Thanks for asking, Emily. Here's a list I used with 4th grade partners who had 20 minutes to find the treasures, with a couple of "gimme" questions to keep them interested and to make it fun (while it's also constructive):
TREASURE HUNT 1. Title of a cookbook for Passover 2. Call number of a book about bar/bat mitzvah 3. In TEEN section, title of a graphic novel 4. Any book with 5 words in the title 5. How many volumes of the Zohar do we have? (Hint: blue covers, REFERENCE) 6. Title of any little kids’ picture book with more than 3 copies 7. What's your favorite flavor of ice cream? 8. Title of a book by a local author (Extra points if it's by a local rabbi!) 9. How many DVD’s are on the shelf? Name one of them 10. Title of a book about a Jewish holiday that occurs in the fall season 11. Title of any book in the HUMOR section 12. What’s a movie you've seen more than 3 times? Do we have a copy in our collection? Yes? No? If No, Why not? 13. What color is the book jacket of the novel The Chosen? (Hint: FICTION) 14. Find one book in the JUVENILE section that is also in your school library. Title?: 15. Title of a book about the Yiddish language 16. Did Moses have a last name? Yes? No? If No, give him one! THANKS FOR PLAYING - Come back often! ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Emily Bergman" <emilyanneberg...@gmail.com> > To: "Lois Ruby" <loisr...@comcast.net> > Cc: "Heidi Rabinowitz" <heidi.rabinow...@cbiboca.org>, > sf...@googlegroups.com, hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu > Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2016 10:55:53 PM > Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] library services for religious school > Please share your treasure hunt with the list. I'm sure I'm not the only one > who would be inspired by what you're doing. > Emily Bergman > Temple Sinai > Glendale, CA > Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 28, 2016, at 3:50 PM, Lois Ruby < loisr...@comcast.net > wrote: > > We don't do a whole lot, though someone reads stories to the little guys. > > But > > once a month I meet with the 4th-7th grades separately. My goal in those > > short sessions is to introduce the kids to general Jewish literature, so we > > read aloud and discuss stories and/or poems by noted authors such as I.L. > > Peretz and I.B. Singer, with some info on their lives, the Yiddish > > language, > > their themes and how they relate to Jewish values, etc. I also introduce > > the > > kids to stock characters, such as the fools of Chelm and the righteous man > > in the guise of a beggar, and I like to do something on humor. (Whatever > > engages those rascals!) Occasionally I'll talk about a contemporary middle > > grade or Y.A. book to bring up discussion topics. Oh, and one other thing I > > do at the beginning of each school year for the 4th and 5th graders is a > > "treasure hunt" through the library. I give them a list of things to find, > > and they work in pairs to fill out their list. It's a pretty lively > > activity! Though I'm a professional librarian (retired now to write full > > time), like the rest of our "staff," I'm a volunteer so I don't get to meet > > with the kids as often as I'd like to. Still, we do what we can, eh? Good > > luck! > > > Lois Ruby > > > Congregation Albert - Albuquerque, NM > > > www.loisruby.com > > > Author of ... > > > Steal Away Home and Soon Be Free > > > The Secret of Laurel Oaks, Rebel Spirits, and > > > The Doll Graveyard (now in Scholastic Book Fairs!) > > > Watch for my new ebooks, too! > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Heidi Rabinowitz" < heidi.rabinow...@cbiboca.org > > > > > > > To: hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu , sf...@googlegroups.com > > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2016 1:53:06 PM > > > > > > Subject: [ha-Safran] library services for religious school > > > > > > For those of you working with religious school (not day school), what do > > > you > > > do beyond storytime and discussion when classes come in to visit the > > > library? Especially looking for thoughts on engaging upper elementary and > > > middle school kids. > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > Heidi Rabinowitz > > > > > > he...@cbiboca.org > > > > > > __ > > > > > > Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual > > > author > > > > > > and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries > > > (AJL) > > > > > > ================================== > > > > > > Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: > > > > > > hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu > > > > > > To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: > > > https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran > > > > > > Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: galro...@osu.edu > > > > > > Ha-Safran Archives: > > > > > > Current: > > > > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html > > > > > > Earlier Listserver: > > > > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html > > > > > > AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Hasafran mailing list > > > > > > Hasafran@lists.osu.edu > > > > > > https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran > > > > > __ > > > Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual > > author > > > and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries > > (AJL) > > > ================================== > > > Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: > > > hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu > > > To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: > > https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran > > > Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: galro...@osu.edu > > > Ha-Safran Archives: > > > Current: > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html > > > Earlier Listserver: > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html > > > AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org > > > -- > > > Hasafran mailing list > > > Hasafran@lists.osu.edu > > > https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran >
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