1. Library Curriculum
• Book selection skills including “just right” books
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Book care and responsibility
Introduction to various authors and illustrators Visit Us Online!
• Fiction vs. Nonfiction
• Fact vs. Opinion
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• Exploring genres and story elements
• Knowing the parts of a book with homework and class projects,
• Library procedures and organization find book suggestions, explore
• Exploring books with common themes authors and illustrators, and link
• Interpreting illustrations out to fun, educational resources.
• Retelling a story
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Making predictions and drawing conclusions
Reading and appreciation of the SC Book Award
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PAWS @ your
nominees, Caldecott, Newbery, Theodor Seuss
Geisel, and Coretta Scott King awards, and other
quality literature
library
• Poetry appreciation
• Curricular ties to ELA, Science, Social Studies,
Math, Art, Music, Health, and Spanish in Welcome!
collaboration with teachers The Media Center is open
• Identifying topics of interest and generating how
and why questions
7:15 am - 3:15 pm on school
• Using a variety of sources for information (books, days and always virtually @
websites, databases, magazines, newspapers, http://bit.ly/p6XY9E
reference, personal interviews, etc.)
• Search strategies
• Note-taking skills and citing sources
• Using a variety of technology hardware, software,
and Web 2.0 applications for learning, creativity,
and personal productivity Use a Smartphone to scan the The mission of the LMES Media
QR code and be taken directly to Program is to ensure that students
Interested in helping? the LMES Media Center website! and staff are effective users of ideas
We are always looking for parent and adult volunteers to help with Use a QR app such as QRReader. and information and to empower
book fairs, shelving books, and fun projects throughout the year!
students to be critical thinkers,
enthusiastic readers, skillful
researchers, and ethical users of
information.
Mrs. Sharon Matney Lake Murray Elementary Media Center
Media Specialist, MLIS 1531 Three Dog Road
smatney@lexrich5.org Chapin, SC 29036
476-4606

2. “The more that you read, the YOUR MEDIA SPECIALIST
more things you will know. The CAN HELP BY...
more that you learn, the more
places you’ll go.” - Dr. Seuss
Working as an INSTRUCTIONAL PARTNER
THINK... to increase student achievement!
CREATE... Collaborating with classroom teachers to
strengthen lessons and units of study.
SHARE... Infusing grade-level curriculum with reading,
research, and technology.
GROW
Encouraging students’ love of reading and life-
long learning.
Fostering 21st century literacies such as
By using the library media center, students will be able to... information literacy, media literacy, digital
4. Connect understanding to the real-world. literacy, visual literacy, and technology literacy.
THINK CRITICALLY... 5. Determine how to act on information (accept, reject,
modify). Teaching research skills that are essential to
1. Follow an inquiry-based approach in seeking knowledge.
2. Use prior and background knowledge as a context for thriving in the real-world.
new learning. SHARE KNOWLEDGE... Recommending print and digital resources
3. Develop and refine a range of questions when searching
for new understanding. 1. Use technology and other information tools to organize including books, articles, websites, databases,
4. Evaluate information on the basis of accuracy, validity, and and display knowledge and understanding in ways that others videos, and Web 2.0 applications.
can view, use, and assess.
appropriateness for one’s needs.
5. Read, view, and listen for information presented in multiple 2. Create products that apply to authentic, real-world Providing search strategies for using the
formats. contexts. library catalog to find books and websites
6. Make inferences and gather meaning from diverse sources. 3. Respect copyright and the principles of intellectual
that are both age-appropriate and
7. Display emotional resilience by persisting in the search for freedom.
educational.
quality information despite research challenges.
8. Seek appropriate help when needed. GROW PERSONALLY... Presenting book talks to spark reading
1. Read widely and fluently to make connections with self, excitement.
CREATE NEW KNOWLEDGE... the world, and previous reading.
2. Respond to literature and other creative expressions of Preparing book lists and resource guides on a
1. Apply critical thinking skills (analysis, synthesis, evaluation)
ideas in various formats and genres. variety of themes and topics.
in order to draw conclusions and create new knowledge.
2. Collaborate with others to exchange ideas, develop new 3. Go beyond academic requirements by seeking information
to answer personal questions. Suggesting just-right books that demand to
understandings, make decisions, and solve problems.
4. Choose to read for pleasure by identifying areas of own be read!
3. Demonstrate personal productivity by creating and
completing products to express learning. interest.