FROST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
3rd MARKING PERIOD NEWS
LIBRARY MEDIA
MRS. HALL

 
These are the Maryland Voluntary State Curriculum School Library Media Standards being taught during the second marking period:

Pre-K:

  • Read, listen to, and discuss stories
  • Make text-to-self connections
  • Discover the pleasure of reading by listening to books
  • Recognize the difference between fiction and nonfiction books

Kindergarten:

  • Read, listen to, and discuss stories
  • Make text-to-self connections
  • Discover the pleasure of reading by listening to books
  • Recognize the difference between fiction and nonfiction books
  • Choose to browse, select, and enjoy books
1st Grade and 2nd Grade:
  • Read, listen to, and discuss stories
  • Make text-to-self connections
  • Discover the pleasure of reading by listening to books
  • Practice using parts of a book to locate information
  • Recognize the relationship between the call number and the material’s content and location within the library
  • Practice selecting the most appropriate books for their need
  • Choose to browse, select, and enjoy books

3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade:

  • Utilize circulation procedures and policies to access reading materials
  • Become familiar with arrangement of materials in the library to select materials to meet current need
  • Become familiar with the Dewey classification numbers
  • Practice using the card catalog and automated card catalog to locate materials
  • Practice strategies for collecting relevant information from print resources
  • Practice selecting the most appropriate books for their need
  • Choose to browse, select, and enjoy books

INTERNET SAFETY LESSONS:

Beginning in March all library media classes grades K-5 will receive instruction about Internet safety covering topics such as cyber community citizenship, personal safety, cyber security, intellectual property, and cyber bullying. 

Lessons and materials are from i-Safe, a leader in Internet safety education.  The lessons are aligned with the Maryland Voluntary State Curriculum School Library Media Standards, the National Educational Technology Standards for Students, and the National Health and Safety Standards.

For more information visit www.isafe.org

 

2008 Literature Award Winning Books:
2008 Caldecott Medal Winner – Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
2008 Newbery Medal Winner – Good Masters, Sweet Ladies: voices from a medieval village by Laura Amy Schilt

*These Award Winning Books have been ordered for our library collection.

 

BOOK WISH LIST

Our school library is still participating in the Alibris Wishlist program.  The “wishlist” consists of out-of-print & used books that you can purchase/donate to our school library.  Many of the titles are books that we have Accelerated Reader tests for but the books are out of print.

You can “check out” our wishlist at www.alibris.com and then search for Frost Library in Maryland.  This list will show which titles have already been donated to our library and which titles are available to purchase and donate. 

 

MDK12 Digital Library

For information about the MDK12 Digital Library, please click here.

 
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