This was also introducing the method the third and fourth grades use when recording their information for projects. This would assist them in focusing on only one question at a time. The students arrived in the media center with their note cards in hand. Assisted by the teacher, the media specialist introduced and reviewed with the children the various resources in the library. After the lesson, the children helped to decide which resources would best serve their needs.
Students conduct research on the online catalog.
After discussing the various ideas, we came up with the decision to use the online catalog to find non-fiction books to answer their questions. The Internet would provide them with some sites that would be bookmarked for their use. The information would also be reviewed with the use of the text encyclopedia and the CD-ROM encyclopedia. The use of both types of encyclopedias gave us the opportunity to compare the similarities and differences in the reference tools. We wanted the students to type their work using a word processor.