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PS 347 American Sign Language and English Lower School 1st grade Library Media Center Skills 2010-11 Curriculum Overview Overview for Year Unit 1 Unit 2 Unit 3 Unit 4 Unit 5 Unit 6 Unit 7 Telling and Gerald Pop-up book Nonfiction: Ebooks: You are the Summer Retelling McDermott construction Then and now stories and author: Pick reading: public stories author nonfiction your library, finding study/Creating illustrator on books on interactive Storybird interests books 6 weeks 8 weeks 3 weeks 4 weeks 4 weeks 4 weeks 4 weeks

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What kind of readers/thinkers/media makers do you want your students to be by the end of the year? What should they know? What should they be able to do? What will they understand?

They should be able to understand

Find books in ABC order and learn a few Dewey numbers for favorite topics Retell a favorite story in words and pictures Recognize patterns in stories (cause and effect) and compare/contrast ideas Explain the role of author and illustrator Use visual literacy skills to interpret McDermott’s illustrations Become an author and illustrator making handmade books and ebooks on Voicethread Compare/contrast pictures and identify specific details that are different now (social studies integration) Use the Library web site with guidance Use One More Story, Pebblego, Sesame Street ebooks with guidance Read at home, reflect and rate their library books for the week

Revised by Sara March 2011