Media Center Syllabus

Ketina Lyons

Westhills Elementary School

Media Center 1^st Nine Weeks Syllabus/Information Objectives

 Kindergarten

*Identify where resources are located in the library

*Identify symbols used to convey information

*Educational and Safe Websites

*Identify book elements

*Recognize rhyming words

*Interpret Pictures

*Read sight words

 

First Grade

*Identify parts of a story

*Main Idea and details

*Cause and effect

*Use a computer mouse and keyboard to run software

*Dictionary Skills

*Educational and Safe Websites

*Write a simple story

 

Second Grade

*Use alphabetical order to locate information

*Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of key details in text.

*Fiction/Nonfiction

*Use the Dewey Decimal System to locate a book

*Identify the Internet as a source of information about people, places, and things.

*Use an atlas, map, or globe to locate places

*Educational and Safe Websites

 

Third Grade

*Reading Fluency

*Reading Comprehension

*Clarification strategies (sounding – out words, finding the meaning of words)

*Open-ended questions and answers

*Literary Text (character, setting plot, sequences, author's purpose, onomatopoeia, etc.)

*Use a thesaurus to locate synonyms/antonyms

*Fiction/Nonfiction

*Identify the Internet as a source of information about people, places, and things.

*Educational and Safe Websites

 

Fourth Grade Reading

*Sequence

*Summarizing

*Cause and Effect

*Literary elements (character, setting, plot, author's purpose)

*Synonyms and Antonyms

*Main Ideas and Details

*Drawing Conclusions

*Identify the Internet as a source of information about people, places, and things.

*Educational and Safe Websites

*Internet Safety/Cyberbullying

*Research Skills

 

 

Fifth Grade

*Character and Plot

*Cause and Effect

*Summarize

*Context clues

*Theme

*Inferring

*Fact and Opinion

*Questioning

*Text Structure

*Internet Safety/Cyberbullying

*Research Skills

*Educational and Safe Websites

 

Ketina Lyons Westhills Elementary School Media Center

2^nd Quarter Syllabus/Information Objectives

Kindergarten

*Read Pre-Primer Sight Words

*Identify story elements: Character and Author’s Purpose

*Educational and Safe Websites

*Interpret pictures and relate pictures to printed text

*Identify characters in a story

First Grade

*Identify the parts of a story

*Plot

*Main Idea and details

*Cause and effect

*Educational and Safe Websites

*Retell a story in correct sequence and detail

*Distinguish between fact and opinion

*Predict the outcome of a story or situation

Second Grade

*Identify main idea in a passage or paragraph

*Retelling a story or account of an incident

*Identify the setting

*Recognize award winning books

*Distinguish between fact and fantasy

*Drawing Conclusions

*Educational and Safe Websites

Third Grade

*Sequence

*Compare and contrast

*Story Structure

*Literary Text (character, setting plot, sequences, author's purpose, etc.)

*Literary Genres

*Main idea and details

*Educational and Safe Websites

Dictionary/Encyclopedia/Thesaurus

Create Timelines

Drawing Conclusions based on information gathered

                                                                                           Fourth Grade            

*Fact and Opinion

*Inferring

*Cause and Effect

*Graphic Sources

*Text structure

*Generalizing

*Compare and Contrast

*Educational and Safe Websites

Fifth Grade

*Compare and Contrast

*Figurative/Literal Language

*myths/legends/fables

*Story Structure

*Author’s Purpose

*Internet Safety

*Cyberbullying

*Research Skills

 

Ketina Lyons

 

Westhills Elementary School Media Center

 

3^rd Quarter Syllabus

 

Kindergarten

 

*Read Pre-Primer Sight Words

 

*Identify Story Elements: Character and Author’s Purpose

 

*Multiple Meaning Words

 

*Draw/Dictate/Write to give information

 

*Educational and Safe Websites

 

First Grade

 

*Cause and Effect

 

*Sequence

 

*Author’s Purpose

 

*Compare & Contrast

 

*Use a computer mouse and keyboard to run software

 

*Educational and Safe Websites

 

Second Grade

 

*Compare and Contrast

 

*Summarizing

 

*Sequencing

 

*Fluency Skills

 

*Retelling a story

 

*Main Idea/Supporting Details

 

*Unknown/Multiple Meaning Words

 

*Educational and Safe Websites

 

*Identify the Internet as a source of information

 

Third Grade

 

*Distinguish between fiction and nonfiction

 

*Summarizing

 

*Compare and Contrast

 

*Fact and Opinion

 

*Inferences

 

*Cause and Effect

 

*Main Idea/Supporting Details

 

*Educational and Safe Websites

 

*Research Skills

 

*Identify the Internet as a source of information

 

Fourth Grade

 

*Literary Elements

 

*Drawing Conclusions

 

*Compare and Contrast

 

*Main Idea/Supporting Details

 

*Author’s Purpose

 

*Educational and Safe Websites

 

*Dewey Decimal System

 

*Identify the Internet as a source of information

 

Fifth Grade

 

*Predict and set Purpose

 

*Graphic Sources

 

*Context Clues

 

*Genre-Play

 

*Text Structure

 

*Fact and Opinion

 

*Educational and Safe Websites

 

*Dewey Decimal System

 

*Identify the Internet as a source of information