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Bring your online catalog lessons to life with the Library Explorer’s Passport! Students earn stamps or stickers as they learn to use call numbers from your library’s online catalog to find items in your library.
Grade Levels:
2nd or 3rd Grades
Teaching Duration:Â
8-10 class periods
Students practice finding and using high-quality information sources when researching trivia questions with this editable research center.
Grade Levels:
3rd Grade and up
Teaching Duration:
Yearlong Library Center
Students learn beginning research skills, such as keyword searching, to find answers to 10 trivia questions with this printable, editable scavenger hunt.
Grade Levels:
3rd Grade; adaptable for other grades
Teaching Duration:
3 to 4 class periods
Explore fiction and nonfiction hybrid texts and teach research skills by reading aloud the “Zig and Wikki” graphic novels (or comics) with this editable read-aloud lesson.
Grade Levels:
1st Grade or 2nd Grade
adaptable for 3rd Grade
Teaching Duration:
1 class period
This product is also part of the Primary Graphic Novels Digital Read-aloud BUNDLE!
Students learn beginning research skills, such as keyword searching, to find answers to 10 trivia questions with this all-digital, editable scavenger hunt.
Grade Levels:
3rd Grade, 4th Grade
adaptable for other grades
Teaching Duration:
3 to 4 class periods
Help students learn beginning research skills by reading aloud fiction & nonfiction pet-themed books to your kindergarten or 1st grade elementary classes with this editable, easy-to-prep unit.
Grade Levels:
Kindergarten and 1st Grade
adaptable for 2nd Grade
Teaching Duration:
5 or 6 class periods
Help your students to cite their sources during research projects or library centers with these editable, colorful help sheets for print and digital use.
Grade Levels:
4th Grade and up
Teaching Duration:
Can be used throughout the school year
Teach students ​about reading in different formats by reading aloud graphic novels (or comics) to your ​elementary​ classes with this editable & easy-to-prep unit.
Grade Levels:
1st Grade, 2nd Grade
adaptable for 3rd Grade
Teaching Duration:
5 class periods
Students learn and practice research skills using library resources to answer questions in these editable Research Notebooks in Google Docs.
Grade Levels:
4th Grade through 8th Grade
adaptable for 2nd Grade and 3rd Grade
Teaching Duration:
Any research project, or between 1 and 5 class periods
Your students can learn firsthand about metamorphosis and the different life cycle stages of insects by observing ladybugs at this research center designed for online / blended learning with Google Classroom.
Grade Levels:
2nd through 5th Grade
Teaching Duration:
Several weeks in spring time
Students learn and practice research skills at this library center by observing birds at a window bird feeder in your library, or through live video streams from the Cornell Lab Bird Cams.
Grade Levels:
2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, and 5th Grade
Teaching Duration:
Yearlong tool
Your students can learn firsthand about metamorphosis and the different life cycle stages of insects by observing ladybugs at this research center.
Grade Levels:
All Elementary
Teaching Duration:
Several weeks in the spring or early autumn
Students learn and practice research skills at this library center by observing birds at a window bird feeder in your library, or through live video streams from the Cornell Lab Bird Cams.
Grade Levels:
2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, and 5th Grade
Teaching Duration:
Yearlong tool
This easy-prep activity is celebrates disability awareness and learning differences. Read one of the 9 suggested books and let students explore from the pre-researched topics and keywords for popular school library databases. Includes 2 writing and drawing activities in addition to the research ones.
Grade Levels:
Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, and 3rd Grade
Teaching Duration:
1 class period
This easy-prep activity is perfect for November to celebrate Native American Heritage Month and Thanksgiving. Read one of the 7 suggested books and let students explore from the pre-researched topics and keywords for popular school library databases.
Grade Levels:
Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, and 3rd Grade
Teaching Duration:
1 class period
This easy-prep activity is perfect for a butterfly- or insect-themed lesson to go along with reading any picture book about butterflies.
Grade Levels:
Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, and 3rd Grade
Teaching Duration:
1 class period
This easy-prep activity is perfect for learning about animal habits and estivation (summer hibernation), and goes along with a read-aloud of the nonfiction picture book, “Summertime Sleepers: Animals that Estivate.”
Grade Levels:
Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, and 3rd Grade
Teaching Duration:
1 class period
This easy-prep activity is perfect for learning about the April 8, 2024 solar eclipse, and goes along with a read-aloud of the nonfiction picture book, “Sun! One in a Billion” or the poetry book “A Few Beautiful Minutes.”
Grade Levels:
Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, and 3rd Grade
Teaching Duration:
1 class period
This activity is perfect for honoring Black History Month, and goes along with a read-aloud of the picture book biography, “Carter Reads the Newspaper.”
Grade Levels:
1st Grade, 2nd Grade, and 3rd Grade
Teaching Duration:
1 class period
This holiday-themed activity goes along with a read-aloud about Rockefeller (or Rocky) the owl. Rocky was found in the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree in 2020, and her rehabilitation and release inspired several picture books
Grade Levels:
Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, and 3rd Grade
Teaching Duration:
1 class period