Kindergarten students will learn and practice proper book care and library manners.  They will identify parts of the library as well as parts of a book.  They will understand library check out procedures.  They will appreciate a variety of literary forms.  They will recognize Caldecott books and discuss illustrations/illustrators.

First grade students will review and exhibit mastery of Kindergarten concepts.  They will identify basic elements of a story and be able to distinguish between fiction and nonfiction.  They will understand that materials have a specific order.  They will be introduced to our automated card catalog with its Visual Search elements.

Second grade students will review all previous concepts.  They will do further study of the automated card catalog system and begin to search for books on the shelf.  They will define biography books and understand their arrangement.  They will begin use of encyclopedias.

Third grade students will review all previous concepts.  They will understand subject, author, and title as it applies to our automated card catalog.  They will locate books in the computer and find them on the shelf.  They will work with print and non-print encyclopedias.  They will review dictionary skills.

Fourth grade students will understand Dewey shelf arrangement and further practice location of book skills.  They will have a general knowledge of atlases and almanacs as reference tools.  They will access and navigate the Internet.

Fifth and Sixth grade students will utilize the library for reference and research purposes.  They will become more familiar with important reference sources including periodical databases to build skill in information retrieval. Sixth grade students will study  research paper format in the near future.  Fifth grade students will be studying representative reference sources to foster familiarity with this resource for future research assignments.   Grades five and six meet once a week for book exchange.