Reviews the reference book "Who's Who in Space: The International Space Year Edition" and provides a lesson plan for grades five and six to teach library media skills. Objectives, instructional roles, activity and procedures, evaluation, and follow-up are described. (EAM)

Provides a detailed description of a class project in which each student is videotaped while presenting a booktalk. Included are a list of appropriate books, a checklist for students to use in identifying the important characteristics of a booktalk, and an evaluation form for presentations. (CLB)

This lesson introduces students to procedures for creating both hand-drawn and machine-made transparencies and requires each of them to create one example to illustrate the same story. Detailed plans include performance objectives, materials needed, instructions for presenting the lesson, a sample student task card, and suggestions for evaluating…