WHAT REALLY GOES ON IN THE G.E.S. LIBRARY?
April 01, 2017
So what really does go on in library classes at Goessel Elementary School? A LOT OF THINGS! The library program is more than just reading books to students, although that happens a lot with the early grades. The library curriculum is designed to provide each grade level with information skills that will be useful long after leaving G.E.S. The curriculum also includes support lessons for college and career readiness standards being taught in the classroom. Oh yeah, we also have lots of fun!
KINDERGARTEN
Weekly accelerated reader tests taken as a class
How to take care of books and the library shelves
Becoming familiar with the different sections of the library
Nursery rhymes (Students learn and illustrate six nursery rhymes and then do a presentation for the 5th graders)
Rhyming words
Mo Willems books (Mr. Pauls loves elephant and piggie!)
Point-of-view
Alphabetical order
Following directions activities
Making predictions
Reading spine labels
FIRST GRADE
Alliteration (tongue twisters)
Problem solving
Compare and contrast
Synonyms and antonyms
Context clues
Alphabetical order
Setting
Student presentations of favorite books
Compound words
Story telling
SECOND GRADE
Illustrator unit (Lane Smith, Michael Weisner, Janet Stevens)
Compare and contrast
Parts of a book (Title page, table of contents, index, and glossary)
Poetry unit (Each student writes and illustrates an original poem)
Write a story unit
THIRD GRADE
Biographies
Alphabetical order to the third letter
Locating books on the shelves using the library automated program
Tomorrow’s Alphabet project
Mystery/detective unit
Retelling stories
FOURTH GRADE
13 Words project
Giving good directions
Author’s purpose
Cause and effect
Evaluating websites
Locating books in the nonfiction section
FIFTH GRADE
Graphic novel unit (Students create a four-panel graphic novel)
Onomatopoeia
Cause and effect
Book portfolios (Each student creates a book portfolio on the book of his/her choosing and presents it to the class)
