The librarian collaborated with 6th grade social studies teachers to create a collaborative research project using library technology and TexQuest databases. Students identified different cultures across the world that interested them and learned about their customs, food, dress, holidays, and traditions. Students organized their research with a librarian-created graphic organizer and built visually appealing presentations and then presented them to their peers, teachers, IC, and librarian.
Ms. Black’s 6th grade AIM classes worked on inferencing skills and she asked the librarian to reinforce students’ learning by tying in her next read-aloud with that skill. Students visited the library for a gallery walk with the picture book, The Mysteries of Harris Burdick. The librarian scaffolded the skills students would need to make inferences about each picture by modeling and providing the students with a graphic organizer to record their responses.
Hispanic Heritage Month is always a big celebration at Krueger MS, our campus-wide ofrenda has been featured by the NEISD media team frequently. To coincide with this annual event, the library collaborated with some of our 6th grade ELAR teachers to create a virtual ofrenda unique to each student and their cultural ties. Students utilized personal images and learned how to use various technology tips to create their own virtual ofrenda within Google Slides.
Our 6th grade World Cultures classes created class quilts featuring prominent figures in honor of African American History Month. The librarian created a graphic organizer for students to fill in their research using the library resource: Britannica. Students visited the library for two days of research and the librarian presented how students could use the resource, tips, and tricks for research, and then students worked on putting together the quilt in class.
The month of April is National Poetry Month and the librarian collaborated with 6K ELAR classes to set up poetry stations in the library. Students visited the library over the course of a few days and were able to examine and read different types of poetry then worked on creating their own poems based on what they learned. Students created blackout, diamante, concrete, and haiku poetry.
The librarian creates book displays to correspond with different events and celebrations throughout the school year: Hispanic Heritage Month, holidays, Lone Star List, graphic novels, etc. In preparation for Women’s History Month, the librarian reached out to teachers to collaborate on a student-created display about women throughout history. 6K English and Social Studies teachers were interested. The librarian set up a research template for students to use to discover facts about women they
were interested in throughout history. The final project was to create banners for each woman that they would then decorate and display in the library for the month. We extended this project and used it as an opportunity to introduce students to Canva. Students could create their banners on paper or they could choose to do a digital version which was also displayed. Students had the opportunity to explore library resources as well as become proficient in Canva over the course of the project.