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Kindergarten to 2nd / 3rd and 4th / 5th and 6th

Kindergarten - 2nd Grade

Selection and book care

What authors and illustrators do

Areas of the library

What call numbers are and how to use them

Basic dictionary skills

3rd and 4th Grade

Learns to access encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, and almanacs to find information

Learns to search the Online Public Access Catalog (ASD WebCat)

Becomes more familiar with the arrangement of library materials and the Dewey Decimal system

Identifies differences between fiction and non-fiction

Understands the need for information, and builds strategies for locating and using information

Recognizes the Internet as one resource and learns effective search techniques

5th and 6th Grade

Learns to use the Online Public Access Catalog (ASD WebCat) to locate and borrow materials in other ASD libraries

Is introduced to Boolean Searching as a way to more effectively search for information

Begins an in-depth study of research skills and reference materials

Learns to effectively evaluate information from the internet

Understands and can explain differences between genres