Library

First Grade

First grade library day is Thursday.  First graders are exploring the easy fiction and non-fiction shelves in the library.  They are allowed to check out one book per week, and earn a sticker each week that they remember to return the book on their library day.  They are discovering easy chapter books and learning to select a "just right book."

Second Grade

Second grade library day is Tuesday.  Second graders are learning to select a book at thier reading level for monthly book reports.  They are also exploring the nonfiction shelves and learning to find books on a subject that interests them.  They are allowed to check out two books and to keep the book report book until the assignment is due.

Third through Fifth Grade 

Third, Fouth and Fifth grades library day is Wednesday.  The students are learning to use the Dewey Decimal system to locate non-fiction books, to locate fiction books by the author's last name and to use the online card catolog available on the library computers.  They are learning about the Newbery Award books and Newbery Honor books and are encouraged to read these books.