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Listen to two books
read aloud, often accompanied by a poem, flannel
board story, or song. Skills taught include:
- Learning about a library
- Sharing stories
- Using a library correctly
- Understanding library and book terms
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Librarian read-aloud and lesson
on using the library; student selection of books
to check out for personal or classroom use. Skills
taught include:
- Mastering checkout procedures
- Understanding how materials are arranged
- Enlarging library and book vocabulary
- Telling a story from a wordless book ("Storyteller
of the Week")
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Librarian read-aloud and lesson
on using the library; student selection of books
to check out for personal or classroom use. Skills
taught include:
- Understanding basic genres
- Distinguishing the roles of the author,
illustrator, and publisher
- Using call numbers for finding fiction books
- Identifying various media used in illustration,
and follow-up art lesson during art specialist
class
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Librarian read-aloud and lesson on using the
library, including technology resources; student
selection of books to check out for personal or
classroom use. Introduction of optional Reading
Patch Club to encourage recreational reading.
Skills taught include:
- Using an encyclopedia and doing simple research
- Distinguishing between biography, autobiography,
and collective biography
- Elaborating on genres
- Using call numbers for finding non-fiction
books
- Using library research to complete a research
project assigned by the classroom teacher
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Librarian read-aloud and lesson on using the
library; library research for classroom papers
and projects; student selection of books to check
out for personal or classroom use. Reading Patch
Club is emphasized. Skills taught include:
- Using reference tools
- Using the Dewey Decimal System
- Research using more than one reference source
- Enlarging on encyclopedia reference skills
- Simple bibliographies
- Exploring genres to develop interest areas
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Librarian read-aloud and lesson on using the
library; library research for classroom papers
and projects; student selection of books to check
out for personal or classroom use. Reading Patch
Club becomes mandatory. Skills taught include:
- Using search engines to locate information
- Independent use of library resources
- Distinguishing relevant information in research
- Research using multiple reference sources
- Using proper bibliographic forms
- Expanding interesting in reading various
genres
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The library as an ever-available resource for
school and personal use, before or after school,
during classes, or during study hall. Additional
library time as contracted between middle school
teachers and the librarian, to do special projects.
Monthly book talks during English class by librarian
to stimulate independent reading. Skills emphasized
include:
- Using the card catalog and search engines
to locate information
- Using the Internet independently to locate
information
- Maintaining an interest in reading, and
knowledge of recently-published works
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