Library Skills and Information
MEDIA CENTER POLICIES
All classes are scheduled to check out books multiple times during the week.
Children are encouraged to visit the library frequently.
Overdue notices are sent home as needed.
Jackson Library does not charge fines for overdue books.
Children may be limited in taking additional books until overdue items are returned or renewed.
Borrowers are responsible for all materials they select.
Lost or damaged library materials will need to be paid for by the borrower or replaced.
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:
Open the book to the middle. Select a full page of text to read.
Read the page out loud if possible.
Put one finger up for every word you cannot pronounce or do not know.
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.
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.
LESSONS:
KINDERGARTEN & 1st Grade
FICTION AND NONFICTION - STAR FALL
2ND GRADE:
READERS TO THE RESCUE - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS - PUT THE CHARACTERS IN THE STORY, IT WILL CHANGE EACH TIME YOU PLAY.
3RD GRADE:
4TH GRADE:
WHAT'S NEXT IN THE SERIES
FANTASTIC FICTION - Author Info
LIBRARY LINKS
BARNES AND NOBLE Book of the Month
Book Wire Children's Books
Children's Books Forever - PDF files of children's books
Library of Congress - Kids and Families Library Links
Reading Rockets - Authors and Illustrator links and choosing books suggestions.
Spaghetti Book Club - Book Reviews by Kids for Kids
Story Books - Kindergarten Canvas
Waking Brain Cells - Book Review Website
WHAT'S NEXT - Books in Series Database - Search for the next book in a series.