Library Media SMART Activities
Ask a Librarian
Teach or review services & resources available in the library. Discover how to help the librarian help you.
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Library Orientation
Discuss call numbers, fiction and nonfiction books.
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Library Basics
Use the activities to review or teach the basic features available in the library.
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BenEl High Five in the Library
BENEL High Five expectations in the library media center
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What does it take to make a book?
Teach or review the concepts of author, illustrator, character & story elements.
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Parts of a Book
Teach or review the parts of a book.
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Titles & Cover Art
Teach or review titles and cover art.
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A Just Right Book
Discover what it takes to find "A JUST RIGHT BOOK".
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A Perfect Book
List the techniques & strategies people use to select a good book
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Reading Survey K-1
Discover the level of reading interest in your class with this short survey.
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ABC Order
Teach or review ABC order and basic fiction call numbers.
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Call Numbers
Call numbers help organize materials on a library's shelves. Are you an organizational wizard?
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GenreTeach or review various literary genres.
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Name that Genre
Test your genre skills.
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Dewey Decimal Skills Game
Test your Dewey Decimal knowledge.
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Dewey Book Buddy
Teach or review the Dewey Decimal System categories with this activity, adapted from the web.
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Dewey Guess & Check
Learn more about Melvil Dewey and the classification system named after him.
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Dewey Decimal System
Strengthen your knowledge of the Dewey Decimal classification system.
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Fiction or Nonfiction K-1
Teach or review the concept of fiction & nonfiction books to K-1 using this web adapted activity.
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Fiction or Nonfiction
Teach or review the concept of fiction & nonfiction books.
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Shelving Fiction Books
Practice shelving fiction books
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Shelving Nonfiction Books
Practice shelving nonfiction books
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Zap Needs Information
Use this activity, adapted from the web, for discussing reference materials with grades 1-2.
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Scavenger Book Hunt
Review call numbers & library organization.
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