100+ Literacy Lifesavers: A Survival Guide for Librarians and Teachers K-12

by Pamela S. Bacon, Tamora K. Bacon

Overview

Best practice tells us that school librarians must support the needs of classroom teachers and help increase student achievement. This goal can be met through effective teamwork and collaboration with a key literacy focus. Literacy is now everyone's job. School library media specialists are no longer just an important part of the crew-they are the captains! With increasing demands and decreasing time, media specialists are feeling like fish out of water when it comes to quality collaboration. Just creating quality lesson plans and surviving the hectic school day is hard enough leaving many educators without the time or energy to collaborate. Busy teacher-librarians will no longer have to sink or swim on their own-this book will allow them to dive into managed independent work stations, literacy stations, collaborative units, and many other literacy-rich activities. Grades K-12.

Best practice tells us that school librarians must support the needs of classroom teachers and help increase student achievement. This goal can be met through effective teamwork and collaboration-with a key literacy focus. Literacy is now everyone's job. School library media specialists are no longer just an important part of the crew-they are the captains! With increasing demands and decreasing time, media specialists are feeling like fish out of water when it comes to quality collaboration. Just creating quality lesson plans and surviving the hectic school day is hard enough leaving many educators without the time or energy to collaborate. Busy teacher librarians will no longer have to sink or swim on their own-this book will allow them to dive into managed independent work stations, literacy stations, collaborative units, and many other literacy-rich activities. Grades K-12.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781591586692
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	03/20/2009
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	348
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.78(d)

About the Author

PAMELA S. BACON has spent 17 years in education - 13 years in the media specialist role (K-12) and 4 years as a reading teacher (7-12). She has a Master's Degree in Education and a certification in reading instruction. She is the author of 3 professional books for Libraries Unlimited and more than 20 magazine articles.

TAMMY K. BACON has spent 20 years in education - 5 years as an elementary teacher and 15 years as a principal and literacy coach. She holds a Master's Degree in Administration and a certification in literacy coaching.

Table of Contents

Surviving Media Center Collections
Utilizing Different Genres
Reading Strategies (Before-During-After)
Visualization Activities
Implementing Literature Circles
Visiting Authors/Author's Purpose
Independent Learning/Workstations
Needs Assessment, Data & Rubrics
Graphic Organizers
Wow-Lifesaver Tributes

Editorial Reviews

For K-12 librarians and teachers, Pamela Bacon, who has been a media specialist and reading teacher, and Tammy Bacon, who has been an elementary teacher, principal, and literacy coach, present a guide that contains 100 literary 'lifesavers'—activities and strategies for reading that utilize collaboration between media specialists and teachers. Activities include using different genres in reading, visualization, literature circles, author visits, independent learning, assessment, and graphic organizers. Each lifesaver is accompanied by tips, how to use it at specific grade levels, internet resources, and handouts.'” —Reference & Research Book News

“This work is an excellent addition to any school media center where team-teaching and collaboration is emphasized or desired. Both teachers and library media specialists will appreciate the well-thought-out planning already completed that will assist in collaborating. Newcomers will benefit from tried-and-true experiences, while experienced teachers and librarians will appreciate learning new techniques and ideas for implementation into their repertoire.” —ARBAonline

“Activities abound in this thoroughly useful guide of more than three hundred pages featuring numerous resources for these topics. . . . This resource contains a tremendous collection of ideas for implementing literacy skills activities in the reading or English classroom or library, adaptable for all grade levels.” —Catholic Library World

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