All About That...Destiny

The fifth graders' projects are coming to completion. You can read the first post on the project here: Exploring New Ways to teach Location and Access.

The students used this checklist and the template for the book trailer storyboard, but ignored the initial steps of the process. The project timing was not what I had planned and it ended up colliding with the School Expected Behaviors projects, which was tricky, but we managed!

All about Destiny


All about Checking Out Books 

All about the Neighborhoods


All about the Early Reader Neighborhood

All About the Picture Book Neighborhood
All about the Fiction Neighborhood

All about Graphic Novels

All about Biographies

All about Poetry

All about Folk Literature

All about Nonfiction

Exploring new ways to teach location and access

As a way to get the fifth graders into the different neighborhoods of the library while reviewing the ins and outs of our Destiny catalogue, I created a project that I hope will benefit, not just them, but all the students at Mason-Rice. 

I am reviewing the projects to ensure the groups have met all the criteria. I think these two students did a fine job. One place that I might have them think about is their choice of theme. What do you think?

I'll put up the rest of the projects and the work behind the scenes this weekend.

Baby, I've got your number...

...I'm going to make you mine...

Something about teaching and learning about the Destiny Catalogue makes me think cheesy thoughts, or at least croon cheesy songs.

Last year, I created the Carly Rae Jepsen style Call Me, Maybe signage.

I am not sure I can reference this new song in an elementary school library, but gee willakers, isn't that first part kind of perfect? (Sorry for what is about to transpire, Tommy Tutone).

"Destiny, Destiny, you're who I turn to.
when I need a book I can hold onto.
You can help me find the right books to read now,

With your call number, I can find the book.

Hey, I've got your call number.

I'm going to make you mine.

Hey, I've got your call number.

It's a Dewey Decimal.

Please give me the address for the book

I see your call number on the screen and head to the shelf.
where I see your name and number on the spine.

"Hey, I've got your call number,
I'm going to make you mine.
Hey, I've got your call number

FIC REED"

I've been exploring destiny with students for two weeks now.  This year, I am emphasizing the city, neighborhood, street analogy, i.e., our library city is comprised of specific neighborhoods with streets where each book lives.  I am also working on association words like destiny=database and call number=address. We'll see how this works.

I am also having a lot of fun exploring Destiny, Destiny Quest and Follett Shelf.  It has been fun promoting the ebooks we have through Capstone as well. They are so well read.

In my quest (no pun intended) to encourage and foster independence and ownership over their reading experiences, I have been exploring the pros and cons of the different destiny interfaces and the ebook options.

I put out a poster splash for the 5th graders, here's what they had to say:

I hope my students are making the connection between the virtual records and the books on the shelf. We'll see!