Jeff Burdette

Welcome to the TIS Lower School Library.

The library is an important part of the total education of our students. All the students have weekly library lessons that are part of a designed curriculum. Each classroom visit is divided into three sections. There is a library lesson, a story, and a time for checking out books.

Junior Kindergarten

Learning about the library
Book care
Check-in and check-out procedure
Holiday books
ABC books
Fairytales and Folktales

Kindergarten

Fiction and non-fiction
Discussion skills
Author and illustrator
Spine, cover, title page
Primary readers

First Grade

Information Literary Skills
Alphabetical order
Dictionary
Location of materials
Author studies
Character, setting, plot

Second Grade

Information Literacy Skills
Introduction to Accelerated Reader (AR)
AR Computer testing for comprehension
Fiction chapter books by author
Parts of a story

Third Grade

Information literacy skills
Library call numbers for fiction and non-fiction
Story development
Publisher and copyright
Title page and verso

Fourth Grade

Information literacy skills
Exploring genres of literature
William Allen White Award collection
Newberry Award collection
Catalog on computer

Fifth Grade

Information literacy skills
Dewey Decimal System
Search engines
Copyright laws
Social Responsibilities
Intellectual Freedom
Exploring genres of literature