Library Skills Core Content Lesson Plan

Dixie Elementary Magnet School

Jan Ross, Library Media Specialist

"Learning About Fiction Chapter Books"

Grade Level: 1st
Objective: 1.10. Students will choose and appreciate books which have several chapters and a table of contents.
Connection:

Core Content:

RD-EP-2.0.1

Students will distinguish between fiction and non-fiction texts.

RD-EP-2.0.5

Students will identify the correct sequence.
 
RD-EP-2.0.7

Students will make inferences or draw conclusions based on what is read.

RD-EP-4.0.1

Students will connect information from a passage to students’ lives (text-to-self), real world issues (text-to-world) or other texts (text-to-text - e.g., novel, short story, song, film, website, etc.).

 

I Can Statements to be posted:

I can read Fiction books by different authors.

I can put the events in a book in the correct order.

I can predict what might happen in a book.

 

 
Context:  Students have been introduced to picture books and are now ready to begin reading some easy chapter books.
Materials/Technology: Winnie the Pooh book and video
Procedures:

Week 1: Students will be introduced to the Fiction section of the Library Media Center and shown how the books are arranged in alphabetical order by the author's last name.  They will discuss the difference between fiction and non-fiction. Then, they will be introduced to the author of the Winnie the Pooh books by listening to the book "A.A. Milne, Author of Winnie the Pooh", by Marlene Toby.

Week 2: Students will begin listening to the book "Winnie the Pooh", and they will be quizzed on the correct sequence of events as the Library Media Specialist reads aloud.

Week 3: Students will continue listening to the book "Winnie the Pooh", and will be asked to predict what will happen in the story and draw conclusions about the story.

Last Week: Students will view the video "Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day" as a culminating activity, then discuss how the movie might relate to their own lives.
Student Assessment: Students will be assessed visually as the choose books from the fiction section of the Library Media Center and discuss what they are reading.

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