This was book fair week. I took off Monday so that I could see a full day of book fair and work with a class on my literacy unit, writing book reviews.
My day began at 7:30 and ended at 4:30. I have to say that I was really exhausted by the time the day was over. I spent most of the day helping to assist with the book fair. As new volunteers (parents) came in to help, I was able to show them how to work the register and where the different sections were located. During the course of the day, teachers would bring their classes in to preview the book fair. It was fun to see how excited the kids were about about having a book fair and reading. Some of the kids brought in money with their completed book fair form. However, others didn't have money but could make a list of what they wanted so they could in during the next day to purchase their books.
I also had the opportunity to work with Mrs. Bryan and her third grade class who began their "Responding to Literature" writing unit. I spent about an hour introducting book reviews. I was absolutely impressed with the attention span and thoughtfulness of this group of third graders. They knew books and could articulate what appealed to them. I am quite confident that they will do a solid job on their book reviews. I was able to alter my plan slightly after talking to Mrs. Bryan about how she introduced the unit to her am third grade class. I am finding out how methodical you have to be when you teach elementary school. My unit would be more like 3 week rather than the 8 days that I had planned. I am seeing that to be an effective elementary media specialist I will have to spend a lot more time in classrooms and as part of the planning process to really be an effective instructional partner. (9 hours)
I went back on Tuesday (the students were testing today) to deliver a graphic I had filled out to help the students see how their book reviews should sound and I provided an example of a book review that had helpful notes in the margins for the students to use as a resource. I also gave the students the rubric (more of a checklist) that we had created together on Monday so that they could check off to make sure they had covered all the areas we had decided were important for a good book review. (1 hour)
On Thursday I went back to help with the book fair, but there were more than enough parent volunteer so I didn't need to help with that. I did, however, have a change to reshelve book because the ladies had been so busy with book fair. I also got to take out more inventory from the collection. These were reading resources that teachers decided were obsolete. These resources will go into their surplus, will be announced, and anything not claimed will go to the county warehouse. (2 hours)
Friday was "take down the book fair day." At 2:30 students knew that the book fair was over. Last minutes purchases were taken care of and by 3:00 the book fair had been packed up. It's a lot easier to take down that it is to put up. After everything was back in place, I finished up my time by reshelving books. It's amazing to see the number of books that come back into this media center on a daily basis. The ladies like to start their day with the cart empty and they were working on receipts and money accountability, so it was nice that I was there to keep the shelving philosophy in tact. (1.5 hours)
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