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Library Lessons

Early Childhood

  • Library Expectations

  • Book Care

  • Storytime Theme: Picnics

  • Storytime Theme: Visit the Zoo

  • Storytime Theme:  Music and Dance

  • Halloween/Monster stories

  • Di-November! (Dinosaurs)

  • Bedtime stories

  • Winter holiday stories

  • Storytime Theme: Snow

  • Dr. Seuss stories

  • Storytime Theme: Transportation

  • Storytime Theme: Gardening and Farming

  • SEL - Emotions, Feelings, Compassion

Kindergarten

  • Library Expectations

  • Book Care

  • Storytime Theme:  Colors

  • Parts of a book (Front and back cover, spine, title)

  • Theodor Seuss Geisel Award books

  • Mo Willems books

  • Di-November! (Dinosaurs)

  • Winter stories

  • Nursery Rhymes

  • Meet Illustrator Christian Robinson

  • Story Elements:  Retelling, Characters, Setting, Plot

  • SEL - Mindfulness

First Grade

  • Library Expectations

  • Book Care

  • Digital Citizenship

    • Talking to strangers online​

    • Online safety

    • Personal vs. private information

  • Choosing a "Just Right" book

  • Parts of a book (covers, spine, author, illustrator, title, illustration, barcode, title page, headings, table of contents, glossary)

  • Fiction vs. Nonfiction

  • Di-November! (Dinosaurs)

  • Christmas around the world (Australia, England, World View)

  • Monarch Award books and 2022 voting

  • Fables

  • Meet Author and Illustrator Donald Crews

  • SEL - Mindfulness

Second Grade

  • Library Expectations

  • Book Care

  • Digital Citizenship

    • Sharing uncomfortable internet situations with a trusted adult​

    • Ask a trusted adult before sharing personal information

    • Don't meet people face-to-face from the internet

    • I will not be rude or mean online

  • "IPICK" - how to choose a book

  • Story Elements (Character, setting, problem, solution)

  • Di-November! (Dinosaurs)

  • Christmas around the world (Mexico, Sweden, World View)

  • Monarch Award books and 2022 voting

  • Folktales

  • SEL - Mindfulness

Third Grade

  • Library Expectations

  • Using the Destiny Catalog

  • Using keywords in searching

  • Organization of Fiction and Nonfiction

  • Digital Citizenship

    • Being responsible online

    • Being respectful

    • Being safe online 

  • Christmas around the world (China, Germany, World View)

  • Nonfiction text features (Table of contents, headings, illustrations, photos, maps, bold print, diagrams, captions, glossary, index)

  • Using keywords in an index

  • Choosing the Best Resource (Dictionary, Thesaurus, PebbleGo, World Book, Internet)

  • Note taking from four sources using a chart

  • Folktales

  • SEL - Mindfulness

Fourth Grade

  • Library Expectations

  • Digital Citizenship 

    • What is ok to share on the internet?​

    • Creating a password

    • Cyberbullying

    • Giving credit to creators/copyright

  • Bluestem award introduction

  • Fiction vs. Nonfiction

  • Fiction Genres (mystery, science fiction, realistic fiction, historical fiction, fantasy)

  • Holiday stories

  • Fairy Tales - comparing Cinderella stories from multiple countries

  • Text Connections

  • Primary and Secondary Sources

  • SEL - Mindfulness, Compassion

Fifth Grade

  • Library Expectations

  • Digital Citizenship

    • Importance of strong passwords​

    • Media choices/Healthy balance

    • Cyberbullying

    • Reading online news

    • Evaluating online resources

  • Bluestem award and 2022 voting

  • Holiday stories

  • Review - dictionary, thesaurus, fiction vs. nonfiction, online catalog, World Book online, PebbleGo database, taking notes from two resources, bibliographies, notetaking, web page features, choosing the best source for your information need, story elements

  • Main Idea/Details

  • Greek Mythology

  • SEL - Mindfulness

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