skills

Lakeland Media Center Focus Skills

 * Grades K-5**


 * KINDERGARTEN**
 * Basic Media Center procedures
 * Basic parts of a book
 * Caring for books
 * Concept of borrowing and returning materials
 * Book loction on shelf/ a book's "address"
 * Using shelf markers
 * Definition of author and illustrator
 * FIRST GRADE**
 * Review of kindergarten skills
 * Define fiction and non-fiction
 * Shelf order (alphabetical order)
 * Choosing books that are appropriate for their age and reading level
 * Identify authors and illustrators
 * SECOND GRADE**
 * Review first grade skills
 * Identify various types of materials (print/audio/video)
 * Identify sections of the Media Center (reference, fiction, non-fiction, biography, periodicals, etc.)
 * Caldecott, Newbery, and Young Hoosier Book awards
 * Prediction skills with stories
 * THRID GRADE**
 * Review second grade skills
 * OPAC
 * Dewey Decimal System
 * How to locate books using call numbers
 * Alphabetical/numerical skills
 * FOURTH GRADE**
 * Review third grade skills
 * Plagiarism and copyright
 * Table of Contents
 * Guide words
 * Index
 * Glossary
 * Encyclopedias and dictionaries
 * Internet safety
 * FIFTH GRADE**
 * Review fourth grade skills
 * Emphasis plagiarism & copyright
 * Emphasis internet safety
 * Basic research skills
 * Independently locate books using OPAC and call number