Library stations

It has been such a busy year that I haven't had a chance to change my centers much, but a few weekends ago I got busy and finished up a couple of new centers that I have been trying to put together since the beginning of the year. I only put them out every other week because I need the tables for 2nd-5th grade lessons every other week, so maybe it wasn't noticed as much as it might have been if I had permanent weekly centers. I was able to put out the new centers this week and the kids seem…

Want to create stations or centers in your school library but don’t know where to start or what to use? My friend Leigh Hopkins, instructional technology facilitator for Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools, and I tackled that topic in a recent workshop. First consideration - Why have stations in the library? Stations provide hands-on learning for the

A fun and fairly easy program to put together, Life-Size Clue was a hit with our middle school audience and something we'll repeat in the future!

I fell in love with the idea of a Makerspace in our library about three years ago and have tried to make it work in just about any way possi...

As we get ready to kick off a new school year, we are making sure everything is set in our school library too. One thing that is super important to get all set up are our Follett Destiny self-checkout stations in our libraries at Van Meter. We will have one in our elementary library and one in our secondary library. This will allow our students to check out their books when they come for their weekly library time. It will also give my library assistant, Natasha, more time to talk to the kids…

Here are my Library Station Task Cards. For library station, I often offer all of these options from the get-go. Library tends to be the easiest station and the kids love having a chance to pick their own book and read together. At library station, I have our two class "pets" (really stuffed animals). To fit in with my Suns theme, we have a stuffed gorilla named Steve Nash and since I went to ASU we have a Sparky stuffed animal too. The kiddos love taking turns reading to them.

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This post discusses how I use library stations (or library centers) to teach my elementary library lesson plans, as well as the advantages and challenges.

It has been such a busy year that I haven't had a chance to change my centers much, but a few weekends ago I got busy and finished up a couple of new centers that I have been trying to put together since the beginning of the year. I only put them out every other week because I need the tables for 2nd-5th grade lessons every other week, so maybe it wasn't noticed as much as it might have been if I had permanent weekly centers. I was able to put out the new centers this week and the kids seem…

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