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Garden City School Library: Grade 3

Grade Level Focus: FINDING

T1 Lessons and Activities

Students will be able to:

Identify the five major sections of the library
Use Destiny Discover to search for books and place holds
Generate FIC call numbers and locate FIC books on the shelf

T2 Lessons and Activities

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

Assign Dewey categories to nonfiction books
Explain the criteria for a Sibert Award
Take notes on a nonfiction text using a graphic organizer
Identify main ideas and key details in a text
Participate in RICBA voting

T3 Lessons and Activities

In addition to T1/T2 standards, students will be able to:

Make inferences
Locate text features in magazines
Use online resources to answer research questions
Create an effective online password
Deliver a booktalk

Learner Qualities

Responsibility: Participates in class discussions, returns books on time, signs out of laptops
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