Library

Library Program Overview

Students in Grades 1-5 attend a weekly 45 minute library class. Kindergarten has library and computer class twice a week for about 20 minutes each session. Each week, students listen to a grade appropriate read aloud, complete a follow-up assignment or activity, and browse books for borrowing. Students in Grades 1-5 are invited to borrow one book per week. Because book borrowing is new to Grade 1 students, library books are kept in their classroom. Students in Grades 2-5 are allowed to take books home. 

Kindergarten objectives include proper book care, identifying parts of a book, understanding what an author and illustrator do, retelling, and understanding character and setting.

Grade 1 objectives include a review of proper book care, a review of identifying parts of a book, a review of retelling, identifying the difference between fiction/nonfiction, comparing/contrasting stories and basic ABC order.

Grade 2 objectives include a review of identifying the difference between fiction/nonfiction, a review of retelling, a review of comparing/contrasting stories, ABC order, sequencing, story elements, and identifying the author’s purpose.

Grade 3 objectives include a review of story elements, a review of retelling, ABC order in relation to shelving, main idea and using graphic organizers.

Grade 4 objectives include a review of main idea, a review of shelving fiction books and the introduction of the Dewey Decimal System, theme and using a dictionary.

Grade 5 objectives include dictionary review, fiction and nonfiction (Dewey Decimal System) shelving review, a review of main idea, and summarizing.