Library Orientation
| Mrs. Tam will contact teachers to provide these sessions at the start of each year.
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FAT QUESTIONS - using Jamie McKenzie's "prime questions" to start your research project
| slide show
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Dewey Decimal Classification
| Book finding game
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Conducting Literature Circles
| video and handout
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Note-taking tips (Avoiding Plagiarism)
| details with our slide show
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Writing a Bibliography (Works Cited Page)
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Atlas use (print atlases)
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Atlas online: The World Book Encyclopedia's rich resources
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The Internet- basic navigating
| details with our slide show
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Online Databases - why they beat internet searching
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Using SIRS database
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Databases and Directories instead of Search Engines
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Current Events - use our favorite resources! Use current events to study the contrast of fact and opinion.
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Finding Biographies
| details and video: What is a biography? (3 minute Book Bites segment) |
Introduce reference books
| Almanac, atlas, encyclopedia, dictionaries, quotation book
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Newspapers - fact, opinion, their role in democracy
| details and slide show
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Special topics for China unit
| Lesson about traditional Chinese value, Confucius and First Emperor
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Make a Book Bites Broadcast! (Video production to celebrate great reading.)
| Instructions See sample shows at the bottom of the library's home page.
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Storytelling
| Monkey King, tales from Shakespeare's plays, legend and fairy tales from different cultures
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Literary Genres and book recommendations
| For classes and small groups
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