Library Curriculum

In Prekindergarten and Kindergarten, students learn:

• LIBRARY SPACE AND MANNERS

• BOOK CARE

• NURSERY RHYMES (INCLUDING MOTHER GOOSE STEM)

• BOOKS--PARTS OF THE BOOK/AUTHOR/TITLE/ ILLUSTRATOR

• FORMATS OF BOOKS--PICTURE BOOKS, BOARD BOOKS, E-BOOKS, AUDIO BOOKS

• LIBRARY SKILLS AND BOOK CARE

• LIBRARY OVERVIEW AND ORGANIZATION

• BASIC MAP SKILLS--WHERE ARE WE IN THE WORLD

• GLOBAL AND CULTURAL HOLIDAYS 

• FICTION AND NONFICTON

• ILLUSTRATIONS VS. PHOTOGRAPHS

• STORYTELLING FROM A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE

• POETRY/RHYME/RHYTHM

• ENVIRONMENT/EARTH DAY

• FOLKTALES/FAIRY TALES/FABLES

In First through Fourth Grade, students learn:

• LIBRARY SKILLS AND ORGANIZATION

• DEWEY DECIMAL SYSTEM FOR NONFICTOIN BOOKS

• ALPHABETICAL ORDER

• ONLINE CATALOG (DESTINY DISCOVER)

• INFORMATION LITERACY: WHAT IS INFORMATION, HOW TO FIND AND EVALUATE INFORMATION, AND HOW TO APPLY INFORMATION

• DATABASES AND HOW TO USE THEM/CITE THEM

• PRIMARY SOURCES

• YOUTH MEDIA AWARDS

• FABLES, FAIRY TALES, AND FOLKTALES

• GENRE AND FORMAT (INC. E-BOOKS, POETRY, and GRAPHIC NOVELS)

• GEOGRAPHY AND GOOGLE EARTH/ATLASES

• BIOGRAPHY AND AUTOBIOGRAPHY

• REFERENCE MATERIALS: WORLD BOOK OLINE ENCYCLOPEDIA AND DATABASES

• STORYTELLING FROM A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE