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Garden City School Library: Grade 1

Grade Level Focus: SORTING

T1 Lessons and Activities

Students will be able to:

T2 Lessons and Activities

In addition to T1 standards, students will be able to: 

  • Explain the criteria for the Caldecott Award
  • Locate parts of a book: cover, title, author, illustrator, illustration, spine, call number, pages
  • Discern fact vs. opinion
  • Support an opinion with an explanation

T3 Lessons and Activities

In addition to T1/2 standards, students will be able to: 

  • Explain the criteria for the Geisel Award
  • Create pages for class books based on literature
  • Identify setting, character, and problem/plot of a fiction text

Learner Qualities

  • Responsibility: Participates in class discussions, returns books on time
  • Cooperation: Follows directions, works with other students on group assignments, uses flexible seating options appropriately, helps keep the library space neat
  • Respect: Waits to be called on, listens to teacher and other students when they're speaking, keeps in own personal space