Media
This link for accessing the Elmer Wolfe Elementary Media Center Destiny Catalog at home is now available!
What is your Child Learning in the Media Center?
- PreK comes for book exchange twice a month starting in October.
- Kindergarten comes twice a week for 30 minutes. We share stories, use puppets, and retell stories. The kindergarten has book exchange the second meeting of the week. They can check out one book but in January they may get two. We discuss certain topics in literature such as caterpillars, butterflies, letters, numbers, bears, Mother Goose Rhymes, spiders, and farms.
- First grade concentrates on the picture book section during the beginning of the year and book exchange extends to certain parts of the non-fiction section in October. After book exchange we discuss literature regarding fictional bears, animals, and certain authors such as Janet Stevens.
- Second grade looks at certain authors, such as Bill Peet and James Stevenson and how to evaluate picture books effectively. They research a certain insect, noting text features in the non-fiction book to create a class insect book. They use Kidspiration to sort types of books and we analyze a book's address (call number).The students are shown how to use the visual catalog for book selection.
- Third grade learns how to use the computerized card catalog (Destiny OPAC). The third graders also talk about certain authors and why they decided to write the way they do. The Dewey Decimal System is discussed. The students use vocabulary from science and social studies topics to practice using the dictionary. The students use the atlas to map Alice Ramsey's trip from New York to California in their study of the United States. Literature such as tall tales, fables, and poetry are discussed. The issues of copyright and intellectual property are examined. Book exchange is every other week and starting in January the students may check out three books.
Book exchange takes longer when students have three items to search for during their media class period. This is why book exchange is every other week for third grade, fourth grade, and fifth grade.
- Fourth graders talk about genres, subjects (such as historical fiction), and the use of the Destiny Catalog. Students use online databases, discuss primary and secondary sources, review multiple references, (almanac, atlas, dictionary, etc.) and discuss the Dewey Decimal System. They discuss intellectual property and the Citation Machine.
Second Grade Media Kidspiration Activities
Kindergarten Media Kidspiration Activities - b, c, d
Kindergarten Media Kidspiration Activities - d, k, p
