Third Grade Library Program

 

The students worked together to establish a grading scale for library several years ago. Because the library program is part of the reading program at St. Paul’s, its importance is recognized in the grading system. The children were very thoughtful as they made suggestions, realizing both their time constraints and the fact that you do have to work for an O. We think the overall plan takes both of these into consideration.

We have talked about time management as an essential ingredient in a student’s life. Each must learn to set priorities and follow through on tasks. Students have silent reading opportunities during the day in their classrooms, silent reading time during library class, and reading time at home each day to accomplish their goals. We have talked about selecting books at an appropriate level, not choosing those that are too long and/or too difficult. I offer help to students in making those choices.

The library reading program focuses on reading for pleasure, reading for meaning and understanding, and reading a variety of materials. The Genre Bingo and Reading Counts Quizzes help us to achieve these goals. The books for book reports count in the total; books read by the teacher and books read as the classroom novel do not count. Books of more than 150 pages may count as two books, depending on the novel.

                             THIRD GRADE LIBRARY GRADING SCALE

N If any category falls in this line, the grade will be	No books on the BINGO sheet	No quizzes	No books on the BINGO sheet
S- Read across—all requirements must be met for this grade.	At least 1 book on the BINGO sheet	At least 1 quiz—may be either fiction or nonfiction	At least 1 book on the BINGO sheet—may be either fiction or nonfiction
S Read across—all requirements must be met for this grade.	At least 2 books on the BINGO sheet	At least 2 quizzes—1 must be fiction and 1 must be nonfiction	At least 1 fiction and 1 nonfiction book on the BINGO sheet
S+ Read across—all requirements must be met for this grade.	At least 4 books on the BINGO sheet	At least 3 quizzes—1 must be fiction and 1 must be nonfiction	At least 1 fiction and 1 nonfiction book on the BINGO sheet
O- Read across—all requirements must be met for this grade.	At least 6 books on the BINGO sheet	At least 4 quizzes—1 must be fiction and 1 must be nonfiction	At least 2 fiction and 2 nonfiction books on the BINGO sheet
O Read across—all requirements must be met for this grade.	At least 7 books on the BINGO sheet	At least 4 quizzes—1 must be fiction and 1 must be nonfiction	At least 2 fiction and 2 nonfiction books on the BINGO sheet

      
                      THIRD GRADE GENRE BINGO

FREE CHOICE	SPORTS	FREE CHOICE	AN ENTIRE MAGAZINE	NF FOREIGN COUNTRY (900s)
F OF ANOTHER CULTURE	BIOGRAPHY	ADVENTURE	BOOK OF POEMS	PLANT OR ANIMAL NONFICTION
ECOLOGY (Keeping Earth Healthy)	NF-FREE CHOICE	FREE CHOICE	MYSTERY	HISTORICAL FICTION
ANIMAL FICTION	EARTH SCIENCE (Not living)	NF FREE CHOICE	HUMOR	FREE CHOICE
CLASSIC (Written at least 50 years ago)	SCI FI--FANTASY	HUMAN BODY (612)	FREE CHOICE	BOOK WITH A PARTNER