2nd GRADE PROGRAM
Our second grade students enjoy coming to the library each week to check out a library book for free reading. Students learn appropriate behavior, listening skills, rules for discussion, as well as parts of a book, book care, and beginning genres.
Quarter 1 Learning Targets:
Identify the librarian by name
Explain library rules and expectations
Define and explore key library terms and terminology
Identify the location of the different types of resources in the library
(Fiction Books, Nonfiction Books, Biography/Autobiography Books, Reference, Periodicals)
Identify and explain parts of a book
Explain circulation policies and procedures
Explain book care expectations
Identify and use text features to locate information
Independently locate and checkout a library book
Quarter 2 Learning Targets:
Arrange words in alphabetical order to the second letter
Utilize the dictionary to locate unfamiliar words and correct spelling of words
Utilize the dictionary to determine the correct meaning of multiple meaning words in a given text
Observe that an encyclopedia contains general information on a topic
Understand an encyclopedia is arranged in alphabetical order and in volumes
Utilize an encyclopedia to answer basic questions on a topic
Compare information found on the internet to the information found in print
Quarter 3 Learning Targets
Identify the following parts of a nonfiction informational text:
Table of contents, Index, Glossary, Bibliography, Headings, Subheadings, Diagrams and charts
Demonstrate that nonfiction materials can be used to locate information
Distinguish between fiction and nonfiction
Compare and contrast nonfiction and fiction through self-read texts as well as more complex read-alouds
Compare and contrast biography and autobiography
Begin to summarize information read from nonfiction books
Answer text-based questions about information read from nonfiction books
Summarize and organize information using graphic organizers
Quarter 4 Learning Targets
Distinguish between the fiction and nonfiction areas of the library.
Explain the responsibility of the author and illustrator
Understand the meaning of copyright date and locate in a book
Identify the fiction call number on a book spine
Explore award-winning literature including Caldecott titles
Identify story elements: setting, character, beginning, middle, end
Distinguish between a variety of fiction genre: fantasy, mysteries, realistic fiction, historical fiction
Select a chapter book for independent pleasure reading.
Explore poetry
Compare and contrast literature in written form to visual or oral adaptation
Our second grade students enjoy coming to the library each week to check out a library book for free reading. Students learn appropriate behavior, listening skills, rules for discussion, as well as parts of a book, book care, and beginning genres.
Quarter 1 Learning Targets:
Identify the librarian by name
Explain library rules and expectations
Define and explore key library terms and terminology
Identify the location of the different types of resources in the library
(Fiction Books, Nonfiction Books, Biography/Autobiography Books, Reference, Periodicals)
Identify and explain parts of a book
Explain circulation policies and procedures
Explain book care expectations
Identify and use text features to locate information
Independently locate and checkout a library book
Quarter 2 Learning Targets:
Arrange words in alphabetical order to the second letter
Utilize the dictionary to locate unfamiliar words and correct spelling of words
Utilize the dictionary to determine the correct meaning of multiple meaning words in a given text
Observe that an encyclopedia contains general information on a topic
Understand an encyclopedia is arranged in alphabetical order and in volumes
Utilize an encyclopedia to answer basic questions on a topic
Compare information found on the internet to the information found in print
Quarter 3 Learning Targets
Identify the following parts of a nonfiction informational text:
Table of contents, Index, Glossary, Bibliography, Headings, Subheadings, Diagrams and charts
Demonstrate that nonfiction materials can be used to locate information
Distinguish between fiction and nonfiction
Compare and contrast nonfiction and fiction through self-read texts as well as more complex read-alouds
Compare and contrast biography and autobiography
Begin to summarize information read from nonfiction books
Answer text-based questions about information read from nonfiction books
Summarize and organize information using graphic organizers
Quarter 4 Learning Targets
Distinguish between the fiction and nonfiction areas of the library.
Explain the responsibility of the author and illustrator
Understand the meaning of copyright date and locate in a book
Identify the fiction call number on a book spine
Explore award-winning literature including Caldecott titles
Identify story elements: setting, character, beginning, middle, end
Distinguish between a variety of fiction genre: fantasy, mysteries, realistic fiction, historical fiction
Select a chapter book for independent pleasure reading.
Explore poetry
Compare and contrast literature in written form to visual or oral adaptation