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Media Center Discovery 180 Ready-to-Use Activities for Language Arts, Grades 5-8

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ISBN-10: 0787969605

ISBN-13: 9780787969608

Edition: 2004

Authors: Barbara R. Hamm

List price: $32.95
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Media Center Discovery is a handy guide for you to use with your elementary and middle school students. They will learn to use the media center and develop the skills needed to access and use print, nonprint, and electronic library materials. The book contains an array of fun-filled and informative activities that support language arts and social studies courses in grades 5-8. Your students will learn by doing the book's activities, which are designed to foster critical thinking skills, literacy skills, and research ethics. The lessons presented in this easy-to-use book can be used in any sequence, and each activity is followed with an assessment or evaluation. For quick access and easy…    
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Book details

List price: $32.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/9/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 400
Size: 8.75" wide x 11.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 2.442
Language: English

Introduction
ALA Standards
Lesson Summary
Transparencies
Getting the Most Out of Your Library
Library Media Center Organizational Systems
Sample Reference Materials
Questions
About the Author
Getting to Know Your Library Media Center
Mapping the Library Media Center
Using the Print and Electronic Card Catalogs
Using Reference Resources
Learning and Using the Parts of a Reference Book
How to Use a Table of Contents
How to Use an Index
How to Use a Glossary
How to Use a Bibliography
Using Reference Resources: General Information
Almanac
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Encyclopedia
Record Books
Using Reference Resources: Geography
Atlas
Maps
Gazetteer: A Geographical Dictionary
Using Reference Resources: Biography and Quotations
Biography
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
Using Reference Resources: Current Information
Introduction to Periodicals
Newspapers
Magazines
Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature
Vertical Files
Outside the Library Media Center
Dewey Decimal Classification System
Dewey Decimal Classification System
Fiction
Books from Cover to Cover
Student's Literature Genres
Folklore, Myths, and Legends
Fables, Tall Tales, and Folk Tales
Poetry
Award Winners
Book Reports
Copyright
Electronic Materials
Videotapes, CDs, DVDs, and Audiotapes
Microfiche
Computers and the Internet
Search Engines
Using the Internet
Electronic Reference Software
Word Processing
Production Software
Using What You Have Learned: Writing and Publishing
Organizational Systems
Self-Organization
Topic Generation
Note Taking
Prewriting
Basic Outlining
Timeline
Draft Writing
Publishing