Library Skills and Activities

Grades K-2

·      Basic Library Rules and Behavior
·      Proper Book Care
·      Listening to a story, and recalling story and characters
·      Understand the check-out procedure
·      Parts of a Book
·      Understand the difference between fiction and non-fiction books
·      Appreciating literature and illustrations (Caldecott Award winners)
·      Identify different parts of a book
·      Library Terminology
·      Participate in the California Young Readers Medal series

Grades 3-5

·      Maintain a Reading Log- to familiarize different areas of the library
·      Basic Library Rules and Behavior
·      Proper Book Care
·      Parts of a non-fiction book
·      Building research skills
·      Understanding the Dewey Decimal Classification System
·      Introduction to reference books: encyclopedia, atlas and almanac
·      Identify different literary genres

• Classify fiction and nonfiction books by call number