Overview of Library Lessons

Early Stage 1 Term 1 2017

Outcomes

By the end of the term, students should be able to:

1. identify the library and the teacher librarian within the school
2. know and follow the rules within the library
3. demonstrate correct book care
4. know the Junior Fiction section of the library
5. know and identify the parts of a book, including the spine label and barcode
6. know and demonstrate the correct borrowing and returning procedures

English Syllabus outcomes covered:

ENe-8B
Demonstrates emerging skills and knowledge of texts to read and view, and shows
developing awareness of purpose, audience and subject matter.

ENe-10C
Thinks imaginatively and creatively about familiar topics, simple ideas and the basic
features of texts when responding to and composing texts

Wk 1 Welcome to the library Library Orientation

Wk 2 Book care

Wk 3 What is in the Library?

Wk 4 Borrowing & Returning procedures. Responding creatively to text.

Wk 5 Borrowing & Returning procedures.

Wk 6 Parts of a Book

Wk 7 Parts of a Book

Wk 8 Junior Fiction texts

Wk 9 Junior Fiction

Library Program Kindergarten Term 1 Cathy Shearer

Wk 10 Revision Scavenger hunt and quizz

Term 1 Plan Kindergarten

Week Lesson Teaching Learning Resources

1 Library Shared reading of Little Miss Spider
orientation at Sunny patch School By David Kirk
Borrowing & Library Tour, Library rules:
Returning What a library is?
procedures Who is the Librarian?
What we find in the library?
What are the rules of the library?
How do we borrow books? Note: Smart Notebook,
How do we return books? Kindy Term 1, Welcome to
the Library

2 Book Care Read, The Library Dragon Dragon IPad app

Discuss and demonstrate book care, Book care worksheet
Turning pages carefully, keeping books
in a safe place, clean hands. How books
to care for books at home and at
school. Using, Library bags, clean
hands, no food or drink, keep books
safe from younger siblings, tearing
pages and drawing on books.
Show children Virtual Library Dragon
(IPad app)
3 What is in the Read, Grug goes to school by Ted
Library? Prior. Students complete worksheet
activity Draw the things you would find
in the library - Librarian, students,
books and computers. Students can
copy from IWB while small groups
complete monitored borrowing.

Smart Notebook
What is in the library?
worksheet, IWB

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4 Borrowing & Read book Penguin by Polly Dunbar.
Returning Borrowing from Junior Fiction shelf.
procedures. Choosing books, lining up with library
Responding bag, placing borrowed book in library
creatively to bag and class basket, browsing from
text. shelves until borrowing time is over.
Whole class directed drawing of
penguin,

Paper, pencils, IWB

5 Borrowing & Read book Possum Magic by Mem Fox
Returning Students demonstrate knowledge of
procedures. borrowing procedures by following
routines discussed in previous lessons.

6 Parts of a Book Read book My Hippopotamus is on our

caravan roof eating cake by Hazel
Edwards
Discuss the parts of a book - front
cover, back cover, spine, pages, title,
page, barcode and spine label. Students
identify Students repeat after teacher
and have individual students locate,
name and show class. Various texts from shelves
7 Parts of a Book Read Cat in the Hat revise last weeks
lesson focus. Students identify and
share with class parts of a book,

Various texts from shelves

Library Program Kindergarten Term 1 Cathy Shearer

8 Junior Fiction Read book I like books by Anthony
Browne
Discuss the features of Junior Fiction
texts, Many pictures, not many words.
Written for young children. Made up
stories.
Students complete worksheet-draw
illustration with a few words on the
pages of a book. Jumior Fiction books have
worsheet
9 Junior Fi Read book Dinosaurs Love
Responding Underpants Claire Freedman & Ben
creatively to Cort
text. Revise Features of Junior Fiction
texts.
Draw some colourful underpants on the
dinosaur.

10 Revision Read, First Week at Cow School /

by Andy Cutbill ; illustrated by
Russell Ayto
Revise library outcomes with students
through questions and quiz and
scavenger hunt of shelves.
Take marked worksheets home

Success Criteria: Kindergarten orientation has endeavoured to welcome the new students to the
library environment, the focus is on helping the students feel safe and comfortable in the library,
to encourage regular borrowing and to give confidence to students in their borrowing choices.
Creative responses to texts with high engagement for all students. The number of regular
borrowers in Kindergarten is evidence that the program is meeting its outcomes. All students are
demonstrating good understanding of library procedures, rules and routines.

Library Program Kindergarten Term 1 Cathy Shearer

Library Program Kindergarten Term 1 Cathy Shearer

What is in the Library?

Draw the things you would find in the library

Library Program Kindergarten Term 1 Cathy Shearer

(Librarian, books, students, computers)

LOOKING AFTER BOOKS AT HOME

JUNIOR FICTION books have

Some writing
Many pictures