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 Library/Information Skills Lesson Plan

Using the OPAC

Subject: Any

Grade level: 6th


Information & 21st Skill Objectives:

Inquire: Create: Learners engage with new knowledge by following a process that includes using evidence to investigate questions. 

AASL.IV.B.1 Curate: Create: Learners gather information appropriate to the task by seeking a variety of sources. 

AASL.VI.A.3 Engage: Think: Learners follow ethical and legal guidelines for gathering and using information by evaluating information for accuracy, validity, social, and cultural context, and appropriateness for need.

Materials: 

  • Projection devices such as a projector or Smart board/Smart TV

  • Student devices or school computers such as Chromebooks

Instructional Procedures: 

1. The librarian will greet students as they walk in and sit at the tables 

2. The librarian will share how organization works in the library 

3. The librarian will demonstrate using the OPAC as review (or an introduction for new students)

4. Review checkout procedures and have students model the expected behavior if time allows it

5. If time allows, students should practice finding books using OPAC.


Suggested Instructional Strategies:

  • Collaborative teaching

  • Teacher model

  • Think, Pair, Share

  • Guided notes/cheat sheet (step-by-step guides of how to log in to resources)

Assessment:

Students demonstrate using the OPAC system to find the books they are searching for.

*This can can be a great time to get students to sign Acceptable Use Policies


References:

Elementary Librarian. (2021, September 30). Free library lesson plans. Elementary Librarian. Retrieved March 3, 2023, from https://elementarylibrarian.com/free-library-lesson-plans/

Elementary Librarian. (2023). Elementary Librarian Lesson Plans. Retrieved March 3, 2023, from https://elementarylibrarian.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/2nd-Edition-6th-Grade-Month-1.pdf
Elementary Librarian. (2023). Sixth Grade Library Lesson Plans. Elementary Librarian . Retrieved March 3, 2023, from https://elementarylibrarian.com/sixth-grade-library-lesson-plans/
Vidyasagar University. (2014). Centeral Library :: Vidyasagar University. Retrieved March 3, 2023, from http://library.vidyasagar.ac.in/eservices/opac.aspx?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1.

 

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