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LibraryThing.com Introduction – Reading and Technology

Reading, Grade 5

Objective: Students will add books with appropriate tags to our class’s online library via www.LibraryThing.com.

INTASC Standards: #4, #6

NJCCC Standards: RI.5.2, SL.5.2, SL.5.5

Materials: Any texts that students are currently reading or have read very recently, projector screen and laptop (with internet connection) Sources: www.librarything.com

Activities: group discussion and direct instruction Differentiation: address individual differences - Relate to students and encourage them to share their experiences using these types of tools.
 * 1) Introduction – Teacher Driven whole class lesson – “We have been reading a whole lot of books lately, and I am noticing that it is difficult for us to keep track of them all. We tried to color an ice cream cone each time we finished a book, but we are reading so much that we don’t even have time to make those cones! We are going to develop our own online library. This is something you can do at home, and I am going to ask you to try for homework tonight – so pay close attention!!”
 * 2) Technology is up and coming. It is important to tell students how to use effective tools and resources safely. Begin to explore website on projector.
 * 3) Model how to add a book to the library and notice that website asks for “tags.” What could we label this book with? How could we describe it? Label with genre, keywords from plot, opinion of the book, GRLevel, etc. pick out the main idea of the story or overarching theme.
 * 4) Hand out worksheet. “This worksheet is going to stay in your reading logs and we can staple it in later. Right now, however, let’s take a look at it. There’s a place to put title, author and tags. When you finish reading a book, now you can add it to our online library. You don’t have to color anything or cut out an ice cream cone. Then, once we have all entered some books, we can look at trends of what we like to read and how much we have read as an entire class.” Allow students a few moments to develop some tags for their books and write down at least three that they have read.
 * 5) Begin asking students their book titles and tags. Once you have a book for each student in the computer, explore the website.
 * 6) This may make it easy to see who has read what and students can make recommendations. You can find a lot of leveled books on here too!

Assessment: how do you know you were successful? - Students will try this for homework. Anyone that would like assistance or who does not have internet at home may try it with me during a certain time during the day.