Library
Library Program
Library Philosophy
Our school library media center embodies the school's philosophy of implementing, developing, learning, enhancing, and promoting critical thinking skills, lifetime learning, and the basics of information literacy.
The library information skills program is an integral part of the total educational program, teaching students the basic processing skills necessary to connect them with information and ideas in all subject and interest areas. Development of these skills involves the collaborative efforts of the library media specialist, administrators, classroom teachers, technology coordinators, parents and students as active partners in the educational process, thus reinforcing the value of literacy and life-long learning.
Kindergarten
Kindergarten students have two 40-minute library classes in the six-day cycle.
Program Structure
- Introduction to proper library behavior
- Learning how to care for books
- Borrowing books
- Fun activities including:
- Listening to stories
- Singing
- Poetry
- Rhyming
- Acting
- Puppetry
- Improvisation
All these activities help prepare the students for reading.
First Grade
First grade students have one 40-minute library session in the six-day cycle.
Session Structure
- 20-minute lesson
- 20-minute period for locating, signing out, and borrowing books and periodicals
Lesson Topics
- Library procedures
- Book care
- Parts of a book
- Fiction and non-fiction
- Biography
- Library vocabulary
- Puppetry
- Readers Theater
- Folktales
- Stories
- Poetry
- Author studies
Second Grade
Second grade students have one 40-minute library session in the six-day cycle.