UINTAH'S LIBRARY

Donene Polson, Library Media Teacher
donene.polson@slc.k12.ut.us

LIBRARY CATALOG


Library Media Skills Classes:
Research classes will focus on the prescribed USOE Library Media Curriculum: Information Literacy and Media Literacy. Third, fourth, fifth and sixth grade students will attend block schedule classes lasting three weeks with four classes per week. These twelve sessions will give students time to research, make note cards, write a rough draft and bibliography. The rough drafts will be evaluated and returned to students. A final copy should be turned in the following week. The classroom teacher and the library teacher will assess the papers and give a final grade.

Library Use:
Every classroom (kindergarten through sixth grade) will attend the library once a week for a thirty-minute teaching time. Younger grade students (k-3rd grade) will focus mainly on the Literature Strand of the Library Media Core Curriculum. Older students 4th-6th will study all three strands of the core: Information Literacy Strand, Media Literacy Strand and Literature Strand.

Open check-in and check-out is from 8:30-8:45, 8:45-9:00 and 9:00-9:15. Each classroom has a once-a-week 15-minute check-in and check-out time. In addition to the weekly open check-in and check-out, three additional students from each class may be in the library at these times. This makes it possible for classroom teachers to allow students to make daily library visits. The library is open after school for 15 minutes.

Student Expectancies:
Students are asked to protect books in a backpack or plastic bag. If a book is lost or damaged the student will be charged the library's replacement cost of that material. Kindergarteners may check-out one book at a time. The first book must be returned before a new book can be checked out. Lower grade students have 7 days for check-out. First graders may check out one book, second graders may check-out two books and third graders may check-out three books at one time. Upper grade student have 14 days for check-out and may check out more than three books for use in book reports, accelerated reader and research skills.

Library Rules:
The library is a place to use indoor voices, respect school materials, walk quietly, share computers and be polite. During teaching times students will be asked to raise their hands to make comments and ask questions. Students who disrupt the learning environment will be sent back to their classroom or to the office.

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