Student Orientation

Today, 08/15/2018, Mrs. Deep gave a Media Center orientation to all 4th graders. During the orientation, I helped to discuss some of the points in her PowerPoint as well as assist students with correctly inserting their "How Did Dewey Decide" sheet into their AR folders. Mrs. Deep explained how to properly take care of the library books and what to do if one becomes damaged. Mrs. Deep also discussed how students are responsible for these books that they take out of the library. I told students a story to help them understand the seriousness of the situation. I stated: "I had a student one year who loved to borrow books from other students. She always seemed to want what other students had. One day, she borrowed a book from one of her friends in the class. She took it home and came to school the next day without it. The girl she borrowed it from and her mother were very upset because even thought the other student lost the book, they had to pay for it to be replaced." Mrs. Deep then discussed library procedures with the students. Additionally, Mrs. Deep discussed emergency procedures and what to expect if they are in the library during an emergency procedure such as; lock downs, fire drills, or tornado drills. Lastly, I passed out the "How Did Dewey Decide?" papers to the students. I helped them put it in their AR folders and Mrs. Deep explained how to use the sheets. Mrs. Deep told the students that row 1-4 in the library are the non-fiction books. She then showed them how each of the Dewey Decimal numbers correlated with the subjects and topics found in that section. Row 7-11 are the fiction aisles.

Below, I have provided both the Google Slide presentation used for the orientation as well as the "How Did Dewey Decide?" sheet.