Literacy in the Library

Irene Ip Kang

The Experts

Keith Lance Curry

“…students benefit from a wide range of books to choose from as they explore reading interests and come to read more and more..”

Stephen Krashen

“There is a strong connection between the number of books per student in the library and student’s scores on test of reading achievement.”

Teacher Librarian Role

Educational Leadership

Curriculum and Instruction

Resource Management

OSLA 1999

What Does the Teacher Librarian Do to Promote Literacy in a School?

Collaboration with teachers book talks author visits literature circles reading programs non fiction reading techniques poetry units ………….

Ministry

http://curriculum.org/thinkliteracy/library.html

Boys and Literacy

Other Literacies

Visual Literacies -illustrations, graphic novels

Media Literacy -critical look at Media and underlying messages

Critical Literacy - ability to examine all types of text and identify the 5 w’s

Components of a Comprehensive Literacy Program

Reading Aloud Shared Reading Guided Reading Independent Reading Word Knowledge

www.literacy.uconn.edu

What do Teacher Librarians Do?

Teacher-librarians connect books with readers

Teacher Librarians instruct students in identifying and location relevant information for research assignments

Teacher-librarians provide students with strategies for learning from sources. Ross Todd

Technology at Finch

- We want to equip students with skills to evaluate and think critically about the information they receive

- We want to give students the skills to organize and present information using technology

- We want our students to understand and appreciate technology as a tool to enhance learning

How do we do this?

Provide students with access to reliable resources (online databases, reliable web sites)

Teach students how to use ministry and board approved programs (i.e. Word Processing programs, subject-specific curriculum related software, graphic organizers, multimedia presentations, etc.)

Teach students to be media literate and to demonstrate an awareness of internet safety and proper online ethics

Where are we at Finch?

Classes visit the lab weekly + additional times when needed

Technology is integrated into classroom learning (i.e. extension of classroom studies)

Teacher-Librarian is supporting classroom technology integration by teaching students how to use basic search engines, catalogue search (junior grades) and basic computer skills (primary classes)

The next best thing to know something is knowing where to find it. Samuel Johnson 1775