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Using Kid Infobits to Choose a bood to read - Lesson Plan What to read, why to read? Grade Level: 3-5 Subject: Language Arts/ Reading Time Frame: 1-2 hours Summary Students will use TEL databases to search for book reviews and will discuss the usefulness of book reviews. Databases/Other Resources Procedures
 * Kids InfoBits**

Steps
 * Steps for Teacher**
 * Run the search described below before class.
 * Gather books described in some of the available book reviews for students to read following the exercise.
 * Lead the students through the search.
 * You may want to talk about the icons in the results list (camera icon for photos, PDF icon for scanned articles, circle or triangle icon for reading level)
 * Lead discussion of book reviews.

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 * Steps for Librarian**

1. Go to Kids InfoBits. 2. Select //Keyword Search//. 3. In the search box, type **Book Reviews**. 4. The results page lists “Subjects containing the words: book reviews” (if you accidentally search “book review” without the "s," the database will return a list of “subjects containing the words book”). 5. Click throught the “View” button for the results list. 6. Scroll down the results page and select an article from //Child Life//, //Boy’s Life//, //Stone Soup//, or another children’s magazine.
 * Steps for Student**

 7. Read a book review and discuss its characteristics: an interesting opening, photos from the book, a summary of the book, and a recommendation at the end. 8. Read a few book reviews and discuss which books sound interesting. Did the review make you want to read the book?

 Related Activities <span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">1. Read a book described in the book reviews you found. <span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">2. Write a book review for a book you have recently read. <span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">3. Locate and read a book that was reviewed elsewhere. <span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">4. Form a book club to read and discuss books. As a group, write a book review and send it to the local or school newspaper. <span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">5. Advanced students may want to experiment with the “advanced search” option. By searching “book reviews” as subject/name and a second subject/name search term, the results list can be narrowed to book reviews with the subject “baseball,” “dinosaurs,” or other topics of interest. The teacher may want to create a list of subjects in advance for students to select from to avoid “no hits found.”

Content Standards //English Language Arts - Grades 3-5//
 * Standard 8 - Literature**

//Content Area Reading 3081//
 * Standard**: The student will develop the reading skills necessary for word recognition, comprehension, interpretation, analysis, and evaluation of print and non-print text.

Learning Expectations/Grade Level Expectations //Standard 8 - Literature//
 * Grade Level Expectations:**
 * GLE 0301.8.1** Use active comprehension strategies before, during, and after reading.