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Third Grade Library Lesson Plans Third graders meet once every six days for 40 minutes. Students focus on the difference between fiction and nonfiction. They learn the many parts of a book including the title page and table of contents. During the second semester students study a folk and fairy tale unit. |
| Story | Lesson |
| Tomas and the Library Lady | Welcome and Procedures |
| Choosing a book/ Using the Visual OPAC | |
| Rent a Third Grader chp 5 | ABC order worksheet |
| Parts of a Book, table of contents and index | |
| "Fiction or Nonfiction" worksheet | |
| The Little Chapel That Stood by Curtiss | |
| "Fiction books" worksheet | |
| "Fiction Call Numbers" worksheet | |
| RIF #1: Color picture of favorite book | |
| High Rise Private Eyes by Rylant | Mystery elements |
| "Putting Fiction Call Numbers in Order" worksheet | |
| Book Fair | |
| The Biggest Pumpkin Ever - Plot, characters, setting | |
| What is a Reference book? show examples | "Reference Books" worksheet |
| Using an encyclopedia | "Encyclopedias" worksheet |
| Thank you, Sarah | |
| "Dictionaries" and "Guide Words" worksheets | |
| RIF # 2 | Choose RIF books |
| "Dewey Intro" worksheets | |
| The Christmas Blizzard | |
| Aunt Chip and the Triple Creek Dam Affair by Polacco | |
| look at a textbook | ""Parts of a Book" worksheet |
| Thundercake by Polacco | Patricia Polacco author study |
| Good Enough Anna by Flowers | |
| Mirandy and Brother Wind | Black History Month |
| biography books | "What is a Biography" worksheet |
| The Star Maiden an Ojibway Tale (398.2 Esb) | |
| RIF #3 - Dr. Seuss (Read Across America) (Gertrude McFuzz) | Choose RIF books |
| Play Caldecott Bingo | |
| "Title Page" worksheet | |
| "A Table of What?" worksheet | |
| Review parts of a book. | |
| How a Book is Published by Kalman | |
| Over the Green Hills by Isadora | |
| Mercy Watson to the Rescue by DeCamillo Chp. 1-6 | |
| Mercy Watson to the Rescue by DeCamillo Chp. 7-12 | LAST CHECKOUT |
| Mercy Watson Activities | 1. Write a newspaper article detailing the
events of Mercy's adventures. 2. Word Search 3. Other Activities |
| Punctuation Takes a Vacation by Pulver | Activity (.pdf file) |
| Play Newbery Bingo | |