KINDERGARTEN

Introduction to the library and its purpose
Proper book care
Appropriate library behavior
listening skills
following instruction
appropriate participation during storytime
Appropriate book selection
Introduction to authors and illustrators
Author studies

FIRST GRADE

Introduction to Caldecott medal
Picturebooks "live" on the shelf in alphabetical order
Fiction vs. Non-fiction
Recognizing sequencing in a story
Main ideas
Retell events in a story
Parts of a book: cover, pages, title, author, illustrator, spine

SECOND GRADE

Locate book by author's last name
Understand author's purpose
Non-fiction elements: table of contents, glossary and index
Spine labels including call # - the "address" of our books
Shelf order
Fiction vs. Non-fiction
Introduction to dictionary
Parts of a book
Folktales and Fairy Tales

THIRD GRADE

Reference materials: dictionary and encyclopedia
Using guide words in reference materials
Introduction to cybersafety - reliable sources
OPAC - introduction to the online public access catalog
Introduction to the Dewey Decimal system
Introduction to the VRC
Reading for information; for purpose
Parts of the computer

FOURTH GRADE

Reference materials: encyclopedia, thesaurus and atlas
OPAC
Cybersafety
Dewey Decimal system
VRC
Study skills: note-taking, summarizing

FIFTH GRADE

Bibliography
Primary vs. Secondary sources
Study skills: note-taking, summarizing, skimming
OPAC: author, title, subject and keyword
cybersafety
VRC
Dewey Decimal system