Library Skills Resources

Looking for classroom library labels to organize your library? These book spine labels are the perfect way to keep your classroom library in alphabetical order, just like books are organized in bookstores and libraries! This product includes six different options to help keep your library organized! You need access to PowerPoint to use this product!OPTION 1: BLANK Classroom Library Book Spine Labels (These are the original book spine labels!)This option allows you to label your classroom library

Great for distance and remote learning. Perfect Back to School Unit. This Structure and Elements of Poetry unit is aligned with both Common Core and TEKS Standards for grades 3 - 5, and provides everything you need to teach your students in the classroom, library, homeschool, writing workshop, or beyond! Here’s what some other teachers think about this unit…“Best resource I found for my students in fifth! Thank you!”“Perfect and just what I needed for my poetry unit!”“I loved the teaching ideas

Bestseller! Great back to school unit! Perfect for distance and remote learning. Aligned with both Common Core and TEKS Standards for grades 3 - 5, this resource provides everything you need to teach the drama genre to your students in the classroom, library, homeschool, drama club, or beyond! Here's just an idea of how other teachers feel about this unit..."This was SUCH a great resource!! Saved me hours of prep and was easy to adapt to my needs! Thank you!""Lesson plans for my drama unit...do

Your classroom library is beautifully organized and ready for students to browse. Next thing you know, it’s a cluttered mess that feels too tedious to maintain.    If this sounds familiar, it’s time to use this labeling kit to transform your classroom library into an organized, student-friendly reading zone that your students can easily maintain all year!  This kit contains all the labels you need to make it happen.   Say Goodbye to Constant Book Sorting With Matching Book & Bin Labels:★ Bin

FULLY UPDATED IN FEBRUARY 2021. The update now reflects APA 7 and MLA 8 styles, remote teaching tips have been added to the Teacher's Manual, citation guidelines are now included for YouTube videos, and there are no longer separate slideshows for Mac and Windows—just one that works on either platform. Lots of other small improvements throughout all the lessons! ___________________________________________________________________________Most teachers have had to deal with plagiarism in some form o

What is a book tasting? A book tasting is a chance to expose students to different to different genres and to get them engaged and excited about reading. These could be books that they would never look at on their own or books that do not circulate in your library or classroom. A book tasting can be done with almost any grade or age level. This activity pack can be used with students from second grade up to middle school. This pack includes everything you need to host a book tasting in your clas

Teach your students how to take care of books. This mini unit includes posters (for little learners and readers), anchor chart, book hospital posters, and a read aloud. These activities are designed for preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, or first grade. This can be used in a classroom, school library, or lending library.This is included in my Social SKills (SEL) & Character Education Bundle for Preschool, Pre-K, and Kindergarten! Buy the bundle and save over 20%!Included:• Read Aloud: I Can

Are you looking for a read aloud based library curriculum with no prep needed? Look no further! Updated in January 2023! Includes 40 lessons per grade level for Kindergarten through Fifth Grade. Topics are story elements, Caldecott, fiction/nonfiction, genre studies, and research projects. This is a READ ALOUD based curriculum. It does not contain information on digital citizenship or technology skills. Click the preview so you know exactly what you are getting.All lessons include learning targe

Hold a "BOOK TASTING" in your classroom and have your students choose their next novel! Media Specialists and Librarians make it an evening event for parents and children to get a taste of some new books. It also a great way to set up book clubs and have students make their next choice! In my school we do the Battle of the Books and it works great with that!Now includes 2 versions : new starbucks inspired logo and older logo...see thumbnails above!This Product Includes:book tasting foldable doub

MY MOST POPULAR PRODUCT! - This animated POWERPOINT and Fun Trivia Game includes over 150 questions and 14 rounds of questions. All of the answers are included too! This is a great game to play at the end of the year or around the holidays. If you use all of the questions it would take OVER AN HOUR to play, but you don't have to use all of the questions. (This is a great download if you need a fun, educational game to play on a Friday, at the end of the day, or a day your lesson plan finishe

Remember all those magazine quizzes we took as teens? This Reading Genre Personality Test is styled after those quizzes! This is my students' favorite fun reading activity! This Genre Personality Test helps students in Grades 3-6 identify which reading genres are best for them. The June 2022 update is ready! I update the Reading Genre Personality Test every summer. Once you have purchased this product, you get all future updates FREE! Just re-download from TPT (look in "My Purchases") to get the

This bundle includes all three versions of my Book Spine Labels (my original blank + lettered book spine labels, informational book spine labels, and genre book spine labels. It also includes the Genre Posters that coordinate with the Genre Book Spine Labels, as well as the Interactive Book Recommendations that your students can fill out to recommend books to their classmates!You can click on each product included in the bundle for more detailed descriptions of what is included in each one!© Mol

Remember all those magazine quizzes we took as teens? This reading personality test is styled after those quizzes. Students LOVE this library genre activity! This version is designed to help secondary library students identify which reading genres are best for them. Click here to see a video demo of this product on YouTube. It's about 10 minutes long, but I show all parts of the product and talk about how I use it in my library.June 18, 2022: The 2022 Genre Personality Quiz update is ready!Bundl

Make your nonfiction section easier to navigate and browse with these nonfiction Dewey library signs, plus large alphabet letter signs for the rest of the library shelves! They are perfect for converting your library to Whole Number Dewey or adding to your library’s current Dewey Decimal System and alphabetized sections.These editable, printable library signs product includes 53 pages of 129 large shelf signs for school libraries. They fit perfectly on magazine file cases or book file cases as s

Students will love reviewing and recommending their reads and sharing with their peers! These fun banners and talk bubbles will brighten up any library, classroom, or hallway and provide students with ideas for their next read! This product includes:- Banner option- 4 different talk bubble options - 6 hashtags in each style= 30 TOTAL options!Distance Learning: This product is also available to use with Google: Distance Learning Book Recommendation/ Book Review Banners / Speech Bubbles

This is a bundle of my library no prep printables. By purchasing this bundle you will receive almost 150 pages of printables that you can use all year long! These are perfect for any elementary librarian. They are very similar to my other sets. These can be used with students in Kindergarten through fifth grade. You can use these when you need a substitute, for a last minute schedule change or any time you need a quick, educational activity. There is a separate table of contents that includes su

NOTE: Weeks 10-18 Now Available! Click HERE Weeks 19-27 Now Available! Click HEREK-5 Library Lessons (Weeks 3-9)After receiving such a positive response to my free Week 1 Library Lesson Plans, I am excited to offer this new bundle!I know that it is impossible to design lesson plans that will fit everyone’s needs. As media specialists/librarians/library teachers, etc. we all have different schedules and student populations. Some of us are lucky to have lots of technology availab

Do you have library shelf labels, library signs, guides and posters to help your patrons independently find the books they are looking for? With these essentials for library organization and management, your nonfiction area will be more accessible with MATCHING colorful graphics for nonfiction subjects your patrons want to find.This resource will SAVE YOU TIME. Many librarians are providing the planning period for classroom teachers without any additional staff. That means that you have classe

Teach your elementary students about copyright, plagiarism and how to cite their sources with these resources with this lesson designed for 3rd - 5th graders!What is included:22 slide PowerPoint introductionGoogle Slides version of the PowerPoint3 Review Worksheets18 practice task cards (comes in a .pdf document and an editable PowerPoint file)Set of editable task cards included. You must have PowerPoint to open and edit the task cards. The PowerPoint introduction teaches students what copyright

Looking to add some flair to your library circulation desk? Here is a growing bundle of decor for you to print, cut, and change throughout the school year! Currently included:Hooray! You're finally here!The books missed you!Fall into an amazing book!Frankly books are fun!Boooooks!Thank gourd-ness for books!Thankful for so many great booksGobble up a good book!You light up our librarySeason's Readings!Reading is a gift! Read an ice book!Reading is sweet (two versions)So lucky to have readers like

Organize your classroom library with over 25+ pages of book labels. The labels allow for students to choose a specific genre, author, topic, and more!Feel free to print these labels in full color or BW!These labels measure 3" x 3.5".(If you would like for them to be a bit larger print them in 110% scale.)I have also included a slide that has eatable labels without clip art so you can create your own labels for any book you need! Included in this download are labels for:IncludedABC'sAliens &

A quick and easy reminder of how to write in-text and works cited citations. This editable handout covers the basics in a simplified way. It is not meant as a replacement for using a handbook, but an easy-to-copy resource students can keep in their notebooks or folders.UPDATED to include the 2021 MLA 9th edition changes.This handout simplifies the hardest part for students: documenting their sources.Common Core State Standards: The CCSS require students to cite sources. This will be a helpful ai

Looking to organize your classroom library using genres? Then these classroom library genre book spine labels are for you! This product includes colorful labels with white icons (which is the similar style as my other book spine label products) AND colored icons on white labels. The colored icons are perfect if you already organize your classroom library using my alphabetical labels, but you would like to add a genre label to your books as well!There are 5 label options total, including 3 colorf

Elements of Mystery Genre Complete Teaching Unit - Everything you need to teach the mystery genre in your classroom, library, or media center! This wonderful, comprehensive unit is standards based and Common Core aligned. Fun back to school or end of the school year review unit!Please see the PREVIEW above for an idea of everything included in this versatile resource!This product includes:- Unit teaching plan with detailed daily lesson plans- Teaching PowerPoint – 27 pages filled with real phot