Treasure Hunt

 

Treasure Hunt with Books

Grade Level: 3-5

Texas School Library Standards: 

Strand 1- Information Literacy: School library programs offer information literacy instruction that enables students to efficiently locate, accurately evaluate, ethically use, and clearly communicate information in various formats.

Dimension 1: Learners and educators use information to effectively accomplish a specific purpose; they also access and evaluate print and digital resources for their inquiry needs, academic needs, and/or personal needs.

Materials: 

• Typed clues

• Recording sheet 

• Pencils

• Small prizes

Instructional Procedures: 

• Share with students that today they will go on a treasure hunt to practice their knowledge and skills in finding books and other library resources. 

• Explain that students will be given a clue typed on a small piece of paper. They will then find a book or other library resource related to the clue. 

• Students may work independently or in pairs.

• Once students find a book or resource they think fits the clue, they will then check in with the librarian to approve their find. 

• If the find is approved, the student will then record the clue number and the resource on their record sheet. If the find is not approved, the student must go back and find another resource.

• Once students fill up their record sheet with ten approved resources, they then earn a small prize (bookmark, smelly erasers, etc). 

Suggested Instructional Strategies:  

• Cooperative learning

• Flexible/strategic grouping

• Project-based learning

Assessment:

• Assessment will be students successfully finding books and other resources in support of clues given