• Units/Skills Taught Throughout the Year

     

     

    Kindergarten:

     

    Orientation

     

    Library Citizenship

     

    Parts of a book

     

    Book care

     

    Job of authors and illustrators

     

    ABC order

     

    Alphabetizing skills

     

    Authors/Illustrators study

     

    Literature appreciation/response

     

    Self-selection of appropriate materials

     

     

     

    Grade 1:

     

    Orientation

     

    Library Citizenship

     

    Basic Organization of the Library

     

    Parts of a book (Title Page, Table of Contents, Glossary)

     

    Reinforce ABC order

     

    Reinforce alphabetizing skills

     

    Location skills in Easy section

     

    Fiction vs. non-fiction

     

    Understands a fact as a true statement

     

    Recognizes non-fiction as a source of information

     

    Literature appreciation/response

     

    Caldecott Award

     

    Authors/Illustrators

     

    Self-selection of appropriate materials

     

     

     

    Grade 2:

     

    Orientation

     

    Library Citizenship

     

    Parts of a book (Captions, Sub-Headings, Index)

     

    Location skills in Easy fiction, Easy non-fiction, and chapter book sections

     

    Introduce easy periodicals

     

    Introduce sections of the library

     

    Introduction to information gathering and note taking (in support of regular classroom instruction)

     

    Introduce Basic Works Consulted format (author, title, publisher, copyright date)

     

    Introduce Spine Labels

     

    Use Online Catalog

     

    Keyword skills related to Online Catalog

     

    Literature appreciation/response

     

    Caldecott Award

     

    Authors/Illustrators

     

    Genre (fairy tales, fables, folklore)

     

    Compare and Contrast two or more versions of the same story

     

    Dictionaries

     

    Self-selection of appropriate materials

     

    Introduction to Multi-media presentation tools

     

    Acceptable Use Policy

     

    Social Media Guidelines

     

    Introduction to Internet Safety

     

     

     

    Grade 3:

     

    Orientation

     

    Library Citizenship

     

    Parts of a book (use of indexes)

     

    Call numbers

     

    Location of sources

     

    Use Online Catalog

     

    Locate print resources using spine labels

     

    Literature appreciation/response

     

    Cultural Diversity through Literature

     

     

    Digital Resources-uses technology to locate information

     

    Works Consulted format

     

    Basic elements of research -- “Question-Plan-Gather”

     

    Authors/Illustrators

     

    Genre (biography, tall tales in collaboration with SS teachers)

     

    Self-selection of appropriate materials

     

    Use Multi-media presentation tools