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Second Grade

Library Procedures 

  • Locate books and recognize order
  • Differentiate between fiction and non-fiction
  • Circulation procedures

 Literary Understanding and Appreciation            

  • Parts of a book (title, author, illustrator)
  • Continue to introduce literary styles and genres
  • Study of different types of folk and fairytales, such as trickster tales
  • and multicultural literature
  • Children are made more fully aware of Caldecott Awards
 Information Literacy Skills 
  • Organization: how materials in the library are organized
  • Sequencing: how stories have a beginning, middle and end
  • Classification: fiction books are separate from non-fiction books
  • Main idea: what is the main idea of the story
  • Following directions
  • Listening

Technology 

  • Use of computer hardware and software appropriate to grade level
  • Computer log-on procedures
  • Introduce computer vocabulary