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My first grader weekly comes home with a coloring sheet from his time in the school library. The librarian does not do any type of activities with them that are learning based *at all.* To add insult to injury, the school as a whole struggles with getting students to pass the reading portion of the state tests. Am I out of line to think a school librarian should be doing something with students in their time at the library besides babysitting until the teachers planning session is over? Do librarians not read to students any longer? Looking for other experiences- is this the new normal? | |
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I have 2 librarian buddies and both of them do all kinds of hands on learning activities. They will even tie in little songs to reinforce the subject matter of the book. No color sheets unless it is a sub. |
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The kids use the time to pick out books. The librarian helps the kids choose things that are appropriate for their reading level, and then has to check them all out. I don't think they have time to read stories. | |
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Wow.
Here librarians read to students and/or do a lesson (such as how to search, different sections o library, how to read call numbers). Then students have time to find books and the librarian and 2 aides walk around giving suggestions and helping kids find books. Each child in k/1/2 gets 1 fiction and 1 nonfiction book a week. Older kids get more.
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myshelly
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Wow.
Here librarians read to students and/or do a lesson (such as how to search, different sections o library, how to read call numbers). Then students have time to find books and the librarian and 2 aides walk around giving suggestions and helping kids find books. Each child in k/1/2 gets 1 fiction and 1 nonfiction book a week. Older kids get more.
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Aggiemom92
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If what you are saying is true, then you are not out of line to be annoyed. |
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Every other week the librarian reads a story or has the children us the computers and then they check out books. On the opposite week their library time is shorter and they only check out books.
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It depends on the week. Sometimes the librarian reads a story and has a lesson - last week it was about a little town in Venezuela. Sometimes it's just a lesson teaching the kids how to research a subject or navigate a different part of the collection using a scavenger hunt or puzzle game. They all have research projects at some point in the year - a poster or a report. And they all do a book report once a year. So it really just depends what he's got planned but it's always something educational.
ETA: The kids also use library time to take AR tests whenever they want and STAR tests once every 9 weeks. |
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Our librarian reads to the kids and does things with them, and then they check out books. Teachers are supposed to stay with the class, although it's OK for them to take a bathroom break and work on other things while the librarian is working with the kids. | |
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We lost our library aide due to funding, so we just have our librarian and one parent volunteer in the library.
I volunteer every Monday and our librarian is required to do a lesson with each class. She will usually read a book, then have the lesson, then the kids pick out books and read quietly until their teacher comes to get the class. |
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Even our crappy elementary school librarian reads to the primary (K-2) kids on a fairly regular basis. I can't imagine why kids would come from the library with a coloring sheet unless there's a sub or some other unusual circumstance. | |
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If what you are saying is true, then you are not out of line to be annoyed. |
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No, that is not normal, at least for the schools around me. Librarians must develop and abide by a specific curriculum. Class periods are spent reading to the children, showing students how to conduct research, showing students how to maneuver around the library - how are books set up, different genres, etc., helping students pick out appropriate books....just to name a few things.
However, I wouldn't blame the librarian for low test scores. Students, parents, and classroom teachers are responsible for those scores. Also, I wouldn't 100% what my first grader tells me. The librarian could be doing lessons with the students, but he may not think they are typical "classroom" lessons. She might read to them sometimes, but maybe runs out of time and isn't always able to share a story with them. I would suggest emailing the librarian and asking what her curriculum is like - what does she do with the students weekly. If you still feel like it's lacking, then I suggest intervening.
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We homeschool now but my kids' old school had to share a librarian. She was there for 5 hours on Wed. I think library time was 1/2 hour so the kids didn't have a lot I time. Once in a while they might have gotten a story.
If a class had library on a day she wasn't there (most classes), parent volunteers had to handle the class library time. Most classes were so large we found it easier to split the class and take each 1/2 of the class for 15 minutes each. a lot I kids had trouble choosing a book in that amount of time. There definitely wasn't time for volunteers to try anything educational beyond promoting reading.
One day I realized my daughter's 3rd grade class had never learned how the library is organized so we did an impromptu lesson. They'd figured out the obvious things like alphabetical order but some had never heard of the Dewey Decimal System. | |
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We have library once a week and computer once a week. During library our media specialist reads a book, talks about different genres, teaches them lessons about how to find a book, alphabetizing and comparing books by the same author. She also does a research project with them once a year where they are able to learn how to use books and online sources and create a Powerpoint slide for our class Powerpoint in conjunction with the tech class.
ETA: I do agree with Allison that you can't blame the librarian for low test scores but you certainly can blame the school for not utilizing the resources they have to help kids learn! It takes a village. |
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Our kindergarten has an hour of library each week. First she reads them a story and discusses it. Next they do computer lab where she teaches them how to navigate the computer and play educational games. Then they check out books. Sounds like your kid's getting a pretty crappy library time! |
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melanell
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The librarian reads to the kids on Tuesdays.
On Mondays they go to the library strictly to return and borrow books. |
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| Posted: 1/22/2013 6:44:18 PM
I'll add a few more notes:
-By no means am I saying the librarian is solely responsible for low test scores, BUT if the building is struggling as a whole, and the reading focus that is communicated to the parents (by the school) is real, I'd think the library would be an easy area to add a few more minutes of reading time to the day.
-I spend a HUGE amount of time in the schools, and hear this issue from multiple sources.
-Their option for picking out books is a selection placed on a specific table for them to choose from. No teaching how to use the library, and no selections allowed outside that table.
Just trying to get a feel if this is "normal," or if my comparison to the public library is too far "off" and I shouldn't be expecting more from the school. | |
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Our librarian reads to the kids and does things with them, and then they check out books. Teachers are supposed to stay with the class, although it's OK for them to take a bathroom break and work on other things while the librarian is working with the kids.
This. We have one librarian and no library aide or parent helper. Students go to the library once/week. | |
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| Posted: 1/22/2013 6:47:09 PM
Several things to consider...
Do the school have a librarian? Our k-8 schools do not.
How long is the library time?
We have no librarian, and our time is only 20 minutes. That is only time to get a book and check it out. |
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I volunteer during my kindergarten dd and fourth grade ds' library time. The librarian always does a 15 minute lesson - reading a book on a certain topic or having them do research on the computer. The last 15 minutes are spent checking out books. | |
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-Their option for picking out books is a selection placed on a specific table for them to choose from. No teaching how to use the library, and no selections allowed outside that table.
This goes on in our elementary school library, too and it pisses me off. I know for sure it happens in K and 1-not sure about the other grades. I think they're allowed to choose their own books in grades 2-5. When I asked why the K-1 kids were limited to what was on a couple of small tables, I was told that "they make too big of a mess of the shelves"
We have a full-time librarian who has a full-time dedicated aide, and plenty of parent volunteers. Also, subs who are subbing for 1/2 a day are sent to the library to shelve books during the other 1/2 of the day. So, in our school's case, it's not a matter of being understaffed. | |
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Our library time is treated like a class. Librarian reads a story and then teaches them a new word or two in sign language (they then use those words in their spring concert and sing one song using the words they've learned - it's something the music teacher and she have coordinated every year. She helps the students pick out books and then she and a few student helpers help everyone check out books and give reminder stickers to those students that forgot their books. I'm pretty happy with our library elementary program. |
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| Posted: 1/22/2013 7:02:39 PM
We have a parent volunteer there to deal with the takeouts and returns so the librarian can first, read to them (even the 5th graders); then they work on a writing or reading activity (the older kids go into the attached computer room to work on research projects - she's taught them how to use the library for research.) Then they have time to take out books.
I'd be frustrated if nothing was going on during that very valuable time. There's so much to do and learn in the library! |
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-Their option for picking out books is a selection placed on a specific table for them to choose from. No teaching how to use the library, and no selections allowed outside that table.
This is how we do it for our Kindergarteners. The librarian reads a story and then the kids browse the books on the tables for their book.
In first grade they get a story and can browse a section of the library. As the year progresses the kids get access to more areas of the library.
2nd graders and above are reading independently so they no longer have story read to them so they pick out books and read to themselves. |
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I am an elementary school librarian at a K-5 school. I am a certified teacher with a library endorsement. Some districts in my state do not use certified teachers as librarians. Those libraries are staffed by para-educators and generally they are not teaching library skills.
My K-2 students: I have them for 30 minutes a week. I read to my students and integrate basic library skills. They spend some time checking out 1 to 2 books.
My 3rd graders: I have them for 30 minutes a week. I read to them as well as adding more detailed library skills. They check out 2 to 3 books. I read all of Washington Children's Choice Picture Books that are nominated for 2013. There are 20 books in all and they will vote for their favorite book in March.
My 4th and 5th graders: I have them for 45 minutes per week. I teach the students how to use our subscription data bases, the Dewey Decimal Classification System, parts of a book, almanac activities, key boarding skills, how to use our online public access catelog to locate books effectively, and a variety of other information management activities.
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| Posted: 1/22/2013 7:22:01 PM
Is it a certified librarian or just an aide? That could make a difference.
Our librarian reads a book to them and/or does a lesson. Then some kids check out books while others do a quiet activity, and then the groups switch (checkout and activity). I'd imagine in the lower grades the activity might sometimes be a coloring sheet, but not often. |
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| Posted: 1/22/2013 7:41:20 PM
Those librarians make the rest of us shudder. I read to mine or do an activity...often both. We do things like cut real and imaginary things from magazines to make a class fiction/nonfiction poster, work map skills with dots and sea world maps, race to see which team can find specific things in an almanac, etc. I expect that the kids will grow into being able to find information they need and want and see my job as helping them enjoy reading. Anyone that doesn't just needs to get out (and I know a couple of them). |
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| Posted: 1/22/2013 7:52:15 PM
I'm a teacher librarian in a Reception to Yr 7 school. Teachers are responsible for bringing their classes over for reading a story and borrowing. All yr levels pick their own books off the shelves with help from their teacher who scans the books.
Most of my teaching time is spent on RBL , Resource Based Learning. All Yr 6/7 classes have me 2 hours a week each and I alternate Junior Primary 1/2 and Middle Primary 3,4 & 5 each term. So every second term they get one 45 minute lesson with me.
I plan with the teachers and either team teach with them or lead the lesson depending on their needs. We do have lots of beginning teachers so I tend to do a bit more planning and leading with them as a mentoring thing. I often work with a smaller group of children with learning difficulties as we have a strong focus on differrentiated curriculum. I use the Smarboard and the computer suite for all these lessons which include all the IT skills too.
Lots of schools here are phasing out librarians and having school assistants run the library. Due to funding each year I have to do a little class teaching too. Last year I taught a Yr 6/7 class one day a week and this year I will be teaching yr 3 science classes 3 afternoons a week.
This means I probably won't be able to fit in my library skills lessons I used to have with the Reception students.
Luckily I have 2 fantastic assistants (not full time in the library though) and 2 parent volunteers that help out.
It seems that library time over there is more like NIT, Non instructional time or planning time for the teachers while the librarian takes the class. Teachers are expected to be with me for their lessons.
Think that's the longest post I've ever written! I'm always so interested in school threads, your schools are so very different to ours.
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The new common core curriculum and new teacher assessments will take care of those do nothing librarians. | |
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| Posted: 1/22/2013 8:32:27 PM
Ours used to have kids check out books, does a lesson and read aloud. Now the library teacher and computer teacher team up to do research projects. It's now the teachers responsibility to go to the library with the kids for book check out.
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Is the librarian really a certified librarian?
No, your student should not be coloring random pages as "library" time. The librarian should have a curriculum in place and should be engaging in research and reading activities with the students. | |
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Our librarians here do very similar to what they did when I was a kid... a story time, which usually has some sort of small lesson attached to it, then time for the students to choose a book to take out.
The lesson is usually questions that prep them for the story, which will have a theme that's related to something curricular. There will be some discussion post story, too. In the younger grades the focus is on making connections. |
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I am a k-12 certified teacher with a reading and library science endorsement, but I teach in a K - 5 building. From grades 2-5, I teach all of our states educational technology standards (research, analysis of sources, citations, etc.), as well as interspersing literature when I find things I call "too good to miss". With my K and first kiddos, we read a story every week, and do a project that is designed to help them connect to the story in a hands on way.
For example this week, my lessons are:
4-5: reading Dave the Potter, and reading about the inscriptions he sometimes placed on his pots, followed by making a clay pinch pot and inscribing their own words.
2-3: using a fixtion/non-fiction text comparison of two different stories of Owen and Mzee, and creating a watercolor representing Owen and Mzee's friendship.
K-1: reading Little Owl's Night, and creating a list of the behaviors of nocturnal animals, followed by them choosing one of the sets I have pre-sorted to cut and paste to create a nocturnal animal for our hallway bulletin board. |
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| Posted: 1/22/2013 9:25:15 PM
Wow... thank you for all the posts! I will be doing some more investigating... grade cards come out this week, so there will be an opportunity to ask some additional questions and get clarification. I really appreciate all the different perspectives, and will be bringing up many ideas for things that could be implemented for stronger use of the time.
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| Posted: 1/22/2013 9:38:29 PM
My school shares a campus with a public library. Honestly, I feel like I hit the jackpot with our library and librarian! However, in every other California school I have taught in, there are no librarians, parent volunteers check out books, the students never have an actual library lesson, and no books are selected for them to pick out. Libraries are in the middle of walk ways or tucked into a tiny portable. If you happen to have an active PTA, library books are regularly purchased...if not, oh well.
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A dear friend of mine is a school librarian. She has repeatedly attempted to have the elementary school let her run the library like a library. She wants to teach kids to use a library and to have it available for students to use to research and to find books.
Instead, because teachers must have their breaks she is used as a babysitter for classes all day long and the library is closed to all but the students in the class she is babysitting.
She plans lessons and she reads to students, but regardless, she is a babysitter.
It's sad. The even sadder reality is that due to budget cuts, there are unsupervised teacher's aides running libraries in many of the schools in her district as the school has laid off the rest of the librarians. So, these children don't even have the benefit of a librarian teaching them research and reading skills. |
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| Posted: 1/22/2013 10:01:20 PM
Here they read a story to the kids.
After that kids are able to sign out a new book
if they brought back the book from the week before.
If they forgot their book it's a coloring sheet
based on the theme of the story. Also after a new
book is signed out the child can color. There are 20
elementary school kids and 1 librarian to help them out
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| Posted: 1/23/2013 6:41:09 AM
The twins are in kindergarten. They get to choose a book with some help by the teacher, they learn a few things about the library and books in general, they have a story read to them by the librarian and if there is time they get a coloring sheet. |
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Here librarians read to students and/or do a lesson (such as how to search, different sections o library, how to read call numbers). Then students have time to find books and the librarian and 2 aides walk around giving suggestions and helping kids find books. Each child in k/1/2 gets 1 fiction and 1 nonfiction book a week. Older kids get more.
^^^^^^ This is what our library program is like. | |
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Ask about your school district's curriculum. My kids do more than that during their library time. One of my girls is a library aide at the junior high because she always loved library time. |
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| Posted: 1/23/2013 7:01:36 AM
Our elementary schools have library as an actual class, once a week for 45 minutes. We also have the Best Librarian Ever. But I'm not biased at all. 
Anyway, she always reads to the kids, all grades not just the little ones. For the older ones it's often something that ties to something else they're studying, but not always. Then they get to pick out books and she walks around and helps. They can take anything they want although the library is split, on one side are the younger kid books and easy readers, and on the other side are the older kid books. On the older side she also has a lot of easy readers in subjects that would interest kids -- knights, colonial times, whatever -- so that older kids who are struggling with reading can choose from the older kid side. Kids can take out whatever they want though, although if there's a younger kid reading at a higher level she will make sure they find an appropriate book.
This woman also knows every single kid in the school and what they like to read. She would often greet my ds (my reluctant reader) as we walked to school (she has driveway duty in the mornings and afternoons) by saying "Hey G. I just got in a new book about knights. I've saved it for you in my office."
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And eta but for some reason it won't let me edit my previous post -- our Best Librarian Ever also teaches the kids how to use a library. How to do research (older kids), how to search for things, and even how to use a card catalog. lol.. Yes, she still has an old one as a sort-of "show and tell" because she said there are plenty of small libraries around who still use them. So she uses it in any lesson that talks about "olden times". rofl. (I'm old, those "olden times" are fresh in my memory.) 
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My first grader has story time where the librarian reads to the class and sometimes they pick out books to read to themselves. She has come home with coloring sheets from the library.
My 3rd grader brings home a book every week from the library that he reads in the library and brings it home to finish.
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| Posted: 1/23/2013 8:32:02 AM
One week my fourth graders have a story read to them, then they pick out books. Books are due two weeks later. The next week is used for writing. The librarian works with them on developing sentences and paragraphs, then putting them together into a final product. When they return to the library the following week, their books are due so they have story time and check out new books.
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Suzette
Mother to Catherine (20), Zane (17), Kent (15)
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| Posted: 1/23/2013 8:33:32 AM
At that age, the librarian would read them a story based upon a theme, and then there would be a selection of books based upon that theme that they could check out and bring home to read (or have it read to them). There may have been a coloring sheet, but it wasn't the only thing they did. | |
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