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Library Lesson Plan

I.B.5

curriculum code

grade level

1-2

The “A, B, C’s” of Alphabetical Order

Title:

To learn that Easy/Everybody and Fiction books are shelved in alphabetical order by

Objective:

author.

Posters with spine labels/call letters for both Easy/Everybody and Fiction books.

Materials:

At least one book from both the Easy/Everybody and Fiction sections.

Begin by telling students, “All of the books in a library are arranged on the shelves in a

specific order depending on what type of book they are. Every book has its own special

Procedure:

place on the shelf---------------its very own address.”

Hold up an Easy/Everybody book and tell students, “I am holding an Easy/Everybody

book. Easy/Everybody books have spine labels with call letters on their spines that look

like this.” Point to the spine label on the book, and follow-up by showing the poster with

the Easy/Everybody spine label.

Hold up a Fiction book and tell students, “This is a Fiction book. Fiction books also

have spine labels with call letters on their spines that look like this.” Point to the spine

label on the book, and follow-up by showing the poster with the Fiction book spine

label.

Proceed by telling the students, “The call letters on the spine labels of these books tell

you important information about the book. The top letter, or group of letters, on the

spine label tells you what kind of a book it is (either Easy/Everybody of Fiction), and

where the book would be located in the library (i.e. Easy/Everybody books are shelved

and located in the library’s Easy/Everybody section, and Fiction books are shelved and

located in the library’s Fiction section).”

Holding up the posters of the spine label examples once more, point to the bottom group

of letters and say, “The bottom group of letters on the spine labels are the first three

letters of the author’s last name. These letters are especially important as all of the books

in both the Easy/Everybody and Fiction sections of the library are arranged in

alphabetical order by the author’s last name.

Knowing the order in which Easy/Everybody and Fiction books are shelved makes

locating a particular book on the shelf much easier, as every book has its very own

address on the shelf.”

Follow-up lessons might include: 1) reviewing basic rules of alphabetizing; 2) making

task cards with letters and/or words of varying degrees of difficulty for the students to

arrange in correct order; and 3) making task cards for Easy/Everybody and Fiction

books which include on each card, the call letters, title and author of a book, and have

the students locate as many books as they can within the allotted time period.

Library Lesson Plan