School Librarians who are looking for a way to integrate Library Information Literacy Skills into Subject Area curricula will LOVE this visual organizer! Students learn best when content and skills are taught in context, and the No Sweat Library Lesson Curriculum Matrix is a set of spreadsheets that allows you to enter Subject-Area unit activities and assessments chronologically for each grade level, and then match up National School Library Standards in order to plan and create Library Lessons that support classroom learning.The grid design of a spreadsheet allows you to enter National School Library Standards for all Subject-Area lessons and resources to be sure you meet Info-Lit needs for each grade throughout the school year. Then, by comparing the Standards between different sheets, you'll know if you are building Info-Lit skills from one grade level to the next. In short, using the No Sweat Library Curriculum Matrix will ensure that you provide a comprehensive program of NSL Standards-based Information Literacy instruction for the span of time students are in your school.This product package contains:an MS Excel file (.xlsx)an Open Document file (.ods) for Google Sheetsa PDF instruction sheet.The product file itself has 6 spreadsheets:1 year-long Library Scheduler overview page.3 tabbed pages for Grade levels: 6g, 7g, and 8g. (Add additional pages by copying spreadsheets and rename tabs to align with your own grade levels.)1 chart of AASL National School Library Standards so you can copy Foundation/Domain information into each grade level matrix. (I color code the text and/or cell as I use them to track what has been covered!)1 Example sheet with some of my No Sweat Library Lessons entered to guide you through filling in your own information.You can read more about using the Library Lesson Curriculum Matrix in my blog post: Whats a Library Lesson Curriculum Matrix & How Do I Use It? Barbara Paciotti, No Sweat Library
