What’s in a Book? ... A lot!

​Hi everyone!  I am Laurie Schlautman, K-5 Media Specialist for Schuyler Elementary.  I wanted to share some ways I am planning my lessons around the test standards to team up with my teachers as they introduce test skills each week.
3rd grade seems to work the best, but I have also carried it over into the other grades.  The kids get excited when I have the skill on my agenda as I show them the skills in our library books.

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Here’s an example:  Author’s Purpose
I  show many different books and we practice what the Author’s Purpose is and then locate them in the library.  My 4th graders also do book talks to persuade the other classmates to read these books. Along with that they also have to share what genre the book is and promote the book like an advertisement.

Similes...so many books have similes.  To follow up, the kids wrote similes about themselves and then they inserted their own picture from Photobooth and printed them.  

Genres is a fun one also…
This past week we did Poetry...love teaching this also.  We can include alliteration, onomatopoeia, and rhyming. We look at multiple examples and then work on our typing skills by typing up their own poems.

In 4th grade we spent a few weeks on References.  Using World Book Online and Google Earth we practiced many skills with maps and expository text.  

The kids love seeing what is on the agenda and get excited about what library books have their “test skill” that week.  The teachers love sharing their weekly test skill and I can still read my favorite books with my lessons as well as incorporating the test skill too!

Have a great holiday season with your families and get re-energized!  

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