Media Services Curriculum Guide
KINDERGARTEN
GOAL 1: Select books and materials appropriate for age and interests.
GOAL 2: Recognize proper book care.
Info: Use posters emphasizing book care, and show torn or damaged books as examples of improper care of books.
GOAL 3: Introduce parts of a book.
Info: Include author, illustrator, title, cover, spine.
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“lives” at a certain spot on the shelf. (If your students don’t
check out from the shelves until first grade, then leave this goal
until then.)
GOAL 5: Use appropriate software with supervision.
Info: Use Math Workshop or other simple programs.
FIRST GRADE
GOAL 1: Recognize common library vocabulary.
Info: Include fiction, nonfiction, biography, call number, dedication
page and title page. Review author, illustrator, title, cover and
spine.
GOAL 2: Identify favorite authors and characters, and make students aware that some titles win awards (such as the Caldecott)
for excellence in illustration and story.
Info: See list of authors at end of guide.
GOAL 3: Identify the basic parts of a computer; learn basic computer vocabulary.
Info: Activities could include coloring sheets to identify the parts,
playing memory-type games, or visiting computer websites
which identify computer parts. Students could sing the
computer parts song (attached).
GOAL 4: Use appropriate software with assistance.
Info: Use Math Workshop, Kid Works, Kid Pix and other programs to develop mouse control and other computer skills such as painting/drawing, and simple word processing. May learn to find the letters on the keyboard to type their own name.
GOAL 5: Introduce and apply basic rules for computer use and care.
Info: Use posters for visual examples, and teach proper handling of CD’s by example.
SECOND GRADE
GOAL 1: Use print and nonprint materials for beginning research.
Info: Use sources such as beginning encyclopedias and simple nonfiction books to locate information. Examples include
Golden Book Encyclopedia CD-ROM, fact books on animals, or fact books on countries of the world to support the social studies curriculum.
GOAL 2: Recognize different types of literature, and encourage independent reading.
Info: Include fairy tales, mysteries, and realistic fiction. Encourage independent reading by booktalking controlled vocabulary books by authors such as Cynthia Rylant, Edward Marshall, James Howe, Jane Yolen, Betsy Byars, etc.
GOAL 3: Find the shelf location of Easy Fiction with assistance.
Info: One activity could be to give pairs of students slips with an
Easy Fiction call number and let them locate a book which
matches that call number. For example, E/LOB. Or, they
could be given an actual book and try to find where it belongs
on the shelf.
GOAL 4: Compare and contrast different types of illustrations in picture books.
Info: Note watercolor, clay, collage, pen and ink, markers and other types of illustrations. Check verso of title page for information on medium used for illustrations. Also check author/illustrator websites, and check the unit for author/illustrator videos.
GOAL 5: Introduce award-winning books such as Caldecott and Coretta Scott King award books.
Info: A variety of Caldecotts could be read and students could select their own favorite from among Caldecott winners. Examples of age-appropriate Coretta Scott King award winning books are Mirandy and Brother Wind, and Patchwork Quilt.
GOAL 6: Begin to learn the function of special keyboard keys.
Info: Introduce function of backspace, delete, spacebar, enter and shift in second grade appropriate programs such as Kid Pix, Kid Works, and Math Workshop. Students should be able to type their own name.
GOAL 7: Apply rules for computer use and care, and use software with greater independence.
Info: Students should be able to handle CD’s properly, and load and exit most programs they are using.
THIRD GRADE
GOAL 1: Encourage selection of appropriate materials for independent reading.
Info: Teach students the five finger rule (or rule of thumb). When reading a page in a book, hold up a finger for every word not known. If 5 fingers are held up, the book is probably too difficult. Booktalk transitional fiction books to encourage “jump” from easier books (such as Henry and Mudge) to longer Junie B. Jones series, etc.
GOAL 2: Introduce the electronic card catalog.
Info: Teach students that the card catalog is used to search for books by author, title and key word and/or subject. Could practice finding the books on the shelves which they have located in the card catalog.
GOAL 3: Introduce Dewey Decimal system of classification
Emphasis should be on folklore (300’s), poetry (800’s) and biography (921’s).
GOAL 4: Select and use both print and nonprint materials to find information.
Info: Introduce students to materials such as World Book online and in book form, beginning almanacs, and Internet sources of information.
GOAL 5: Introduce acceptable hand placement for the computer keyboard.
Info: Briefly introduce home row keys, hand placement, and appropriate posture in keyboarding.
GOAL 6: Introduce saving, retrieving and printing work on the computer.
Info: Teach the difference between the C (hard drive), H (network drive) and S (shared drive) on the computer.
GOAL 7: Learn basics of word processing program and how to navigate Windows.
Info: Begin use of word processing program such as Microsoft Word. Teach fonts, centering, adding clip art. Minimize, maximize, and close programs using the windows icons in the top right corner.
FOURTH GRADE
GOAL 1: Develop an awareness of award-winning books such as Newbery and Coretta Scott King award winners, and continue to encourage book selection for pleasure reading.
Info: Booktalk award-winning and other books by reading a chapter or passage to pique interest. Media Specialists may create bulletin boards and locate Internet sites about the authors of fourth-grade appropriate books to share with students. Student project could include researching a favorite or award-winning author.
GOAL 2: Learn to use the electronic card catalog independently.
Info: Review that the card catalog is used to search for books by author, title, key word and/or subject. Practice finding books in the card catalog and locating them on the shelves. Understand the parts of the catalog card such as: call number, number of pages, copyright date, etc.
GOAL 3: Recognize that nonfiction books are divided into categories by subject, with emphasis on the Dewey Decimal categories of 500, 600,700 and 900.
Info: Promote interest of books in the categories of art and recreation, science and U.S. geography and history.
GOAL 4: Become a more independent library user and begin evaluating materials for research (print versus non-print).
Info: Locate a fiction, nonfiction and reference source on the same topic. For example, find a story about horses, a fact book about horses, and a reference article (either print or nonprint) about horses. Develop a list of broad and narrow topics for research.
Use reference sources such as an atlas, dictionary, thesaurus almanac and encyclopedia to locate information.
GOAL 5: Introduce search engines and directories.
Info: Learn that there are many ways to search for information on the Internet. Understand the difference between a directory, which has human selected websites, and a search engine, which has computer selected websites.
GOAL 6: Use reference, word processing and multi-media presentation programs and appropriate computer accessories to aid in presentations.
Info: Use Kid Pix, PowerPoint and/or Hyperstudio for multi-media presentations. Computer accessories could include digital camera and scanner.
GOAL 7: Learn to save and retrieve work.
Info: Use the C, H and/or S drives.
FIFTH GRADE
GOAL 1: Recognize that nonfiction books are divided into categories by subject with emphasis on Dewey Decimal categories of 300, 500, 600, and 900.
Info: Place an emphasis on nonfiction books in the areas of U. S. history, government, and science.
GOAL 2: Promote continued interest in books for information and pleasure reading.
Info: Continue to promote award winning books, including those nominated for the Rebecca Caudill Young Reader’s Award in Illinois.
GOAL 3: Expand use of Microsoft Office programs.
Info: Use Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, and independently save and retrieve work.
GOAL 4: Understand computer ethics, including plagiarism.
Info: Make students aware of online safety. Encourage taking notes when researching on the Internet, then re-writing in own words.
GOAL 5: Use and evaluate print and electronic resources to locate information. Understand that different search engines have different purposes.
Info: See Internet Gateway list on the Unit 5 website. Understand that Internet is not always the first or best source of information for a topic.