Grade 3 students are looking up books in our online Alexandria library catalog by using a book’s call number.
A call number can be considered a book’s “address” on a bookshelf in the library.
The call number for folktales is 398.2 and the call number for poetry 811.
Students were enthusiastic about finding library books this way!
Next up, finding non-fiction books about animals by call number.
MSLA Standard 8. Appreciate Literature. Students will gain an increased enjoyment of literature and grow in their abilities to locate and select appropriate reading material independently.
MSLA Standard 3.3 Understand that there is a relationship between spine label and book content and independently locate fiction and nonfiction sections in the school library.