Library Skills
The Swain School library program is designed to foster a lifelong love of reading and teach critical 21st century information literacy skills. Students are taught and encouraged to read a wide variety of genres, to use the library as a place to gain knowledge to help solve problems, and to develop information management skills. We collaborate with teachers so library lessons can reinforce skills and topics that are being covered in the classrooms.
Preschool and Prekindergarten
- Library procedures
- Responsible book care
- Seasonal stories: back to school, fall, winter, spring
- Rhyming books
Kindergarten
- Library procedures; book care
- Organization of the library; alphabetical order; library tour
- Seasonal stories: snow, winter, spring
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Tundra
- Poetry Month
- Rainforest
- Marine life
- Summer books
Grade 1
- Fostering love of reading
- Book care
- Library procedure
- Listening skills
- Beginning research skills
- Organization of library
- Intro to online databases
- Appreciation of poetry
- Use of card catalog
Grade 2
- Dewey Decimal System
- Easy and fiction sections
- Catalog
- Book Fair
- Holidays around the world
- Reference materials
- Science expo
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Book drive
- Parts of a book
- Presidents Day
- Author study
- Poetry Month
- Earth Day
- Summer reading
Grade 3
- Library overview
- Dewey Decimal System
- Classification
- Call numbers
- Scavenger hunt
- Mysteries
- Reference materials
- Online resources
- Biography
- Book Fair
- Author study
- Poetry Month
- Earth Day
- Summer reading projects
Grade 4
- Using Dewey Decimal System
- Six word reviews
- Realistic fiction
- Book Fair
- Evaluate reference tools
- Research - traditional and online
- Black History Month
- Writing book reviews
- American poets
- Earth Day
- Newberry Award winners
- Summer reading
Grade 5
- Review Dewey Decimal System
- Catalog
- Book reviews
- Book Fair
- Reference materials
- Book exchange
- Martin Luther King, Jr. research
- Nonfiction
- Biographies
- Poetry Month
- Using databases
- Summer reading selections
Grade 6
- Review Dewey Decimal System
- Catalog
- News sources
- Fiction
- Book Fair
- Reference materials
- Online research engines
- Book review podcasts
- Using databases
- Summer reading selections
Grades 7 and 8
- Lifelong reading for pleasure
- Research using subscription databases
- Black History Month projects
- Resource evaluation
- Research strategies
- Ethical use of information
- Using technology for library purposes - electronic book reviews, library tours, etc.
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