Pre-Kindergarten through Eighth Grade

• Listening and communication skills
• Literary appreciation
• Care of books
• Library citizenship
• Study skills

Kindergarten through Eighth Grade

• Types of print, non-print and equipment
• Parts of a book

• Selection of Books
• Use of online Card Catalog (OPAC)

• Dictionaries and Periodicals
• Academic Integrity

• Card catalog information and instruction                                      
• Encyclopedias
• Graphic sources
• Internet databases and websites, including usage and security issues

• Atlases                                      
• Dewey Decimal System of Classification
• Use of Yellow Pages

• Almanacs                                                                                
• Bibliographies and Citing Sources
• Understanding Academic Integrity
• Special Reference Books                                                                                                          
• Abridged Reader’s Guide

This is a simplistic version of library instruction taught by the librarians in the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston. We use the TEA Standards as our guidelines in addition to this scope and sequence.