Searching for Pair-It Books

This week in 3rd grade we are using the online catalog to find books that relate by subject.  We are looking for a pair of books, one fiction and one nonfiction.  I used this graphic organizer to help them pair up the books and see how the books relate.

I demonstrated 3 approaches to finding Pair-It books:
     1.  Start with a known fiction book first.  They found that specific title first, dug deeper into the the title details and discovered subjects related to that book.  They then searched for a nonfiction book with the subject they were interested in.
     2.  Start with a known nonfiction book.  They then followed the same steps as above, but looking for a fiction book to match the subject.
     3.  Third they searched for a subject they were interested in and found a nonfiction and fiction book that related to the same subject.

This library skills lesson gave them time to explore the online catalog and find books they could compare.