Check-out+guidelines

=**Check-out Guidelines**= ** of Books ** ||  ** Description **  || || For many kindergarteners, library is a new experience. The primary focus is for these students to learn the basic routines for library behavior, bookcare, and check in and checkout procedures. Books are selected from the **E**veryone collection in the pit or nonfiction shelves facing the check out desk. || || First Graders are working on the mechanics of reading. The students are encouraged to find at least one picture book and may then select a book for someone to read to them. They may select two fiction books or one fiction and one nonfiction from the **E**veryone collection. || || Second Graders are adding to and strengthening their skills. These students have been STAR tested which gives the students a reading range called their “Just Right Book”. Students are encouraged to find a labeled book in the **E**veryone collection that is in their reading range and the second book is a free choice (a book someone can read to them). Many students will begin to make the jump to chapter books. Students may take an AR test on a book to check their comprehension. || || Students are now allowed and encouraged to find their books in the Fiction section. Students have been STAR tested and are encouraged to find a chapter book in their reading range. Once a book is selected in their reading range they may choose another fiction book or find one nonfiction book. || || Students have been STAR tested and are encouraged to find a chapter book in their reading range. Two of the books are to be fiction and in their reading range and the third book may be a nonfiction book. At times students are instructed to select a picture book as a third book to read to their Book Buddy in a younger grade level (this is good practice for fluency). Students may take an AR test on a book to check their comprehension. || || Students have been STAR tested and are encouraged to find a chapter book in their reading range. Two of the books are to be fiction and in their reading range and the third book may be a nonfiction book. At times students are instructed to select a picture book as a third book to read to their Book Buddy in a younger grade level (this is good practice for fluency). Students may take an AR test on a book to check their comprehension. ||
 * ** Grade Level ** ||  ** Number **
 * Kindergarten || 1 Book
 * 1st Grade || 2 Books
 * 2nd Grade || 2 Books
 * 3rd Grade || 2 Books
 * 4th Grade || 3 Books
 * 5th Grade || 3 Books