All Keystone Oaks elementary school students will receive a strong foundation in library and information literacy skills. Regular visits to the library will provide students with exposure to a variety of print and electronic resources, as well as enhance the curriculum. The students' respectful use of the library and its materials will encourage responsibility and a life-long interest in reading.
Library classes meet once a week for 40 minutes. Although no report grade is given for library, certain skill activities may be included in the Language Arts evaluation.
The students' responsibilities are:
- Follow established rules for proper behavior in the classroom
- Return library books on time and in good condition
- Actively participate in all library lessons
Parents should:
- Remind students when books are due
- Help students to care for library materials properly
Grade K-2 skills include, but are not limited to:
- Proper book care
- Identify parts of a book: title, author, illustrator, publisher and copyright date
- Recognize how books are organized in the Easy/Everyone section
- Identify the call number of an Easy/Everyone book and locate it on the shelf
- Differentiate between fiction and nonfiction; locate each area in the library
- Introduction to the online card catalog (OPAC)
- Develop an appreciation for noted authors and illustrators of children's books
Grade 3-5 skills include, but are not limited to:
- Review all previous instruction
- Identify parts of a book: table of contents, glossary, index, appendix
- Use the OPAC to perform an author, title and subject search
- Use the OPAC to locate books on the shelves
- Recognize and understand the use of the Dewey Decimal System as an organization tool
- Use the Dewey Decimal System to locate books in the library
- Use a variety of reference tools to locate needed information
- Develop an appreciation for various literary genres