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Reflections from A Middle School Librarian
We are very excited about a lot of things as we start a brand new adventure in the Van Meter Library this year. One of the things we are most excited about is a new twist on our elementary library schedule. First, let me give you a little background about our district and the history of our library schedule. Van Meter is a K-12 district with everyone in one building. We have one library that serves all of our students and teachers. This year we have TWO K-12 teacher librarians. My friend and colleague Jessica Rabe and I will be working together to serve all of the students, teachers and families within our community. We also work alongside our friend Diana Hockenberry. She is our library associate. Di and I worked together before for 8 years. She has been at Van Meter for almost 30 years. We have 3 or 4 sections of each elementary grade level, kindergarten through 5th grade. In the past, I had a fixed schedule with each elementary classroom. I was part of the related arts rotation. When I started, I had each class for 30 minutes once a week. After two years and lots of advocating, each class came to the library for 65 minutes on a 4 day rotation. They checked out books during this time too, but could always come to the library any time throughout the day too. I really enjoyed our schedule because I was able to see the students at least 5, 65 minute blocks each month. We worked on information literacy, digital citizenship, technology tools and apps, and our favorite part, helped each and every student develop a love and passion for reading. Also, we worked on amazing projects as we collaborated with the teachers and connected to what was happening in their classrooms too. With our schedule, the related arts had lots of opportunities to collaborate on projects during this time too, which we loved. We were all part of the same PLC which allowed us time to plan and collaborate these terrific projects and experiences we provided for our students. The rest of my time was flexible as I inspired and supported our readers; planned, collaborated and co-taught with the teachers; helped students in the library; supported and assisted with the integration of technology; and lots more of course. One of the downfalls of this schedule was that projects often times spanned over several weeks and took a long time to complete. This was tricky sometimes in keeping the students engaged and hard for me in keeping things organized. But again, the best part.....I saw all of the students a lot in the library for their fixed time and within their classrooms during my flexible time. As I said, this year we are putting a new twist on our library schedule and we couldn't be more excited! Now, our schedule will be on a weekly rotation throughout the year. Each classroom will be with us in the library every day for a week at a time. With 3 or 4 sections of each grade level, we will see each class one week (5 days) out of the month. Our new schedule will allow us so many fixed and flexible opportunities with the students and with the teachers and other related arts teachers too. Since Jessica and I will be together, this will allow us to be flexible with our time during the fixed times. For example, if I am teaching kindergarten, Jessica can go upstairs and work with the high school reading teacher....this is where she is coming from as she was the high school reading teacher for the last several years. Or perhaps Jessica is teaching 5th grade, I can go down to the first grade to help them with a new digital tool or even to Skype an author. Even when our students come to the library with questions or need help, we will be able to serve them in so many different ways with this flexibility too. It is going to give us so many unique and important opportunities all around. In fact, the teachers have started adding what will be happening in their classrooms throughout the year to our Elementary Collaboration Schedule and Collaboration Google Doc, which will guide us in planning these incredible weeks. Each class will also have a set time to checkout books every week. The teachers signed up for these 20 minute blocks of time last week during the professional development days. The teachers will come with them to the library for this time too. Diana will help the students a lot during this time as it frees us up to collaborate and teach with the teachers and students. My teacher librarian partner, Jessica, and I also thought of a special way to spend more time sharing books with all of our K-12 students and teachers this year. Since there will be times in between when we have them in the library, we decided to create POP-IN STORYTIME where we will visit the classrooms to share special stories throughout the year. This will give us extra time to share wonderful reading experiences with the students and teachers, and also valuable time in their classrooms too. We can't wait to see what POP-IN STORYTIME brings our students, teachers, library and community this year. Stay tune for lots of updates! And one last thing about our library schedule....Our students can come anytime before, during and after school to check out books too. We always love having them in the library. Ohhhhh and yes, we will have lunch. With Jessica and I being together this year, it will give us time to have a break for lunch too. :) As I said in the beginning, we are excited about a lot of things as we take off on this new adventure and I sure do think our schedule is going to be very valuable in making a big difference within our school community and within the lives of our students.
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We are a planning family and knowing what is happening in the following months or year is very helpful in planning the school year. I created this document to fill in our choice in curriculum and other resources to help us manage our library and resources. I hope this helps you as much as it has helped us. This section is a part of the HomeSchool Planner that we use. You are welcome to purchase the parts of the planner that you need or the entire planner as one purchase. https://www.etsy.com/listing/691212797/homeschool-planner-entire-year-with?ref=shop_home_active_13 ★★ YOU WILL RECEIVE ★★ ► 5 pages of this document letter size. Designed to be printed as needed. PDF format. 1 page for core materials 1 page for elective materials 1 page for literature 1-page blank core 1-page blank elective ★★ PLEASE NOTE ★★ This is a printable file which means that no physical product will be sent to you. You will receive a link for an instant download once your payment has been confirmed. You will need to print this on paper. If you are having trouble with these not printing to scale, please make sure to change your printer settings to be 100% and not "SCALE TO FIT". The colors you see on your screen will vary when actually printed out. The quality of the printed image depends on the quality of your printer. Select the highest dpi in your printer. You can print the file as many times as you like. Please remember that your purchase is for personal use only. You may not reproduce, distribute, modify or resell this item either in digital or printed form. © 2019 HomeschoolVoyager | Visit: https://www.etsy.com/shop/HomeschoolVoyager All images, text and data are copyrighted. They may not be used except by written permission. You are welcome to purchase the parts of the planner that you need or the entire planner as one purchase. Parts of the Planner can be purchased separately to fit your needs CALENDAR OF EVENTS: https://www.etsy.com/listing/799402014/home-school-calendar-of-events-planner?ref=shop_home_active_6 SCHEDULE: https://www.etsy.com/listing/800457316/home-school-planner-daily-routine?ref=shop_home_active_1 BUDGET: https://www.etsy.com/listing/813862679/home-school-budget-per-semester-fall?ref=shop_home_active_5 CURRICULUM: https://www.etsy.com/listing/799992138/home-school-curriculum-planner?ref=shop_home_active_4 ATTENDANCE RECORD: https://www.etsy.com/listing/813879911/home-school-attendance-record?ref=shop_home_active_3 Core and Non-Core Hour Tracker 52 week 8 Subject Fill in the Blank DAILY ASSIGNMENT Tracker by Week and Subject: https://www.etsy.com/listing/691219385/52-week-8-subject-fill-in-the-blank?ref=shop_home_active_13 PROGRESS JOURNAL: https://www.etsy.com/listing/800376974/home-school-planner-year-progress-report?ref=shop_home_active_2 Core Grades Elective Grades
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UPDATE (February 16, 2018): If I could, I would adjust this curriculum map to better reflect modern reference sources (Items H-J). The prospect of that is very slim, as I am a now middle school librarian and have neither the time nor need to do so. Perhaps it will be useful to you as a starting point. As a classroom teacher, I depended heavily on my LRP's (Long Range Plans). But, somehow, as a librarian, I've never really been able to form a good LRP. Until NOW! After much study and revision, I've completed my Elementary School Library Curriculum Map for the coming school year! In order to better understand it, you'll need to know the following: I teach kindergarten through 5th grade on a modified flex schedule. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, I am available for collaborative units with teachers, which will be determined as we go along. This Curriculum Map is for my fixed classes that meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The numbers in the map indicate the week in which I'll teach the topic. I'm in each class's related arts schedule every other quarter. For example, if there are four 1st grade classes, I meet with two of them in the 1st and 3rd quarters, and I meet with the other two in the 2nd and 4th quarters. Therefore, I only see each class a total of 18 class periods, as indicated on the Curriculum Map. During the first 2 weeks of school, I "pull" the "off schedule" classes and teach the week 1 and week 2 lessons, so that everyone is caught up on essential information. Then, when the 2nd quarter begins, I start that group with lesson 3, since that's where they left off. Clear as mud? The literature appreciation lessons are labeled for weeks 15 through 18, but I actually insert them as needed throughout the year. For example, during book fairs, the computers are inaccessible due to the book display cases. That's a perfect time to pull a literature appreciation lesson! While you may find that many typical library topics are not listed, please remember that I have flex days during which I could collaboratively teach lessons with the teachers. Some of the topics are very broad, and some may include different methods. For example, the lesson labeled "Research V: Do" includes several of the steps of the "Big 6" for the upper grades, while the younger grades are at different levels of the "Super 3." More details here! I found a great library scope and sequence at Bay Port Blue Point UFSD, which helped me discern the essential topics I should teach in my precious 18 weeks! It also helped me create a detailed outline of what each of the lessons listed above includes, complete with focus questions and AASL standards alignment. As I'm certain there's room for improvement, I welcome your comments and questions! Happily Ever After,
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