Elementary Library

How-To Guide for Elementary Library Instruction This guide will help instructors utilize the Instructional Guides and lesson plans for Elementary Library. It is also intended to be used by administrators and instructional coaches in support of Library Instructional Technicians.

Introduction

The design of this curriculum is intentionally: ●​ Standards-based ●​ Horizontally and vertically aligned ●​ Created with a WISR lens ●​ Integrated with classroom learning ●​ Culturally aware ●​ Full of choice to personalize, differentiate, and extend

Library ITs are empowered to adjust individual lesson plans as necessary for the unique needs of their students. This may look like, but is not limited to: ●​ Selecting different books than those suggested in the lesson plan according to the Instructional Materials Policy ●​ Removing instructional strategies or activities from the lesson plan ●​ Adding instructional strategies or activities to the lesson plan, in accordance with best practices ●​ Choosing to read a single book to multiple grades in a single week, with plans to choose a different book for the lesson next year so that students still experience a wide variety of texts ●​ Shifting an individual activity into a paired or whole group format, or vice versa ●​ Rearranging the schedule of technology-based lessons to better fit the whole school schedule However, no changes should deviate so far from the curriculum that the stated objective of each lesson is no longer being met. Library ITs are required to deliver standards-based instruction per the direction of the Canyons Board of Education.

Format of the Instructional Guide

There are six units in the elementary library curriculum. They are: Welcome to the Library, All Kinds of Books, Digital Citizenship, Media Literacy, Information Seeking & Research, and Share Your Story.

Each unit includes the following:

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