Welcome to the Library!

Library Tour

New Arrivals Table!• One Book Limit!!

Reference Section

Student Reference Section•One Book Limit!

Teacher Reference Section•No checking out from this section

•Encyclopedias•Guinness Books•Ripley’s •Almanacs•Atlases •Dictionaries•Thesauruses

Non Fiction

•5 Bookshelves

•Arranged using Dewey Decimal System

•Call numbers have numbers and letters on them.

•Books with similar topics sit together on the shelves.What topics

do you like to read about ???

Fiction Section•Chapter Books

•Arranged Alphabetically by author’s last name

Can you find your

favorite series or

author!?

Everybody Books

•Special fiction section that everyone can enjoy because they are PICTURE books!!

•3 Bookshelves that run through the middle of the library.

•Organized alphabetically by author’s last name

Professional Section•Teacher Resources used by your teachers to make learning fun, engaging, and effective •No checking out from this special section.•New Show happens in this corner every morning.

POPULAR SERIES•Books that if shelved correctly would not sit together on the shelf because they are written by different authors but are in the same series or special genre.

Examples:•39 Clues•Who Was?•Candy Apple/Poison Apple•Flat Stanley•Star Wars•Superheroes•Princess/Barbie

BiographiesAlphabetical by last name of the person

the book is about.

Book Recommendations

Common Sense Media

Don’t Forget to CHECK OUT before you leave!!

•Type in your lunch number when we ask for it and place books upside down.

Online Catalogs•3 Computers you can use to access the

“researcher” which is our online catalog system for searching for books.

•You can do a title, author, or subject search.

•Make sure the book is available, write the call number down, and go find the book.

•You can use the “researcher” at home through the library’s website as well

Click on picture to go to the library’s website to access the catalog.

Options for when you are done checking out or if you are not checking out…

Read a current magazine Read past issues

Read your library books you’ve checked out or honor book quietly in the Cozy Corner

Feel free to fill out a book

recommendation form to “pin” on

our board!

Books that are not a part of the

library collection (cannot be

checked out) but can be read in the library if you did not bring back

your books.Read a book by another student or class as well!

Honor Books

Library Class Meeting Area

What do we do??

•Book Talks to encourage reading, develop a love for reading, introduce students to new books, author, genres•Teach Library Skills•Teach Information Literacy Skills•Curriculum Tie-Ins with objectives being taught in the classroom•Common Sense Media

3rd Grade: Meets each week for a 15-20 min. lesson then 10 min.

4th & 5th: Check outs every other week. One week 30 min. lesson with no check out. Next week 15 min. lesson with 15 min. checkout.

VISIT THE LIBRARY OFTEN

We look forward to seeing you!