February+March

February and March Learning Stations media type="custom" key="3617097" __Library Assistants__ TLW: learn library organization. 2 students check out. Others organize books and begin shelving fiction and E fiction only.
 * **Station 1**

The students will leave a place holder next to each book they shelve. This will allow me to check later and evaluate their accuracy. || **Station 2** __Children around the World__ TLW: Complete a mini research on children around the world.

Each paragraph will be shared during sharing time at end of class || **Station 3** __US States Jeaperdy Game Questions__ TLW: create questions with answers to be used for a Jeaperdy game.
 * Procedure:**
 * Sts. in twos select a country
 * Check the table of contents for information on children from that country
 * Take notes and write one paragraph describing children in that country.
 * Ex: Their school days, games, sports, or family celebrations.


 * Procedure:**
 * Sts. browse books about US states
 * From the table of contents they select the "Fast Facts" chapter.
 * Using the fast facts, they create questions and answers.
 * They will write them on a note card to be collected by librarian and used for Jeopardy game

Each group may share a question, but not the answer || **Station 4** __Famous Women__ TLW: Read from a variety of Biographies about famous women. They will write one short paragraph describing their accomplishments.


 * Procedure:**
 * Sts. select from a variety of biographies.
 * Using the table of contents they select a chapter that will focus on that person's accomplishments.
 * Together they read and write one important accomplishment for their chosen woman.

Each report by mentioning the person's name and her accomplishment || **Station 5** __LION__ TLW: Search the LION Catalog for books by Authors

Procedure: Sts. look up Authors on a worksheet to see how many books by that author are available in the Cowell Library.

Each group or pair of students will share the information with the rest of class || **Reflections:** Although students were fascinated by the books of different countries, it was a difficult task. In sitting with some of them, I realized how difficult the reading was regardless of the language. Getting information about famous women was equally hard. I think that if we had used an Encyclopedia, the articles would have been shorter and more to the point. The LION search was always a favorite. The students had become very proficient in finding books online, but with the new LION, they are very lost. Due to the lack of time and the many things going on at the same time, I am not able to spend the time to help them that they would require. For the US States jeopardy questions the students had to generate, I found very interesting that some of the most troubled boys were at their best for this activity. I set their cards aside to make sure I will use their questions on the real game.

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