ABRACADABRA
No More Books
to shelve
The first step:
nd
rd
Teach 2 and 3
graders how to shelve
their Easy and Fiction
books.
nd
2
Demonstrate the correct and
incorrect way to place a book
on the shelf.
3rd
Mark two book trucks with the
Easy and Fiction letters that
match the letters on the
shelves.
Red for Fiction
Blue for Easy
Red for Fiction
Blue for Easy
4th
Make 3 X 5 cards (two
different color sets, one
for each team) to
represent the book spine
labels
5th
Demonstrate how to match up the
spine label with the correct letter on
the shelf.
E for Easy goes on the Blue Letter
Shelves
And FIC for Fiction goes over the red
letter shelves.
6th
Divide the students into 2
teams. The students will
walk a relay race placing
Easy and Fiction (3X5
cards) spine labels over
the proper letter on the
cart.
Divide the students into 2
teams. The students will
walk a relay race placing
Easy and Fiction spine
labels in the proper place
on the cart.
th
7
When I call “time” have a
volunteer or teacher help you
count the correct and incorrect
spine
labels cards.
8th
I then review the incorrect
cards with all of the
students. To determine
the winning team, award
1 point for each correct
answer. Deduct 2 points
for each incorrect answer.
th
9
Declare the winner and
discuss how the game is like
shelving books. Explain that
they are expected to shelve
their Easy and Fiction books
after their
books are
checked
10th
As I check in the library
books for 2nd and 3rd
grade, I have the students
place their NF books on
the book truck.
th
11
In order to get these NF
books out, I have the 4th6th grade students pick up
3 extra books and put
them away.
th
4
th
6
Teaching
through
graders how to put away
(not shelve) their non-fiction
books.
nd
2
Each student must place their
NF books in the corresponding
blue numbered basket so that
a “student library volunteer”
can
shelve them
correctly.
4th
Prepare the students to
apply what they have
learned. Use two
different colored sets of
card with Non-fiction
numbers on them to
represent the NF spine
labels.
th
5
Students will walk a relay race
placing the correct 3X5 card in
the correct
non-fiction
basket.
Use 3X5 cards to represent
spine labels. Students will play
in teams placing the correct
3X5 card in the correct nonfiction
blue basket
th
6
Count the correct answer
cards for each team and award
one point each. Deduct two
points for each card placed in
the incorrect
basket.
7th
Go over the incorrect
spine label answers with
the class.
Declare
the
winning team.
th
8
Explain to the students that
they are expected to place
their NF books in the proper
NF baskets from now on, but
only after the books
have been
checked in.
9th
And finally, let all
students know that you
can tell who places books
in the wrong place. The
sooner you start checking
for incorrectly placed
books, the sooner they
will believe you.
Who placed this book in the
wrong place?
Check Easy and Fiction
shelves daily for books
that are shelved
incorrectly. The student
volunteers will bring you
the NF books that are in
the incorrect place.
To determine who placed a
book in the wrong place, go to
Circulation. Press F3 and check
the book in. Right click on the
book title.
Click on Item Inquire.
Under last returned
information—notice the date
and student ID. If the date was
within the last few days, write
down the
the student
ID number.
Go to the F2 tab in
circulation and type in the
student ID number.
If the last patron is a Teacher,
st
Pre-K, Kindergarten, or 1
grader, disregard it.
Remember 2nd through 6th
graders are responsible
for E and FIC books. Only
4th through 6th are
responsible for NF books.
Mark the comment box with
the name of the books and
date you found it
in the wrong
place.
The comment box might
look like this: Big Box
10/1/9; Cat in the Hat
10/2/9.
When you are checking out
books to students you can tell
them how many books of
theirs that you have found in
the wrong
place.
Once a student has 5
books in the wrong place,
have the student join you
(on a day agreed upon by
the PE department), so
that you can give the
student the individual
help they need to put
their books away.
Remember: Do not mark
comments for student that
have not been trained on that
rd
level. (NF for PreK-3 grade
and E/FIC
for
PreK-1st)
Recruit Student Library
Volunteers who will
shelve the Non-fiction
books and check the
Easy/Fiction shelves.
I always use the highest grade
level in my building for library
student volunteers.
Get your principal on board.
Explain how the Student
Library Volunteer program can
help your school and
library.
Promote the library
volunteer program
through
advertising the incentives:
Going to the front of the
lunch line.
Pizza parties at the end of
each semester.
Playing educational games
on the computer.
Important things about library
volunteers:
They must sign in every day
and they must attend at least 3
times each
week.
Students write their name on a
notebook when they are ready
to have their NF and Easy
Fiction shelves
checked.
I check shelf number 1 in both
Non Fiction and Easy/Fiction
the first week. During week 2,
I check shelf number
2……….
Students must have their
library shelves neat and in
order by Friday. (I work
with them on holidays,
etc.) Students who do not
have their shelves in order
are given one additional
chance to get their
shelves in order before
they get a strike.
Student library volunteers can
receive up to five strikes in a
semester before they loose
their job.
Reasons for strikes:
Not attending 3 times per
week, goofing off, not having
their shelf in
order by Friday,
losing
their badge,
etc.
Library volunteers are
always responsible for
neatness of their shelves.
They write their name in a
notebook when they are
ready for their NF and
Easy/Fiction shelves to be
checked by me.
I limit the number of times I
will check a student’s
shelf in a day to two checks.
If the student has their NF
and Easy/Fiction shelf in
order they receive my
initials on the sign
notebook and they can
work on the computers,
play educational games,
talk quietly with friends,
etc. until the next shelf is
due.
Every day after the students
have completed their shelves
(and received my initials),they
must check their NF basket for
books and their shelves
for neatness
before doing
anything else.
Additional duties for the
librarian:
Monitoring the library
volunteers during their
lunch time and
monitoring students
attendance and
completion of assigned
shelves.
To assist with keeping the
library neat during normal
class time, I have the first 4
students who check out books
straighten the library by
pushing in
the
book ends.
I have the students wear
lanyards so that I can keep
up with who the library
helpers are. I also give a
bookmark to those
students, as a reward, for
helping.
Questions?