| MEDIA SPECIALIST ESSENTIAL GOALS KINDERGARTEN students will be able to - Understand how print is organized and read
- Appreciate the value of books and a Media Center
- Comprehend stories read aloud.
- Develop the ability to attend to the sights and sounds of storytelling.
FIRST GRADE students will be able to - Recognize fiction/nonfiction
- Understand and use the Follett Visual OPAC
- Understand that print makes sense
- Demonstrate the ability to read independently to derive pleasure and to gain information.
SECOND GRADE students will be able to - Appreciate and enjoy literature and other creative expressions of literature
- Comprehend fiction and nonfiction selections
- Use Text OPAC
- Find information using encyclopedia, atlas, and almanac
THIRD GRADE students will be able to - Access information effectively and efficiently
- Locate information in reference sources (Table of contents, pictures, diagrams, dictionary, encyclopedia and indices)
- Develop understanding of different types of literature (folktales, fairy tales, and biographies)
- Research – recording information from a variety of sources including encyclopedia, online sources and the Internet
FOURTH GRADE students will be able to - Read and demonstrate comprehension of a variety of literary forms (fiction genres, poetry, biographies, poetry and informational books.)
- Have a basic understanding of the Dewey Decimal System
- Use DISCUS
- Begin using a variety of resources.
FIFTH GRADE students will be able to - Use the OPAC with advanced, keyword and Boolean searches to find information
- Continue to read and demonstrate comprehension of a variety of literary forms including fiction, nonfiction and poetry.
- Sustain self-selected reading
- Acquire information gathering techniques
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