We foster the love of reading by welcoming students to the library for storytime to encourage listening and audience etiquette skills.  Literature skills include sequencing, alphabet recognition, character traits, and appreciation of a variety of materials such as Tall Tales, Fairy Tales, and Holiday offerings.  We encourage students and their families to read daily and to seek out the local public libraries as additional resources for daily reading. 

Students are welcomed to the library to strengthen their reading and listening skills along with basic library skills such as learning parts of a book, dictionary skills, care of books, and the Dewey Decimal Classification System, and reference works.  Literature appreciation is a weekly part of library visits. Additionally, second grade and higher will receive instruction in our study skills program. Daily reading time with a variety of materials and difficulties are fostered in the library. Students are encouraged to use their local public libraries for additional resources for reading each day. 

Students are continuing to broaden their appreciation of multiple genres of literature offered in the library as well as use of research resources both online and brick and mortar varieties. Research skills are intensified through searching strategies and the use of our electronic databases to locate information for projects and the preparation of bibliographies. The study skills program is also more advanced to aid students in organization, note taking, test taking strategies and more. Dedicated daily reading with a broad range of materials and difficulties will strengthen vocabulary and comprehension as they are prepared to move to high school and beyond.