What We’re Learning at Bon Air

All students will be starting the school year off learning or reviewing classroom procedures and expectations.

• Kindergarten will focus on modeling and learning through stories what it looks like to be kind, safe, responsible, and respectful. They will also be learning how to take good care of books as well as become familiar with some of the book's parts.

• First Grade will begin with reviewing book care etiquette.  They will then learn about ABC order and how books are arranged in the easy section of the library.  Main and supporting characters and their traits will also be a topic of focus as well as reading strategies (predicting, asking questions, making connections).

• Second Grade will learn how to locate a book by its call number and choose one that is "Just Right" by conducting the five finger rule.  They will also be instructed on how to search for a book of interest using Destiny Discover and be able to differentiate between fiction and nonfiction text.

• Third Grade will review how to use Destiny Discover to locate a book of interest. They will also focus their learning on knowing the difference between Fiction and Nonfictions and identifying a book's genres  as well as on gaining a better understanding of the importance of nonfiction text features for research.

• Fourth Grade will become familiar with hyperlinks, URLs, SERP,  Artificial Intelligence, and Website Evaluation, looking closely at authority and purpose.

Book Checkout for Bon Air Students

• Students are able to exchange their books ONLY during their scheduled library class time. Each class meets for 50 minutes in a six day rotation cycle. Kindergarten exchanges books EVERY OTHER rotation.

Databases available through POWER Kids 

Students will be have unlimited access to these databases:

• Gale in Context Elementary

• Book Flix

• Britannica School

• Discover PA for Kids

• Kids Speak - Chinese, French, German, Italian, and Spanish