Collaborating to Meet Standards : Teacher/Librarian Partnerships for K-6

by Buzzeo, Toni

• ISBN13: 9781586830236
• ISBN10: 1586830236
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-03-01
• Publisher: Abc-Clio Inc

Table of Contents

Introduction	vii
Collaboration: Where We've Been --- Where We're Going	1	(6)
Setting the Stage	1	(1)
New Roles	2	(1)
The Taxonomies	2	(1)
The Library Media Specialist's Taxonomy	2	(1)
David V. Loertscher
National Library Power Program	3	(1)
Collaboration and Information Power	4	(1)
Collaboration and Job Descriptions	4	(1)
The New Frontier	5	(1)
Resources	5	(2)
Collaboration: How it Looks and Who it Benefits	7	(6)
Examining the Definitions	7	(1)
Assessing the Benefits	8	(2)
Benefits to Administrators	9	(1)
Benefits to Library Media Specialist	9	(1)
Benefits to Teachers	9	(1)
Benefits to Students	9	(1)
Keith Curry Lance and Student Achievement Studies	10	(1)
Resources	11	(2)
Collaboration: The Ideal and Its Many Variations	13	(10)
Factors for Success	13	(1)
Overcoming Roadblocks to Success	14	(5)
The Role of the Administrator	14	(2)
Time and Scheduling	16	(2)
School Culture	18	(1)
Working with Restrictions	19	(2)
Resources	21	(2)
Using the Template	23	(186)
Elements of the Template	23	(3)
Header	23	(1)
Grade Level	23	(1)
Unit Overview	23	(1)
Time Frame	23	(1)
Content Area Standards	23	(1)
Information Power Information Literacy Standards and Indicators	23	(1)
Cooperative Teaching Plan	24	(1)
Resources	24	(1)
Product or Culminating Activity	24	(1)
Assessment Overview	24	(1)
Adaptations and Extensions	24	(1)
Attachments	24	(1)
Information Power: The Nine Information Literacy Standards for Student Learning	25	(1)
Blank Template	26	(1)
Collaborative Units
Art: The Touring Company	27	(10)
Patricia M. Brown
Biography Bash: A Study of Heroes	37	(8)
Dorcas Hand
Canyons by Gary Paulsen: An Archaeological Study	45	(10)
Bernie Tomasso
Carnival of Animals	55	(14)
Nancy Witte-Meredith
Castles: What Was Life Like?	69	(6)
Karen White
COMSI: Cedaroak Museum of Science and Industry	75	(18)
JoAnn Klassen
Food for the Community and You	93	(10)
Faith A. Delaney
History Fair	103	(6)
Abigail Garthwait
If These Walls Could Speak	109	(12)
Ronda Hassig
Is Listening Reading?	121	(8)
Toni Buzzeo
Lions, Tigers, and Bears!	129	(4)
Jill Brown
Medieval Magic	133	(10)
Deborah A. Monck
Music and the Media Center	143	(12)
Ann van der Meulen
PQI (Personal Quest for Information)	155	(16)
Linda D. Sherouse
Question Yourself: Discover Your Human Body	171	(8)
Kim Grimes
`The Spirit of Do-right': Exploring the Lives of Famous African Americans	179	(10)
Jenny Foight-Cressman
State It!	189	(6)
Becca Stith
Topics from the North: A Canadian Study	195	(14)
Kristin McIntire
Unsolved Mysteries	209
Dana Davis-Avants