The Media Center at Oak View Elementary School is open daily on a flexible schedule for students and classes to have access to the materials throughout the day. Lessons are scheduled with classes as the media curriculum fits into the classroom instruction. Listed below are some examples of media lessons which are taught at various grades.
Kindergarten:
Independent use of the media center
Literature themes as they support the classroom curriculum
Differences between fiction and nonfiction materials
Beginning use of the computer lab
First Grade :
Authors of the month
Location of authors in alphabetical order
Literature themes as they support the classroom curriculum
Differences between fiction and nonfiction materials
Second Grade :
Choosing books at an appropriate reading level
Making sense of call numbers and how these numbers are created and used
Literature and the Caldecott Medal
Research support
Using guide words in reference books
Third Grade :
Beginning use of the electronic catalog
Research strategies
Kidspiration
Comparing the same story in different formats
Fourth Grade :
Dewey Decimal System and district assessment
Catalog search strategies
Research strategies
Maud Hart Lovelace Award Project
Fifth Grade :
Biographies
Digital Editing
Maud Hart Lovelace Award Project
Sixth Grade :
Advanced catalog searching
Research strategies
Plagiarism and district assessment
Internet search strategies
Digital editing
Genre of the month
Maud Hart Lovelace Award Project