A list of FREE online resources for Non-Fiction Texts and Articles. Perfect for Reading Centers. Grades 3-6

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We are making our way through the writing process and have come to the two trickiest parts- revising & editing. It always seems to hard to differentiate between the two-- during revising, I always see kids working on spelling or capital letters and the chance to really delve in and work on description and sensory details is lost. I came across some great help on Pinterest (of course!) and wanted to share my Revising (ARMS) and Editing (COPS) anchor charts with you: Analyze & Revise: Note: I…

Doing research papers with your students will be organized and SO easy with these themed sticky note planning pages! My first graders were guided to find the most important information by the prompts provided in each box--all they needed to do was write the information they found on a sticky note a...

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Back in October, I did some encyclopedia lessons with 3rd-5th grades, but because I was busy with Book Fair planning I didn't get a chance to post about it. Anywho...here's what I did... I used part of my reference PowerPoint to cover how to use an encyclopedia. You can find a copy of that PowerPoint here and on my freebies page. This is a research sheet that I send home as we are talking about searching for information in various places, like in book and on the Internet. You can download a…

This week I am covering thesaurus skills with fourth and fifth grade. Source I didn't have enough thesauri to use for each class, so I went online and found some at the Dollar Tree. They are very simple, but good enough for an introductory thesaurus lesson. I bought 16 copies, enough for students to partner up. For practice, I am having students work in groups of 4-5 to look up a word and find a specific synonym for that word. They will be given 10 words to look up and 10 synonyms to match…

In the era of fake news, librarians are our best hope for educating kids about bogus reporting, biased points of view, and more.

Some of my favorite information literacy skills lessons to teach are about online research. It's an important skill to develop and it's never too early to start. I cover online research with third, fourth and fifth graders beginning in October because October is Cyber Safety month and it fits nicely in that arena. This year, I broke it up into three different lessons: 1) Surfing the 'Net for Information 2) Evaluating and Citing Your Sources and 3) Note Taking. Here are some of the…

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Reference Sources Activity for Grades 4-6

This is an activity that lets 4th-6th graders practice choosing the correct reference (print/book) source for the information they are looking for. 12 question cards are included. This is a great follow up or review activity for print reference sources.A Reference Books description page is include...

This is an activity that lets 2nd-3rd graders practice choosing the correct print/book reference source for the information they are looking for. Included are 12 question cards. This is a great follow up or review of print reference sources.A Reference Books description page is included for student...

Laura Gardner, 2016 SLJ School Librarian of the Year finalist, updates her lesson plans for the era of fake news.