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With 1st & 2nd grades--the first 2 or 3 library visits include very brief story times and the main focus is library "proceedures"--including my sign for quiet, where they sit for storytime, how to use placefinders, and care of library materials. 1st grade checks out only 1 book for the first couple of weeks. The classroom libraries are pretty impressive at our school, however. The next lesson focus is "parts of a book." This is a good foundation for the next lesson, alphabetical order. The term "spine label" has already been introduced and children are aware that when I introduce a new author, I will show the pine label and go to the shelf where the book is located. by the fourth time or so, students are telling ME where the E book for storytime is shelved. After a few favorite authors are introduced, we talk about illustrators. It's amazing how quickly they recognize the same illustrator, and some even remember the names of the more familiar illustrators. I like to use themes that coordinate what the first grade teachers are doing, so to introduce non-fiction to the lower grades I generally start with 595s.