Elementary Library

Unit 1 K-2

Week 2 How do I show respect in the library?

STUDENT OBJECTIVES

I CAN…/COMPELLING QUESTION

Students will demonstrate whole body listening during a read aloud story. Students will know how to properly take care of library books.

I can listen to a story respectfully. I can take care of books.

RESOURCES & MATERIALS Book Care Kit

1st Grade ●​

A Library Book for Bear by Bonny Becker We Don’t Eat Our Classmates! By Ryan T. Higgins ●​ Biblioburro: A True Story from Colombia by Jeanette Winter ●​

Choose 1 book to read aloud per grade

Kindergarten ●​

The Pigeon Has to Go to School by Mo Willems Our Class is a Family by Shannon Olsen What’s Your Favorite Color? by Eric Carle

2nd Grade ●​

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The Smallest Girl in the Smallest Grade by Justin Roberts ●​ Biblioburro: A True Story from Colombia by Jeanette Winter

VOCABULARY Respect - treating others and yourself well, even if you don't agree with them

Return - to send, put, give, or take back

Circulation - the borrowing and return of books in and out of the library

Care -to look after, watch over, or protect

Borrow - to take with the promise to return or replace

WELCOME & ACTIVATE BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE Greet students warmly at the library door. Before entering the library, review entering and seating procedures.

Practice with the class entering the library. Repeat 2-3 times as needed.

Settle students in seats either at tables or on a rug. Congratulate them on their behavior and following directions. Explain again any reward system for behavior in your school library. Practice the attention-getters you will be using this school year.

Say: What makes a person good at sharing?

Acknowledge responses. Say: Library books are for everyone. Today we will learn how to take care of our library books to be good at sharing.

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