Library Media Center (K-5)
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The Library Media Specialists focus on offering programs and services that are centered on information literacy and that are designed around active, authentic student learning.
Library Media Curriculum
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Kindergarten
Information Literacy Skills
- Be able to appropriately care for LRC materials and resources
- Be able to check books out and return them
- Be able to locate "everybody" books in the library: fiction and non-fiction
- Recognize ABC organization of everybody fiction books
- Be able to listen to a story and answer basic questions (who, what, when)
- Learn to identify parts of a book: title, author, illustrator, cover
- Introduce Super 3 research model
- View, listen and participate in a variety of literature activities including Caldecott Award books, Monarch books, genres, and other books by notable authors
Technology Skills
- Learn how to use and take care of the computer properly
- Learn how to log on and off the computer
- Learn how to use the mouse (click and double click)
- Learn to use the computer to create and print
- Explore electronic resources
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First Grade
Information Literacy Skills
- Continue to demonstrate proper care of LRC books and resources
- Demonstrate the ability to locate books in the library: fiction and non-fiction and locate beginning chapter books and appropriate level books
- Learn to identify parts of a book: title, author, illustrator, cover, and spine
- Find periodicals in the library
- Be able to respond to simple comprehension questions regarding fiction and non-fiction books
- Introduce basic reference resources, including Online Card Catalog
- Be able to identify the Super 3 research method
- View, listen and participate in a variety of literature activities including Caldecott Award books, Monarch books, genres and other books by notable authors
Technology Skills
- Learn how to use and take care of the computer properly
- Learn how to log on and off the computer
- Learn how to use the mouse and keyboard
- Learn to use the computer to create, save and print
- Explore electronic resources including Online Card Catalog
- Use word processing software to complete a project
- Use graphic art software to complete a project
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Second Grade
Information Literacy Skills
- Continue to demonstrate proper care of LRC books and resources
- Locate facts in a non-fiction book and differentiate between fact and fiction
- Be able to locate fiction and non-fiction books
- Listen to a story and be able to answer who, what, when, where and why about the story
- Summarize basic information in a fiction and non-fiction book
- Learn to identify parts of a book: Title, author, illustrator, cover, spine, and publisher
- Be able to use ABC order to find a book in the fiction section
- Recognize the use of ABC order in the dictionary
- Recognize some basic elements of poetry
- Select material appropriate for curriculum and recreational reading
- Be able to identify and discuss the Super 3 research process
- View, listen and participate in a variety of literature activities including Caldecott Award books, Monarch books, genres and other books by notable authors.
Technology Skills
- Continue to show proper care of electronic equipment
- Learn how to save work and open saved work
- Learn how to use the scroll bar
- Learn how to change font, size of font, and color of font
- Learn how to create a picture and story using the appropriate software
- Locate and use electronic resources including Online Card Catalog
- Use word processing software to complete a project
- Use graphic art software to complete a project
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Third Grade
Information Literacy Skills
- Continue to demonstrate proper care of LRC books and resources
- Be able to search on the electronic card catalog by author, title, keyword, series and subject
- Introduce the Dewey Decimal system of organization of non-fiction books
- Be able to locate information for a project using the encyclopedia
- Be able to use the index, table of contents and glossary in a non-fiction book
- Be able to apply the "call number" on the card catalog search screen and find the book on the shelf
- Be able to use a dictionary to find meanings of words and thesaurus to find synonyms of words
- Introduce basic map skills
- Be able to write a bibliography of a book
- Be able to apply the Super 3 research model to a project
- View, listen and participate in a variety of literature activities including Newberry Award books, Caudill books, genres and other books by notable authors
Technology Skills
- Demonstrate and develop basic keyboard skills
- Learn how to cut, copy and paste
- Demonstrate the ability to use spell check
- Learn to use the computer to create, save and print
- Locate and use electronic resources, i.e. World Book, E-Library, and bookmarked sights
- Format a document using a word processing program
- Create simple graphics
- Create a multimedia presentation
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Fourth Grade
Information Literacy Skills
- Demonstrate the ability to locate fiction, nonfiction and biographies in the library
- Use keywords to access both print and non-print information
- Locate information using the encyclopedia and the almanac
- Discuss Internet safety, searching techniques and ethical use of materials
- Interpret information received from nonfiction reading, viewing, and listening
- Locate information using an atlas
- Be able to identify parts of a book: forward, dedication, bibliography and copyright
- View, listen and participate in a variety of literature activities including Newberry Award books, Caudill books, genres and other books by notable authors
- Use the Super 3 research model to complete a research project
Technology Skills
- Demonstrate the ability to safely use Searching Techniques on the Internet with appropriate supervision
- Maintain keyboarding skills
- Learn how to evaluate Internet sites using appropriate criteria
- Be able to ethically use Internet resources
- Create a word processing document with graphics
- Create a multimedia presentation
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Fifth Grade
Information Literacy Skills
- Demonstrate the ability to locate fiction, nonfiction, biographies and reference materials in the library
- Locate information using biographical and geographical dictionaries
- Apply legal principles of ethical conduct to research (i.e. plagiarism, citing sources)
- Evaluate information received from nonfiction reading, viewing, and listening
- Introduce the Big 6 research process
- Demonstrate the ability to use the appropriate reference source for research
- Evaluate information in terms of relevance and reliability
Technology Skills
- Demonstrate the ability to safely search on the Internet using Boolean searching with appropriate supervision
- Maintain keyboarding skills
- Create a multimedia presentation
- Demonstrate the ability to locate relevant and appropriate electronic resources
Last Modified on December 15, 2021
