Over the course of the seven years our students spend at E. R. Hughes they learn a great deal about library organization, literature and information literacy.
Each new year brings new topics, while the previous years topics are reviewed and built upon. For the 1st four years of their elementary school years students visit the library once each cycle to learn library basics. The final three years are spent applying their library knowledge through a series of assignments and projects developed by the Classroom Teacher and the Librarian.
The following is a breakdown of the main topics addressed each year:
Kindergarten:
Library Orientation:
Taking care of Library books
Parts of a book
Fiction Call Numbers
Nonfiction Call Numbers
Literature:
Authors
Illustrators
Publishers
The Caldecott Award
Research:
Globes
Organizing information
1st Grade:
Library Orientation:
Alphabetical order
Literature:
Elements of Fiction stories
Elements of Nonfiction books
Fables
Tall Tales
The Caldecott Award
Research:
Title Pages
Copyright Dates
Note taking
Atlases
Dictionaries
Encyclopedias
2nd Grade:
Library Orientation:
The Dewey Decimal System
Literature:
Folk Tales
Fairy Tales
Research:
Distinguishing Fact and Opinion
Almanacs
3rd Grade:
Literature:
Fiction Genres
The Elements of fiction stories
The Newbery Award
Research:
The Big 6
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