Library Practice Games
Want to reinforce what you went over in Library class? Still do not
understand the different parts of the encyclopedia? Miss Mrs. C's lesson on
nonfiction? The following games were created by Mrs. C and other librarians
for students in grades K-5 to go along with Library lessons
Game Links
For 1st and 2nd Grade. 1st graders (and all of Mrs. C's Library
students),
test your nonfiction knowledge and save Melvil the Librarian!
Using the
hints and figure out the missing letters, guess the following
words that
have to do with NONFICTION.
Nonfiction Hangman
For 3rd and 4th Grade. Save Melvil the Librarian from DOOM!
Identify the
following parts of the dictionary.
Dictionary Hangman
For 4th Grade. Match up the part of the encyclopedia to it's
definition.
Encyclopedia Lingo
For the 4th grade. Unscramble the different types of reference
books we
talked about in Library.
Jumble Word Reference Books
For 4th grade. Answer the questions correctly or your ship is
sunk!
Atlas Ship
For 3rd and 4th grade. Using the Dictionary Page hand out, answer
the
following questions.
Dictionary Rags to Riches
For 2nd grade. Using the hints below, guess letters to figure out
what
famous American we are learning about.
Famous American Hangman
For 3rd grade. Test yourself! See how much you know about the
Library
Services and learn a little more about what will be going on this
year in
the Library.
Knowing Library Services
For 5th grade. What are you saying Mrs. C? That there is more to
Library
than checking out "Eleven" and reading the latest copy
of "National
Geographic for Kids?" Libraries and librarians enpower you to
find the
information that you seek. Whether it is a book that you want to
read,
information for your science report, or what your spelling words
mean- it is
Mrs. C.'s job to teach you how to use the library find that
information. The
follow web quest allows you to explore several libraries web
sites and
discover what some of these libraries have to offer.
More than just books...
For 2nd grade. After reading Officer Buckle and Gloria, put the
following
events in order.
Safety Tip Order- With Officer Buckle and Gloria
For 1st Grade. After watching Arthur and the Lost Library Book,
use the
hints and figure out the missing letters, guess the following
words that
have to do with the movie.
Arthur's Lost Library Book Stars
For 4th Grade. The following match up and word search games help
you
remember
the different Greek Gods and Goddess.
Greek God and Goddess Match Up
Los Gatos Black on a Halloween used both English and Spanish
words to help
tell the tale of what black cats do on Halloween. The following
words are
just some of the words from the story. You will either be given
the Spanish
or the English word as a hint to help you solve the puzzle.
Los Gatos Black on Halloween
For 1st grade. Match the upper case letter to the correct lower
case letter
Chicka Chicka Concentration
For Grade 3- practice your Dewey Decimal Skills. Try matching up
the Dewey
Classication number to the Dewey Class.
Dewey Practice
For 1st grade- after reading, Andy Rash's Agent A to Agent Z, put
the
following words from the story in ABC order.
Agent A to Agent Z Sequencing
The following is practicing using encyclopedias- both print and
online.
Answer the following questions about encyclopedias.For some of
the questions-
you may need the link for Grolier's Passport
Online Encyclopedia Searching
The following is practice for you to become a better online
researcher. Use
Google to help you answer the following questions.
Online Searching
For 4th Grade: Students, how much do you know about our President-
Elected
Barack Obama? Use Grolier's Passport and Kids Infobits Online
Encyclopedias
to answer the following questions about our President.
Presidential Encyclopedia Search
For 5th Grade: Students, choose the Boolean Operator that will
get you the
best results.
Boolean Operator Practice
For third grade: Get your practice and better understand
adjectives and
adverb parts of speech.
Third Grade Adjectives and Adverbs Practice
For fourth grade: Practice your Map and Atlas Skills. After Mrs.
C assign
you a country, use the following online Atlas to learn more about
the
country and how to use a map and an atlas to answer questions.
Atlas Practice
For 5th grade: Read the article about playwright William
Shakespeare and
then
answer the random 5 questions about what you just read. Spelling
counts!
Shakespeare's Search
For 1st Grade.
Junie B. Who Wants to be a Millionaire
For Kindergarten: Kindergarten students, match the words from Hop
on Pop,
or, try to find the words from the story in the word search.
Hop on Pop Matching and Word Search
For Grades 3-5: Students select the type of OPAC search you would
use to answer the following questions.
OPAC POP UPS
For 5th Grade
Shakespeare Battleship
For Grade 1: Introduction to Science through Literature Hangman
Science through Literature Hangman
For Grade three: After reading Rare Beast Ch. 1-10, guess
the word
using the hints. Be careful- a grim fate await those who are
careless!
Edgar and Ellen Vocabulary Ch. 1-10
For 1st Grade: After the introduction to Stink, try to see if you
can find words that have to do with being little.
Stink the Incredible Shrinking Kid Short Word Search
For 4th grade: Before moving on from encyclopedias- students have
to test their knowledge on encyclopedias.
Encyclopedia Pop Up Quiz
For grade 5. The end of the URL can be an important clue to help
determine if a web site is reliable. Match up the domain with its
domain prefix.
Domain Match Up
For grade 5. Not all information on the Internet is 100% reliable
(shocking)! We discussed in class how easy it is to publish
information on the web and strageties to help us determine if the
site is reliable. During Reliable / Unreliable battleship you are
going to be given web sites that you need to determine rather it
is going to be reliable or if you need to triple check the
information. Get the question right- you hit your enemies' ships.
Get the question wrong- miss and your enemy has a chance to hit
your ships.
Reliable / Unreliable Battleship
For grade two. Use the hints to figure out what part of the
nonfiction book Mrs. C is talking about. Be careful- you do not
want to pop all those balloons!
Parts of a Nonfiction Book Pop
For grade 3: After watching "Mummies in the Dictionary" look up
the following words in the Word Central Online dictionary.
Mummies in the Dictionary
For grade 4: Test your Wimpy Kid knowledge. The following
questions come from the 1st book- Greg Heffley's Journal.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Who Wants to be a Millionaire
For grade 4. Match the reference book with its description.
Reference Book Matching and Concentration
For 5th grade: Find the different databases we use at the Whelan
that help us find what we are looking for.
Database Word Search
For Grade 2. Have you read Magic Tree House: Thanksgiving on
Thursday? Try your hand at the Millionaire game. Each question
answered correctly gets you that much closer to a MILLION LIBRARY
DOLLARS!
Thanksgiving on Thursday Millionaire
For Grade 5. Search engines are web sites that help you look up
the information you need or want. Different web sites focus on
certain information, like current events, multimedia, pop
culture, and scholarly journals. Look for the search engines
below.
Search Engine Word Search
For grade 2: Match up the different parts of the nonfiction book
to their job. Try Matching first, then challenge yourself with
concentration.
Nonfiction Match Up