Elementary Library

Unit 1 K-2

Week 1 What is a library?

1.1: Establish reading behaviors for lifelong learning and growth. 3.1: Exhibit library etiquette. STUDENT OBJECTIVES I CAN… Students will understand the purpose of a school

I can follow directions. I can listen to a story respectfully. I can describe a library.

library. Students will exhibit proper behavior entering and exiting the library. Students will demonstrate whole body listening during a read aloud story.

RESOURCES & MATERIALS Choose 1 book to read aloud per grade

1st Grade ●​

This is a School by Jon Schu

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Do Not Bring Your Dragon to the Library by Julie Gassman ●​ Interrupting Chicken by David Ezra Stein

Kindergarten ●​

All Are Welcome by Alexandra Penfold Lola at the Library by Anna McQuinn Library Lion by Michelle Knudsen

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2nd Grade ●​

All Because You Matter by Tami Charles School’s First Day of School by Adam Rex

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Library Mouse by Daniel Kirk

VOCABULARY Library - a place where books and other materials are kept and from which they may be borrowed. Libraries are shared spaces that belong to a community. Libraries are like classrooms. Whole Body Listening - using all parts of the body – eyes, ears, mouth, hands, and brain – to pay attention and understand what someone is saying

WELCOME & ACTIVATE BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE Greet students warmly at the library door. Introduce yourself.

Say, “Raise your hand with voices off if you have visited a library before. What do you find in a library?”

Acknowledge responses. Say: The library is a special shared space in our school that has many wonderful books for you to read. I am so excited you get to visit every week!

OBJECTIVE & DIRECT INSTRUCTION Step 1: Instruct Students How to Enter the Library

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