Book Selection
Library Lingo
Book Care
Library Procedures
Surprise!
100

Books with an "E" on their spine label belong in this section of the library

What is the EASY Section?

100
This is the part of the book that you see when a book is on the shelf.
What is the Spine?
100

This is where you should keep your books at home so they are safe.

What is your backpack or someplace high (and dry!).

100

This is what you use to hold a place on the shelf while you look at a book.

What is a shelf marker?

100

This is what you call a person who draws pictures for a book.

What is the illustrator?

200
Books with "FIC" on the spine label belong in this section of the library.
What is the Fiction Section.
200
These are the kind of books that you can find in the non-fiction section. (HINT: what do they contain?"
What are informational, factual or true books.
200
This is what you should use to save your place in a book.
What is a bookmark. Never turn down the corner of a page of a book - YIKES!!!
200
This is how many books you can check out at one time.
What is 2?
200
This is the author of "Horton Hears a Who"
Who is Dr. Seuss?
300

This is how you can tell if a book is already checked out of the library - in OPAC.

What is ....OPAC will say "OUT" in red by the title.

300

These are the kind of books that you would find in the FIC - Fiction Section (be careful....how is this different than the "E" section?

What are chapter books, stories that are made up and that have very few pictures?

300

This is what you should keep your books away fro at home.

What is baby brothers or sisters, pets, food, drink.

300
This is what you should do if you see any adult in the building hold their hand in the air.
What is hold your hand in the air and close your mouth? "When the hand goes up the mouth goes shut"
300

This is what SSR stands for.

What is Silent Sustained Reading?

400
This is the icon that you have to click on our computers to look for books in our library.
What is the OPAC icon?
400

These are three things that you can find on the title page of a book.

What are the: Title Author Illustrator Publisher (non-picture books)

400

This is how you should turn the pages of a book.

What is slowly, carefully from the corner. What happens if you turn a page from the side of a page? IT MIGHT RIP!! :(

400
This is where we sit during read-aloud story time.
What is on the floor with our legs crossed in front of our story-reader?
400
This is the rule you should follow when selecting a book - you read a page in a book and see if there are 5 words you can't say or don't understand.
What is the Five-Finger Rule?
500

This is how you can tell if a book is from the Non-Fiction Section (just by looking at the spine label)

What is ...there are numbers on the spine label?

500

This is what you call the number and/or letters on the spine label of a book (it's like the book's address)

What is the Call Number of the book - it's called Call Number even if it doesn't contain any Numbers.

500

This is what you should NEVER do around your books.

What is eat or drink?

500
THese are 3 kinds of library materials that students CAN NOT checkout.
What is magazines, encyclopedias, videos, atlases, dictionaries, teacher-reserved books.
500

What is the name of your Librarian 

What is Mrs. Wright

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