Library Shelf Order Activities Bundle

Help students learn how to find the books they love on the library shelves. They’ll be able to use the library catalog, spine labels, and authors’ last names to be independent library patrons.

Finding a book you want in a library is a necessary skill to being an independent library patron. Libraries have books organized alphabetically, by an author’s last name, and separate fiction from nonfiction; even if the library is genrefied. Students need to be able to:

• Quickly read an end cap to determine if the book they want is in that aisle.
• Read a spine label to find the specific author they’re looking for.
• Know approximately where in the alphabetical order that author’s name will be in the stacks.
• Search the library catalog to find titles, authors, and topics that they love.
• Quickly read an end cap or library signs to determine if the book they want is on that shelf.
• Read a spine label to find the specific Dewey Decimal number.
• Read a spine label to quickly identify an author they’re looking for.

As school librarians it’s important for our students to independently find books. For young students to do this, they need to:

• Practice numerical and alphabetical order.
• Know that fiction books are organized by an author’s last name, what letter that begins with, and how to use library signs to locate it.
• Know that nonfiction books are organized by general topics separated out by number prefixes.

This bundle has 3 sets of activities, and includes:

• Library Alphabet Activities,
  • Help students learn how the library is organized so they can find their favorite books & authors.
  • They’ll practice ABC Order and use the alphabet to find books by the author’s last name.
• Library Catalog Activities, and
• Spine Label Order Library Activities
  • Help students learn how to find the books they love on the library shelves.
  • They’ll be able to use the library catalog, spine labels, and authors’ last names to be independent library patrons.
• Station or Center Signs for every activity
  • Print in portrait or landscape mode so that you can put them in an acrylic sign holder or sheet protector. You can even laminate them and place them in a table top sign holder.

Activities in detail:

• 6 ABC activities that help children practice alphabetizing and locating books in the library.
• 6 spine label activities that help children practice alphabetizing and locating books in the library.
• 5 Dewey Decimal activities that help children practice using the library catalog, learning the Dewey Decimal System, and locating books in the library.
• Self-correcting Spine Label Game
  • Students read an author’s name and identify where they would find it on the shelves.
  • If they click the correct letter they are moved to the next slide. If they choose incorrectly, they will be given a hint and a chance to try again.
• Self-correcting ABC Order Game
  • Students identify which letter comes next in the alphabet.
  • If they click the correct letter they are moved to the next slide. If they choose incorrectly, they will be given a hint and a chance to try again.

All of the activities are great to use over a couple of library classes. Give students a choice or have them rotate through the activities. Easily differentiate for your students by choosing activities that meet different abilities.

Standards Addressed:

AASL National School Library Standards – See the AASL Standards Framework for Learners to view full text.

• Inquire – A.2. – D.3.
• Collaborate – A.2.
• Curate – A.2.
• Explore – A.1. – C.1.

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