Overview
Stretchy Library Lessons: Reading Activities has 10 lessons that focus on basic reading skills including cause and effect, fact and opinion, main idea with supporting details, story mapping, graphic organizers, dramatic interpretation and retelling in sequence. Each lesson has one 20-minute activity and one stretchy activity that you can tailor to fit your time frame. The lessons include a listing of the library skills covered, grade range, statement of purpose, list of materials, items to prepare in advance, additional materials needed and appropriate resources.Synopsis
Stretchy Library Lessons: Reading Activities has 10 lessons that focus on basic reading skills including cause and effect, fact and opinion, main idea with supporting details, story mapping, graphic organizers, dramatic interpretation and retelling in sequence. Each lesson has one 20-minute activity and one stretchy activity that you can tailor to fit your time frame. The lessons include a listing of the library skills covered, grade range, statement of purpose, list of materials, items to prepare in advance, additional materials needed and appropriate resources.
School Library Journal
These books are great for lesson plans for school media specialists, and they also have some interesting ideas for crafts and activities for public librarians. All three are aimed at K-5 students, but can be adapted for special-needs classes or sixth graders. Reading Activities offers useful suggestions for language-arts support, and most importantly, the handouts are immediately reproducible. It's likely that the Web sites listed will quickly become out of date, but that concern does not affect the usefulness of the books. Must-haves for anyone working in a school library.-Saleena L. Davidson, South Brunswick Public Library, Monmouth Junction, NJ Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.