Library Skills and Information

MEDIA CENTER POLICIES

CHECK-OUT POLICIES

- Grade 1-4 students may check out two books for a period of one week each.
- Students may consecutively renew the same book only twice.
- Kindergarten students will visit the library three times a week and select one book during each visit.
- Special exceptions for check out policies are made for classroom assignments and research projects.
- Parents are welcome to visit our library during regular school hours. Borrowing privileges are extended to students and faculty.

Duneland Department of Media & Technology Mission and Goals (PAGE UNDER CONSTRUCTION)

Integrated Media Skills Grades K-6

Selecting Books

Five Finger Test

To check the reading level of a book:

1. Open the book to the middle. Select a full page of text to read.
2. Read the page out loud if possible.
3. Put one finger up for every word you cannot pronounce or do not know.
4. If you get five (5) fingers up while reading one page, the book is too difficult for you to read independently (without help) for now.
5. If you do not put any fingers up, but you are reading very slowly and decoding lots of words as you read, you may not be ready to read this book independently yet.

Select another book for now, and try again later.