LMC Learning Goals and Expectations

The media specialist collaborates with the classroom teachers to plan and conduct media center units and lessons which will integrate the following:

• Information Literacy Skills

• Greenville County Student Research Process

• Library Media Center Goals

Learning Goals and Expectations

4K and 5K

LMC Orientation

• Identifies LMC personnel

• Locates LMC

• Realizes the LMC is a learning area

• Locates story area

• Observes LMC rules and routines

• Book care

Organization of Resources

• Returns books to proper places

• Understands correct procedure for checking out books

• Locates the E (Easy) section

• Understands that books in the LMC are located in special sections

Selection of Resources

• Selection of books of interest

• Explore books independently

Utilization of Resources

• Understands title is the name of a book

• Locates the title of a book

• Knows the book has a title page

• Understands the function of an author

• Understands the function of an illustrator

Comprehension and Study Skills

• Uses pictures to help understand text

• Read emergent texts and utilize picture clues

• Begin retelling details from stories read aloud

• Begin identifying characters (who) and setting (where) in stories and read alouds

• Begin recognizing rhyming words

• Begin participating in choral speaking of short rhymes

• Begin listening for main ideas

• Begin using picture clues to predict what the story will be about

Media Center

• Become independent users of the media center

First Grade

LMC Orientation

• Realizes LMC is a place for many kinds of materials

• Names types of materials found in LMC

• Observes library rules and procedures for story time and check out

• Handles books properly

• Uses items carefully and returns them to their proper places

Organization of Resources

• Check out and returns books correctly

• Realizes special shelving order helps to locate books

• Locates Easy shelving

• Realizes Easy books are arranged in ABC order by the author’s last name

• Connects last name of author with call number on the spine

• Uses shelf marker to mark place on shelf

Selection of Resources

• Selects books of proper reading levels and interests

• Recognizes Caldecott medal is given to the illustrator for the pictures in the books

• Selects books by favorite titles and authors

Utilization of Resources

• Uses call numbers and shelf guides to locate authors’ books on Easy shelves

• Identifies cover, spine, author, title and title page

• Recognizes equipment used in the LMC

Comprehension and Study Skills

• Listens attentively and responds to a variety of media including stories read aloud, ebooks, and videos

• Reads emergent texts and uses picture cues to assist with understanding

• Use pictures as a clue to content

• Understands the function of an author

• Understands the function of an illustrator

• Identifies title page information

• Identifies character and setting

• Distinguishes between fiction and nonfiction

• Begins to summarize main idea of stories read aloud

• Retells story in logical order

• Begins to participate in Accelerated Reader

• Identify rhyming words

Second Grade

LMC Orientation

• Understands LMC is an information center

• Demonstrates respect for LMC property

• Helps keep LMC clean and neat for all patrons

Organization of Resources

• Uses shelf guides to find books

• Identifies sections of the library

• Realizes fiction books are in alphabetical order by the last name of the person they are about

• Realizes biography books are in alphabetical order by the last name of the person the book is about

• Realizes non-fiction books are arranged by Dewey Decimal numbers

• Understands “grouping” of Dewey subjects

Selection of Resources

• Knows difference between dictionary and encyclopedia

• Knows difference between nonfiction and fiction

• Knows that nonfiction books are grouped by Dewey number (by subject)

• Understands biography is the true life story of a person

• Uses Destiny Quest to locate books by author, title and subject

Utilization of Resources

• Uses the first three letters of author’s last name to locate books of fiction shelves

• Locates information in Table of Contents, Glossary and Index

• Uses beginning encyclopedia

• Uses Dewey numbers to find non-fiction books

Comprehension and Study Skills

• Identifies character, setting and plot

• Read grade level texts with purpose and understanding

• Make predictions before and during reading

• Distinguishes between fiction and nonfiction

• Understands the characteristics of fables, folktales, and tall tales

• Listens and responds to a variety of media including books, audio tapes, videos

• Summarizes the main idea

• Retells a sequence of events

• Reads a wide variety of fiction and nonfiction books

• Distinguishes between biography and autobiography

• Researches a subject using a variety of print and technology resources, organizes and writes a report

Third Grade

LMC Orientation

• Recognizes role of Library Personnel

• Observes library rules and procedures for checkout and returning materials

• Demonstrates care of library materials, both digital and in print

Organization of Resources

• Identifies sections of the library: easy, fiction, nonfiction, biography, reference

• Realizes fiction books are in alphabetical order by authors last name

• Realizes biography books are in alphabetical order by the last name of the person the book is about

• Locates non-fiction with Dewey Decimal numbers

• Understands “grouping” of Dewey subjects

Selection of Resources

• Select books on proper reading levels and interests from fiction and nonfiction shelves

• Realizes fiction books are made up

• Are aware that Dewey books are grouped by subject

• Understands the difference between a biography and autobiography

• Chooses proper source for reference information

Utilization of Resources

• Locates information about a person in the biography section

• Locates information in the table of contents, glossary, index, and graphic features in nonfiction and reference books

• Uses Destiny Quest to find books by subject, author, title keyword, and series

• Uses Dewey number to find non-fiction books

• Uses Internet as a source of information

Comprehension and Study Skills

• Differentiates between fiction and non-fiction

• Differentiates between fact and fiction

• Identifies literary elements: plot, setting, characterization, author’s purpose

• Researches a subject using a variety of print and technology resources, organizes and writes a report

• Prepares a bibliography to be included in the report

Fourth Grade

LMC Orientation

• Recognizes role of library personnel

• Observes library rules

• Demonstrates care of library materials, both digital and in print

Organization of Resources

• Understands fiction ordered by last name of author

• Understands non-fiction ordered by Dewey numbers

• Understands biography and autobiography ordered by last name of subject

Selection of Resources

• Expands knowledge of literature, reads wider variety on shelves

• Recognizes Newbery Award for writing

• Chooses proper source from reference information shelves

Utilization of Resources

• Understands how to use the information found in the table of contents, glossary, index, and graphic features in nonfiction and reference books

• Uses guide words, headings, subheading in nonfiction and reference books

• Uses print (Examples: books, atlases, almanacs, dictionaries, thesauri, encyclopedias), nonprint sources of information and the internet

• Uses Dewey Decimal System

• Uses Destiny Quest effectively to locate materials by author, title, subject, keyword, series

• Can locate media by call number

• Demonstrates an understanding of copyright

Comprehension and Study Skills

• Listens to and shows interest in a variety of materials

• Differentiates between fiction and non-fiction

• Differentiates between fact and opinion

• Identifies literary elements: plot, setting, characterization, dialogue, and author’s purpose

• Researches a subject using a variety of print and technology resources, organizes and writes a report

Fifth Grade

LMC Orientation

• Recognizes role of Library personnel

• Observes library rules

• Demonstrates care of library materials, both digital and in print

Organization of Resources

• Competently uses check out and return procedures

• Demonstrates ability to locate and use fiction books

• Demonstrates ability to locate and use non-fiction books

• Demonstrates ability to locate and use biographies and autobiographies

• Demonstrates ability to compile a simple bibliography

Selection of Resources

• Further expands knowledge of literature by continued exploration of different types of genres and media

• Recognizes Newbery Award for writing

• Demonstrates use of specialized print and nonprint reference materials

Utilization of Resources

• Correctly classifies general title by Dewey System

• Uses electronic encyclopedias and DISCUS resources

• Demonstrates an understanding of copyright