Library Curriculum

Resica Library Curriculum Map

Disclaimer: The nature of Library Curriculum instruction is such that a unit is introduced and practiced throughout the school year. Our skills are taught and then practiced through real life application whether it is the procedure for checking out a book or the process in which a student completes research to do a report. It is because of the nature of our discipline that our curriculum cannot be departmentalized into being taught only certain weeks. The marking period assignments for each grade level are approximate guidelines for the chronology of each teaching unit. The chronology, not content, is subject to change.

The following table lists a basic chronology for when each unit is introduced. Below you will find details within each unit for each grade level.

Grade Level	First Marking Period	Second Marking Period	Third Marking Period	Fourth Marking Period
Kindergarten	Care of Materials Unit	Reinforced	Reinforced	Reinforced
	Borrowing and Returning Materials Unit	Reinforced	Reinforced	Reinforced
	Literature Appreciation Unit	Reinforced	Reinforced	Reinforced
	Listening Skills Unit	Reinforced	Reinforced	Reinforced
	Library Citizenship Unit	Reinforced	Reinforced	Reinforced
		Independent Library Skills Unit	Reinforced	Reinforced
First Grade		Independent Library Skills Unit	Reinforced	Reinforced
	Care of Materials Unit	Reinforced	Reinforced	Reinforced
	Borrowing and Returning Materials Unit	Reinforced	Reinforced	Reinforced
	Literature Appreciation Unit	Reinforced	Reinforced	Reinforced
	Listening Skills Unit	Reinforced	Reinforced	Reinforced
	Library Citizenship Unit	Reinforced	Reinforced	Reinforced
Second Grade		Independent Library Skills Unit	Reinforced	Reinforced
	Care of Materials Unit	Reinforced	Reinforced	Reinforced
	Borrowing and Returning Materials Unit	Reinforced	Reinforced	Reinforced
	Literature Appreciation Unit	Reinforced	Reinforced	Reinforced
	Listening Skills Unit	Reinforced	Reinforced	Reinforced
	Library Citizenship Unit	Reinforced	Reinforced	Reinforced
			Fiction and Nonfiction Unit	Reinforced
Third Grade		Independent Library Skills Unit	Reinforced	Reinforced
	Care of Materials Unit	Reinforced	Reinforced	Reinforced
	Borrowing and Returning Materials Unit	Reinforced	Reinforced	Reinforced
	Literature Appreciation Unit	Reinforced	Reinforced	Reinforced
	Listening Skills Unit	Reinforced	Reinforced	Reinforced
	Library Citizenship Unit	Reinforced	Reinforced	Reinforced
			Fiction, Nonfiction and Biography Unit	Reinforced
		Dewey Decimal Unit	Reinforced	Reinforced
			Reference Tools	Reference Tools
	Electronic Catalog	Reinforced	Reinforced	Reinforced
				Periodicals
Fourth Grade		Independent Library Use Unit	Reinforced	Reinforced
	Care of Materials Unit	Reinforced	Reinforced	Reinforced
	Borrowing and Returning Materials Unit	Reinforced	Reinforced	Reinforced
	Literature Appreciation Unit	Reinforced	Reinforced	Reinforced
	Listening Skills Unit	Reinforced	Reinforced	Reinforced
	Library Citizenship Unit	Reinforced	Reinforced	Reinforced
			Fiction, Nonfiction, and Biography Unit	Reinforced
		Dewey Decimal	Reinforced	Reinforced
		Reference Tools		Reference Tools
	Electronic Catalog	Reinforced	Reinforced	Reinforced
				Periodicals
			Internet Training	Reinforced
Fifth Grade	Listening Skills Unit	Reinforced	Reinforced	Reinforced
		Independent Library Use Unit	Reinforced	Reinforced
	Care of Materials Unit	Reinforced	Reinforced	Reinforced
	Borrowing and Returning Materials Unit	Reinforced	Reinforced	Reinforced
	Literature Appreciation Unit	Reinforced	Reinforced	Reinforced
			Fiction, Nonfiction and Biography Unit	Reinforced
		Dewey Decimal	Reinforced	Reinforced
			Reference Tools	Reference Tools
	Electronic Catalog	Reinforced	Reinforced	Reinforced
				Periodicals
				Bibliographies
	Library Citizenship Unit	Reinforced	Reinforced	Reinforced

K-5 Library Curriculum Instruction Details

Kindergarten 1st Grade 2nd Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade

Kindergarten

Picture Books Unit:

Students will identify the arrangement of the picture book section.
Students will locate the picture book section with assistance.
Students will locate, with assistance, books suitable for their interest level.
Students will identify terms to parts of a book. Students will open new books, turn pages, and use bookmarks correctly.

Care of Materials Unit:

Students will open new books, turn pages, and use bookmarks correctly.
Students will keep books clean and protect them from damage.
Students will return damaged books to the library for repair.
Students will understand how to renew material.
Students will return borrowed materials to the proper areas.

Listening Skills Unit:

Students will respond to what is seen and heard during story time.
Students will demonstrate attentive and reflective listening skills.
Students will listen and respond appropriately to oral directions.

Literature Appreciation Unit:

Students will recognize a variety of genre in the library collection that augments classroom resources and use them to expand interests to include new areas.
Students ill locate books of favorite stories and characters.
Students will recognize well know authors and titles written for this age level.

Library Citizenship Unit

Students will demonstrate proper library behavior.
Students will demonstrate consideration of other library patrons.
Students will keep library shelves and materials in order.
Students will demonstrate good work habits.

First Grade

Independent Library Use Unit

Students will determine the alphabetical order of a list of books.
Students will tour the Library
Students will be given a mock book spine to locate on the shelf.
Students will begin to develop the ability to locate their favorite books.
Students will review the terms cover, spine, dust jacket, and pages.

Care of Materials Unit

Students will review the proper care of Library material.
Keep books clean and protect them from weather, pets, younger children, etc.
Return damaged books to the Library for repair.

Borrowing and Returning Materials Unit

Students will review the procedure for signing out a book.
Students will return borrowed material on time.
Students will understand the procedure for renewing materials.
Students will know where materials are to be returned.

Listening Skills Unit

Students will demonstrate appropriate listening skills.
Students will respond to what is seen and heard during story time.
Students will participate in discussions about the story presented.
Students will recall and interpret what is seen and heard.

Literature Appreciation Unit

Students will recognize a variety of genre in the library collection that augments classroom resources and use these to expand interests to include new areas.
Students will locate with assistance favorite stories on the shelves.
Students will recognize well-known authors and illustrators used in library class and in the regular classroom.
Students will recognize the purpose of the Caldecott Award.

Library Citizenship Unit

Students will discuss good library manners.
Students will demonstrate consideration of others.
Students will use shelf markers to mark their spots on the shelf.

Second Grade

Independent Library Use Unit

Students will identify parts of a book: dust jacket, cover, spine, call number on spine, title page, dedication pate, and contents page.
Students will identify parts of a title page: author, title, illustrator, publisher, and copyright date.
Students will locate the books within the Picture book section.
Students will explain how the Picture books are arranged.
Students will locate picture books on the library shelves using the author's last name.

Care of Materials Unit

Students will demonstrate the correct way to open new books, turn the pages, and use bookmarks.
Students will keep books clean and protect them from damage (cause by the weather, pets, younger children, food, etc.)
Students will return books to the library for repair.

Borrowing and Returning Library Materials Unit

Students will complete circulation procedure for checking out books.
Students will return borrowed material on time.
Students will return borrowed materials to the proper area.
Students will renew borrowed material.

Fiction and Nonfiction Unit

Students will define Fiction books as non-factual, no true.
Students will define Nonfiction books as true, based on factual information.
Students will identify Dewey call numbers as the way Nonfiction books are arranged on the shelves.
Students will compare the differences between Fiction and Nonfiction books.
Students will locate, with assistance, the Fiction section and individual books.
Student will locate, with assistance, the Nonfiction section and individual books.

Listening Skills Unit

Students will participate in discussions about stories and make critical judgments about these stories.
Students will recall and interpret what is seen and heard.
Students will follow directions.

Literature Appreciation Unit

Students will identify and locate a variety of genre
Students will locate books of favorite stories and characters.
Students will recognize the setting as a place where the story happens.
Students will identify well-known authors and their works.
Students will identify the Caldecott Award and explain its importance in children's literature as an award given to an American Book with the best illustrations for that one year.

Library Citizenship Unit

Students will demonstrate proper library behavior.
Students will demonstrate consideration of other library patrons.
Students will demonstrate how to keep the library shelves in order.

Third Grade

Independent Library Use Unit

Students will alphabetize authors' last names.
Students will demonstrate arrangement of Picture and Nonfiction materials.
Students will locate with assistance, Picture, Fiction, and Nonfiction books.
Students will recognize the relationship of call numbers to location of books/materials.
Students will locate, with assistance, the following Library sections: Nonfiction, Dictionary Stand, Picture Books, Reference Books, Electronic Catalog, Periodicals, and Non-book materials.

Care of Material Unit

Students will demonstrate proper care of library material.
Students will return damaged material to the library for repair.

Borrowing and Returning Library Materials

Students will understand library procedures for borrowing and returning materials.
Topics will include due dates, number of books that can be checked out, how/where to return books, how to renew materials, holds, and damaged materials.
Students will understand the purpose for bar-coding and material scanning.

Fiction, Nonfiction, and Biography Books Unit

Students will define Fiction and Nonfiction materials as: Fiction –Materials created from an author's imagination and Nonfiction –Books dealing with factual material.
Students will define Biography materials as words about a famous person's life.
Students will determine the difference between Fiction, Nonfiction, and Biography books.
Students will locate, with assistance, Fiction, Nonfiction, and Biography materials.

Dewey Decimal System Unit

Students will define the Dewey Decimal System and understand that the Dewey Decimal System is only used for Nonfiction materials.
Students will identify and demonstrate the purpose of the Dewey Decimal System.

Reference Tools Unit

Dictionary:

Students will define abridged dictionaries and unabridged dictionaries.
Students will use alphabetical order and guidewords to locate entries.
Students will locate definitions and pronunciations.

Encyclopedia:

Students will define general encyclopedias as a source for information about people, places, and things.
Students will use, with assistance, the index of an encyclopedia to locate research topics.
Students will use, with assistance, the alphabetical arrangement to locate information.
Students will locate information in an online encyclopedia.
Students will research a topic using two forms of encyclopedias, hard copy and online encyclopedias.

Atlas:

Students will define different atlases found in the library.
Students will use grid coordinates to read a map.

Electronic Catalog:

• Students will define the electronic card catalog as “an index to the library's collection.”

• Students will locate components of the electronic catalog. Components to be covered include: call number, author, title, publisher, copyright date, pages, illustrations, and availability.

• Students will complete author, title, and subject searches on the electronic catalog.

• Students will use the computer keyboard special function keys and mouse to move effectively through the software program.

• Students will locate, with assistance, Fiction and Nonfiction materials u sing the electronic catalog.

Periodicals:

Students will define a periodical as a work that is published with a fixed amount of time between issues.
Students will identify periodicals that meet their personal needs and interest.
Students will list and explain features of a periodical.
Students will identify periodicals that are useful for research.

Listening Skills Unit

Students will participate in discussions about stories presented in class.
These discussions will involve student recall and interpretation of what is seen and heard.
Students will understand the importance of clear, concise directions.

Literature Appreciation Unit

Genre Study: students will identify a variety of genre in the library that enhances classroom resources and recognize how there resources meet their current interest, as well as expand their interests to include new areas.
Book Location: Students will locate books of favorite titles and favorite characters.
Age Appropriate Books: students will recognize well-known authors and titles written for this age level.
Caldecott and Newbery Awards: students will identify the significance of the Caldecott and Newbery Awards.

Library Citizenship Unit

Students will demonstrate proper library behavior.
Students will demonstrate consideration of other library patrons.
Students will demonstrate how to keep library shelves in order.

Fourth Grade

Independent Library Use Unit

Locate, with assistance, Easy Fiction, and Fiction books
Locate, with assistance, Nonfiction and Biography books

Care of Material Unit

Demonstrate proper care for library materials

Borrowing and Returning Library Materials Unit

Demonstrate correct procedures for checking out and checking in materials

Fiction, Nonfiction and Biography Books Unit

Define Fiction books as those having imaginary stories
Define Nonfiction books as those having factual writing
Define Biography books as those containing the story of a person's life written by someone else
Identify the difference between Fiction, Nonfiction, and Biography books

Dewey Decimal System Unit

Define the Dewey Decimal System as a method of organizing books in the library
Identify and demonstrate the purpose of the Dewey Decimal System
Browse a website about the Dewey Decimal System such as Do We Know Dewey

Reference Tools Unit

• Dictionaries

Define an unabridged dictionary as a complete collection of words arranged alphabetically with definitions

Define an abridged dictionary as a selected collection of words arranged alphabetically with definitions

Identify different parts of a dictionary entry, including the entry word, definitions, pronunciation, parts of speech and etymology

Use alphabetical order and guide words to locate entries

Encyclopedias

• Define general encyclopedias as sources for information about people, places, and things

• Identify an encyclopedia index and demonstrate how to use it to locate information

• Locate information in an on-line encyclopedia

• Research a topic using two forms of encyclopedias, hard copy and on-line encyclopedias

• Almanacs

• Define the almanac as an up-to-date collection of many kinds of facts

• Locate information in an almanac

• Use an on-line almanac to locate current information

• Atlases

• Identify an atlas as a collection of maps and facts

• Use an on-line atlas to locate information

Index/Table of Contents

Identify the index as an alphabetical listing of topics covered in a reference source
Identify the table of contents as a numerical listing describing the order of chapters and features of a reference source

Thesaurus

• Define a thesaurus as a tool for finding synonyms that can be used to enhance their

writing

Electronic Catalog Unit

Define the Electronic Card Catalog as a method of locating books and information utilizing a variety of search strategies
With assistance, locate the components of the electronic Card Catalog
Complete subject, Author, and Title searches
Locate, with assistance, Fiction and Nonfiction books using the electronic card catalog

Periodicals Unit

Define periodicals as materials published on a fixed schedule
Identify periodicals as a primary resource for current information
Identify periodicals that meet their interests
Identify periodicals that are appropriate for research

Identify online Periodical Databases as collections of periodical articles available on-line
Use on-line periodical databases to locate information

Literature Appreciation Unit

Identify the significance of the Caldecott and Newberry Awards
Identify the current Caldecott and Newberry Award winners

Library Citizenship Unit

Demonstrate proper library behavior and etiquette
Demonstrate consideration of other library patrons
Demonstrate how to keep library shelves in order

Internet Training Unit

• Internet Safety/Responsibility

• View and discuss PowerPoint presentation about copyright law

• Demonstrate safe internet usage

• Web Browsers

• Identify parts of a web browser

• Use a web browser to locate information on the internet

• Use a web browser to locate information using atlases,

maps, and globes

Finding Information on the Internet

Use a directory to find information
Locate information using on-line databases such as Big Chalk Elementary Search
Evaluate the authority of a web page

Fifth Grade

Independent Library Use Unit

Alphabetize author's last names
Recognize the relationship of call numbers to location of books
Locate with assistance the following library sections: Fiction, Nonfiction, Dictionaries, Picture books, Chapter books, Fact books, Reference, Electronic Card Catalog, Periodicals, Atlases/Almanacs, Non-book material and Paperbacks

Care of Material Unit

Demonstrate how to properly take care of library materials
Return damaged books to the librarian for repair
Demonstrate awareness of al library rules, directions, procedures, and expectations

Borrowing and Returning Library Materials Unit

Complete circulation procedures for charging out books, periodicals, and other library materials
Return all library materials on time without notification
Know the procedure for renewing materials
Return borrowed materials to the correct location in the library

Fiction, Nonfiction and Biography Books Unit

Identify Fiction books as those having imaginary stories, Nonfiction books as those having factual writing and Biography books as those containing a story of a person's life, written by someone else
Identify the difference between Fiction, Nonfiction and Biography call numbers
Locate, with assistance, Fiction, Nonfiction and Biography books

Dewey Decimal System Unit

Define Dewey Decimal System as a plan for shelving Nonfiction books and materials in correct number order for location purposes
Demonstrate how the Dewey Decimal System is used to classify Nonfiction books, and explain how the number represents the subject the book is about as well as designates its location on the shelves

Reference Tools Unit

Dictionaries

Define an unabridged dictionary as a complete collection of words arranged alphabetically with definitions
Define an abridged dictionary as a selected collection of words arranged alphabetically with definitions
Identify different parts of a dictionary entry, including the entry word, definitions, pronunciation, parts of speech and etymology
Use alphabetical order and guide words to locate entries

Encyclopedias

1. Define general encyclopedias as sources for information about people, places, and

things

2. Use encyclopedias and an online encyclopedia to locate information

3. Use, with assistance, the alphabetical arrangement to locate research topics

Atlases

Define the atlas as a collection of many different kinds of maps and a source of information about places around the world
Identify different kinds of maps contained in an atlas
Locate information in an atlas

Almanacs

• Define almanac as an up to date collection of many kinds of interesting facts

Thesaurus

Define the thesaurus as a dictionary of words with similar meanings (synonyms)
Locate entry words and their synonyms

Electronic Catalog Unit

Define the electronic card catalog as an index to library materials
Complete author, title and subject searches on the electronic card catalog
Use the computer keyboard special function keys and mouse to move effectively through software search programs
Locate, with assistance, Fiction and Nonfiction books, using the electronic card catalog

Periodicals Unit

Define periodicals as materials published on a fixed schedule
Identify periodicals that meet their interests
Identify periodicals that are appropriate for research

Identify online Periodical Databases as collections of periodical articles available on-line

Bibliographies Unit

Define the bibliography as a list of sources of information on a given subject
Compile a simple bibliography

Literature Appreciation Unit

Recognize a variety of genre in the library that augment classroom resources and meet as well as expand personal interests to include new areas
Locate books containing favorite stories and characters
Recognize well known authors and books written for their age level
Recognize the significance of the Caldecott and Newberry awards

Library Citizenship Unit

Demonstrate proper library behavior and etiquette
Demonstrate consideration for other library users
Keep library shelves in order