.ala.org/aasl/advocacy/tools/toolkits/ccss-implementation

This guide is for teacher librarians to use to find resources and tips about how to plan out and apply Common Core State Standards in their library instruction. Co-teaching is incredibly important for librarians, and they must be prepared to align library programs with school standards.

Link: https://infogram.com/teaching-for-teacher-librarians-1hxr4zx0y0keo6y?live