Library Animals: Fiction and Nonfiction

produced by Mrs. Jacobson
Web Institute for Teachers, Summer, 2001

Introduction Task Job 1 Job 2 Job 3
Background Information EvaluationConclusion Teaching Guide

Introduction-Hello !

There are animals in the library!! Do you know what they are? Do you know where to find them? Can you take them home with you? The activities we are going to do will help you find them and learn more about them.

Task- What will you do?

As you learn about the library you will visit this page with a partner to take you to websites to learn about the animals we have in our library.
You will visit the sites and learn about the animals there.
You and your partner will draw a picture of the real animals and the makebelieve animals.
You will then go to the book shelves and find books about real and make believe animals.
You will observe the rabbit and the fish in the library.

How will you do it?

Job 1

You will be assigned a partner.	You will listen to a story.	You will find out what is the same and different about real and fantasy animals.
You will click on the computer rabbit and see where it takes you.	You will do the activities.	Now draw a picture of the real and make believe rabbits.
Label your picture and hang it up.	Now go sit quietly by the rabbit and watch what she does.

Job 2

You will listen to a story. You will click on the green fish and see where it takes you.

You will do the things on the page. Now draw a picture of an aquarium with fish. Put you finished picture in your library folder.

When you are finished go and sit quietly by the fish bowl and watch what it does.

Job 3

Background Information-What you need to know?

You need to know how to listen.
You need to know how to move and click the mouse on the computer (I will show you this and let you practice)
You need to be curious and want to find out about things.

Evaluation-How will you be graded?

Did you follow directions? Yes   No
Could you find the sites on the computer? Yes No
Could you find the books about animals?    Yes   No
Did you draw rabbit and fish pictures?   Yes No
Did you sign out a book to take home?   Yes No

Conclusion-What's next?

I hope you enjoyed:
-finding the sites about rabbits and fish
-reading the books about rabbits and fish
-and observing the library rabbit and library fish
-now you might like to read about another animal
-or click below to learn more about other animals

see makebelieve fish swim

homepage

You will listen to a story.	You will click on the green fish and see where it takes you.
You will do the things on the page.	Now draw a picture of an aquarium with fish.	Put you finished picture in your library folder.
When you are finished go and sit quietly by the fish bowl and watch what it does.