Elementary Librarian

Library lesson plans and ideas for the elementary librarian. Lessons incorporate Common Core and AASL standards.

Ed Tech Tuesday: Wordle Review

Today's Ed Tech Tuesday feature is a Wordle review. Wordle creates word clouds from text or a web address. The word clouds generate based on word frequency. The more frequently used words will be larger, and less frequently used words will be smaller. The Wordle above is for my website, Elementary Librarian. Using Wordle is pretty simple. Just ... Continue Reading...

Ed Tech Tuesday: Prezi Review

Today's Ed Tech Tuesday feature is a Prezi review. Prezi helps you create slideshows. It's similar to Powerpoint, but much better, in my opinion. Your presentations can zoom, twist, turn, and just do really interesting stuff. Check out the bottom of the Prezi website to see samples of really cool looking Prezis.  There are even templates you can ... Continue Reading...

Coming soon: Library Lesson Plans

As I mentioned in a previous post, I'm putting the finishing touches on my August library lesson plans and I will be uploading them to the site soon.  Whether we like to think about it or not (I don't!), school is starting soon for many of us.  Do you know what you'll be doing the first week? Starting in August, I'll post what I'll be doing ... Continue Reading...

Challenges for the Upcoming School Year

As the school year quickly approaches, I've been doing a lot of thinking about how it's going to go.  I had a pretty good year last year, especially considering I started a few weeks after the school year had begun and I felt like I was constantly behind.  Even though the past school year was a good one, I am always trying to find ways to ... Continue Reading...

Google Powersearching Course

Just wanted to make everyone aware that Google is hosting a free online searching course.  You can sign up here.  It actually started yesterday, but you can still sign up!  I'm doing a presentation on this in a couple of weeks, so I'm looking forward to learning some new stuff. ... Continue Reading...

Worth more than I paid!

"I am so glad I found the Elementary Librarian lesson plans! The fact that these plans were easy to use and were aligned to both the AASL and Common Core ELA standards made them worth far more that what I paid for them!" - Mikki

All the work is done for me!

" This will be my 7th year and until your plans I have been spinning my wheels trying to come up with solid plans each week. I had planned on spending all summer trying to figure out my “years” plans, but you have done all the work for me." - Sarah C.

My students are engaged!

"I was thrilled to discover your treasure trove of resources. After two years of doing it “my way”–I decided to utilize the center approach and do it “your” way. The students are engaged and I see them using the knowledge." - Kathryn B.

My principal was impressed!

"Your lesson plans with the Common Core and AASL 21st Century Standards were a life saver! My principal looked through my plan binder and was completely floored that EVERY lesson had both sets of standards." - Tina P.