Library Media Center
Mission Statement
The SD 308 Library Media Center Program will support the district’s mission to educate all students to reach their highest potential, in partnership with our families and communities.
Vision Statement
The vision of the SD 308 Library Media Center program, in collaboration with classroom teachers, will ensure that students can:
- Access information efficiently and effectively to inquire, think critically, and gain knowledge
- Evaluate information critically and competently
- Use information accurately, creatively, and ethically to share knowledge and to participate collaboratively and productively as a member of the democratic society
- Cultivate a love and appreciation of a wide variety of literature and pursue knowledge related to personal interests and aesthetic growth
- Practice, promote, and model positive Digital Citizenship
Library Media Center Program Description
The school library program serves students & staff through both a physical space and a web "space," providing the school community with 24/7 access. The physical library space is open to students throughout the school day, whether they are working as part of a whole class, a small group, or individually. Students have access to computers and the Internet to support learning in all curricular areas. Educational technologies are constantly evolving, and school library resources also are evolving to incorporate the latest technologies to enhance learning.
Students are lifelong learners, and the library program is at the heart of lifelong learning. Through research projects in various subject areas, students learn to ask questions, search effectively and efficiently for answers, think critically about the information they find, and be ethical in their use of published content. Librarians are both teachers and collaborators with a central role in developing information, technology, and media literacy in their students.
Reading is essential to lifelong learning. The library program seeks to promote the habit of reading among all students. A professional librarian has the knowledge and expertise to help any reader find the right book. Librarians are involved in a wide range of activities -- from read-alouds to "book talks" -- all to interest students in reading for enjoyment.
School library programs are mindful of the importance of fairness and equity. Resources are collected, managed and shared for the benefit of all students.
Kindergarten
Information Literacy Skills
- Be able to appropriately care for LRC materials and resources
- Be able to check books out and return them
- Be able to locate "everybody" books in the library: fiction and non-fiction
- Recognize ABC organization of everybody fiction books
- Be able to listen to a story and answer basic questions (who, what, when)
- Learn to identify parts of a book: title, author, illustrator, cover
- Introduce Super 3 research model
- View, listen and participate in a variety of literature activities including Caldecott Award books, Monarch books, genres, and other books by notable authors
Technology Skills
- Learn how to use and take care of the computer properly
- Learn how to log on and off the computer
- Learn how to use the mouse (click and double click)
- Learn to use the computer to create and print
- Explore electronic resources
First Grade
Information Literacy Skills
- Continue to demonstrate proper care of LRC books and resources
- Demonstrate the ability to locate books in the library: fiction and non-fiction and locate beginning chapter books and appropriate level books
- Learn to identify parts of a book: title, author, illustrator, cover, and spine
- Find periodicals in the library
- Be able to respond to simple comprehension questions regarding fiction and non-fiction books
- Introduce basic reference resources, including Online Card Catalog
- Be able to identify the Super 3 research method
- View, listen and participate in a variety of literature activities including Caldecott Award books, Monarch books, genres and other books by notable authors
Technology Skills
- Learn how to use and take care of the computer properly
- Learn how to log on and off the computer
- Learn how to use the mouse and keyboard
- Learn to use the computer to create, save and print
- Explore electronic resources including Online Card Catalog
- Use word processing software to complete a project
- Use graphic art software to complete a project
Second Grade
Information Literacy Skills
- Continue to demonstrate proper care of LRC books and resources
- Locate facts in a non-fiction book and differentiate between fact and fiction
- Be able to locate fiction and non-fiction books
- Listen to a story and be able to answer who, what, when, where and why about the story
- Summarize basic information in a fiction and non-fiction book
- Learn to identify parts of a book: Title, author, illustrator, cover, spine, and publisher
- Be able to use ABC order to find a book in the fiction section
- Recognize the use of ABC order in the dictionary
- Recognize some basic elements of poetry
- Select material appropriate for curriculum and recreational reading
- Be able to identify and discuss the Super 3 research process
- View, listen and participate in a variety of literature activities including Caldecott Award books, Monarch books, genres and other books by notable authors.
Technology Skills
- Continue to show proper care of electronic equipment
- Learn how to save work and open saved work
- Learn how to use the scroll bar
- Learn how to change font, size of font, and color of font
- Learn how to create a picture and story using the appropriate software
- Locate and use electronic resources including Online Card Catalog
- Use word processing software to complete a project
- Use graphic art software to complete a project
Third Grade
Information Literacy Skills
- Continue to demonstrate proper care of LRC books and resources
- Be able to search on the electronic card catalog by author, title, keyword, series and subject
- Introduce the Dewey Decimal system of organization of non-fiction books
- Be able to locate information for a project using the encyclopedia
- Be able to use the index, table of contents and glossary in a non-fiction book
- Be able to apply the "call number" on the card catalog search screen and find the book on the shelf
- Be able to use a dictionary to find meanings of words and thesaurus to find synonyms of words
- Introduce basic map skills
- Be able to write a bibliography of a book
- Be able to apply the Super 3 research model to a project
- View, listen and participate in a variety of literature activities including Newberry Award books, Caudill books, genres and other books by notable authors
Technology Skills
- Demonstrate and develop basic keyboard skills
- Learn how to cut, copy and paste
- Demonstrate the ability to use spell check
- Learn to use the computer to create, save and print
- Locate and use electronic resources, i.e. World Book, E-Library, and bookmarked sights
- Format a document using a word processing program
- Create simple graphics
- Create a multimedia presentation
Fourth Grade
Information Literacy Skills
- Demonstrate the ability to locate fiction, nonfiction and biographies in the library
- Use keywords to access both print and non-print information
- Locate information using the encyclopedia and the almanac
- Discuss Internet safety, searching techniques and ethical use of materials
- Interpret information received from nonfiction reading, viewing, and listening
- Locate information using an atlas
- Be able to identify parts of a book: forward, dedication, bibliography and copyright
- View, listen and participate in a variety of literature activities including Newberry Award books, Caudill books, genres and other books by notable authors
- Use the Super 3 research model to complete a research project
Technology Skills
- Demonstrate the ability to safely use Searching Techniques on the Internet with appropriate supervision
- Maintain keyboarding skills
- Learn how to evaluate Internet sites using appropriate criteria
- Be able to ethically use Internet resources
- Create a word processing document with graphics
- Create a multimedia presentation
Fifth Grade
Information Literacy Skills
- Demonstrate the ability to locate fiction, nonfiction, biographies and reference materials in the library
- Locate information using biographical and geographical dictionaries
- Apply legal principles of ethical conduct to research (i.e. plagiarism, citing sources)
- Evaluate information received from nonfiction reading, viewing, and listening
- Introduce the Big 6 research process
- Demonstrate the ability to use the appropriate reference source for research
- Evaluate information in terms of relevance and reliability
Technology Skills
- Demonstrate the ability to safely search on the Internet using Boolean searching with appropriate supervision
- Maintain keyboarding skills
- Create a multimedia presentation
- Demonstrate the ability to locate relevant and appropriate electronic resources
