| Lower School Library Curriculum |
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| I. Content |
| Younger Classes: |
| Students will be taught the basics of book care, library behavior, listening skills and appreciation of books. |
| Older Classes: |
| Students will reinforce lessons from previous years and learn necessary vocabulary - fiction, nonfiction, author, title, illustrator, publisher. Students will gain independence in locating books, following Dewey decimal system, and use of computer. |
| II. Skills and Processes |
| Teaching activities will guide 1st and 2nd year students to: |
- care for a book
- locate easy fiction section in the library
- use shelf markers
- check out books on computer
- return books on or before due date
- develop a love and appreciation for books
- develop confidence in looking for level appropriate books
- strengthen listening skills
- follow directions
- develop expressive language skills
- strengthen concepts of alphabetical order and numerical order
- identify the author, illustrator and table of contents of a book
- identify the title page
- recognize and understand the sections of the library (E< F< NF< Ref)
- understand the call numbers for fiction and nonfiction books
- become familiar with the ten sections of the nonfiction library section
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| Teaching activities will guide 3rd and 4th year students to: |
- care for a book
- locate easy fiction section in the library
- use shelf markers
- check out books on computer
- return books on or before due date
- develop a love and appreciation for books
- develop confidence in looking for level appropriate books
- strengthen listening skills
- follow directions
- develop expressive language skills
- strengthen concepts of alphabetical order and numerical order
- identify the author, illustrator and table of contents of a book
- identify the title page
- recognize and understand the sections of the library (E< F< NF< Ref)
- understand the call numbers for fiction and nonfiction books
- become familiar with the ten sections of the nonfiction library section
- use the Dewey decimal system more consistently
- to use the table of contents in selected texts
- to select challenging and stimulating chapter books
- to read a diverse and varied selection of chapter books
- to increase the number of chapter books read
- to use reference books for classroom research activities such as the encyclopedia, dictionary and thesaurus
- to use the computer to search the library for specific or theme related reading material
- to return books to the appropriate place on the books shelves
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| III. Products and Assessments: |
- Participation in library activities
- Teacher observation of students
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