Introduction

Hello Readers, I am a second grade teacher who is studying to be an elementary school librarian. I have created this blog for my graduate level class, Information Storage and Retrival. This blog will be used to communicate with classmates, professors, current and future librarians of all types, and anyone else who happens reads this blog. I will also use this blog to demonstrate competencies for my class.

I have been an elementary school teacher for 14 years. I have taught first, second, and third grade. I have taught 2nd grade for 9 years. I love teaching second grade, it has been my favorite grade to teach. I love children's literature and I want to be an advocate for it as both entertainment and as a learning resource for information. My topic area of interest is teaching elementary students research skills.

A few years ago I attended a staff developent that focused on teaching elementary school students how to research and organize information. I successfully implemented those strategies and skills into my teaching and I was amazed at the academic growth of my students. I enjoyed teaching my students how to locate information from various sources, such as encyclopedias, books, magazines, the internet and online databases. I then taught my students to use the information they had learned and how to organize and present it to their peers.

I appreciated the guidance and collaboration from my school librarian. I learned a lot from her and I decided I would like to continue my career as an educator in the role of librarian. One of my goals as a teacher is to teach students how to learn and inspire them to become self-motivated to learn and seek information independently. As a school librarian I will be able to work with students from different grade levels and be an instructional partner with classroom teachers.