[LM_NET] Library Skills, single page PrK-12

["B. Waters" <billlibrary@YAHOO.COM>]

Here is my single page list of library skills our district librarian is responsible 
for.  I'm setting myself up for critique, so let 'er rip!
   
  "being responsible for" includes co-teaching or allowing the lessons to be taught 
in another subject class.
   
  The single page is VERY simplified, but creates a document that 
parents/students/staff can quickly look over and use as a starting point for 
further discussion.   It is a VERY handy document.
   
  I work in a prK-12 school of 650 students in 3 buildings with 4 libraries (2 
elem, 1 jr. & 1 HS)
   

August 16, 2007

Library Skills Outline:

PrK-Orientation, seating & Line-up, listening skills

K-orientation, proper Library behavior, care of books

1-orientation, parts of a book, authors and illustrators, library introductory 
vocab (author, illus., spine, publisher, title page, copyright), location of easy 
books and easy readers, poetry, Caldecott Winners, folk and fairy tales.

3-orientation, parts of a book, library voc(added: fiction, nonfiction,

table of contents), location of fiction and nonfiction and call number

recognition, introduction to encyclopedias, author and illustrators,

periodicals, poetry, Caldecott Winners, folk and fairy tale, computer use, 
introduction to research (index , table of contents, guide words), types of 
fiction, Computer card catalog introduction.

4-orientation, procedures and book circulation, summer reading literature 
connections (character development, themes, plot), encyclopedia research, 
dictionary skills, card catalog skills, fiction genres, research and general 
reference materials, biographies, arrangement of fiction and nonfiction, author and 
illustrators (special concentration on books about children in US), poetry, folk 
and fairy tales, Caldecott & Newbery Winners, evaluation of materials.

5- (all of 4th plus:) mastery of encyclopedia skills, computer card catalog skills 
concentrating on its use as a selection tool (Subjects), Dewey Decimal(non-fiction 
arrangement), recognition and evaluation of the types of fiction, bibliography, 
glossary(research info vocab), computer research, independent use of selection 
tools, research and info skills, folk and fairy tales, poetry, authors with 
concentration on historical fiction, evaluation of materials.

6-(all of 5th plus:) mastery of Dewey Decimal system, book talks, and oral 
presentations of research, authors, specific reference sources(Atlas, Almanac), 
poetry, creative writing, Newbery Winners, folk and fairy tales, research skills, 
and evaluation of materials, mastery of computer catalog skills.  Plagiarism is 
defined & ethics discussed.  Elementary web page evaluation tools are introduced.

7- (all of 6th plus) indexing tools(including eLibrary), reference books (specific 
and general), More specific and complicated card catalog rules, Newbery Winners, 
selection materials that presents alternative points of view, Report and research 
techniques, evaluation of materials, bibliography and recording bibliographic info, 
young adult authors, poetry, and creative writing.

8th- (same as above plus) identification of bias, sterotyping, and prejudice in 
materials.

9-12

9-orientation, card catalog, magazines, and newspapers, reference tools, evaluation 
of books, use of AV materials, research.  Copyright issues are discussed & 
explored.  Advanced web page evaluation tools are provided.  Proper citing (MLA) of 
research materials.

10-orientation, computer card catalog, magazines, and newspapers, reference tools, 
report and research technique, evaluation of books and web pages.

11 &12-orientation, magazines and newspapers, reference tools, report and research 
techniques, evaluation of books, and familiarity with local college/university 
libraries.

B. Waters

WesternCUSD12 school

billlibrary@yahoo.com

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