4th Grade

General Activities

Biography - by Cheryl Smith
General summary of biographies and how to locate them in the library

Book Review Sample - by Sarah Thorn
Book review form for students

Books - by Margaret Quartel
An overview of fiction and non-fiction books including how they are organized in a library

Books, Lessons, Ideas - Teaching Six Writing Traits - by Kim Murff
A list of books for each writing trait as found in the Bethany Elementary School Library

Boy Who Cried Fabulous - by Kelly Hamilton
The student will locate information using available primary and secondary resources…. thesaurus.

Dewey Decimal System - by Cindy Kurjakovic

Dewey Order - by Patti Evans

Genres - by Patti Evans

Headlines, Headlines
A guessing game using clues from favorite literature

Library Review - by Margaret Quartel

Library Scramble Lesson - by Kim Lewis
Assist students in learding the correct rules and behaviors for the library
Library Scramble Cards

Library Orientation - by Margaret Quartel

Making Inferences & Summarizing
This lesson uses Miss Alaineus by Debra Frasier to help students develop inferencing and summarizing skills.

Mysteries - by Patti Evans
Summary and description of mysteries

Newberry Award Winners - by Patti Evans
Trivia quiz

Nonfiction - by Patti Evans
General overview of the Dewey Decimal System

Ranger Rick (Looking Through Periodicals) - by kim Murff
Students practice informational reading skills.

Reference Preference - by Kim Murff
Practice deciding which reference book to use

Robert Ballard - by Mary Jo Cooper
Biography study related to the Titanic

Titanic - by Mary Jo Cooper
Students practice using multiple sources for information..

Writing Rubric - by Kim Murff
What it takes to earn a "4"

You Can Do Better (Owl Moon) - by Kim Murff
Writing lesson using descriptive and figurative language