Grade 3 Library Media Learning Expectations

Third grade students will build on skills learned in previous years. In addition, third grade students will develop the ability to:

  • Develop strategies for selecting books for classroom assignments and for recreational reading
  • Identify various literary genres
  • Understand that nonfiction books are arranged by the Dewey Decimal System and that nonfiction books are located on the shelf by subject area
  • Search the online catalog by author, title and subject, and find books in the library by call number
  • Use print and electronic reference sources to locate basic factual information
  • Develop basic research skills extract and classify facts group facts by main ideas use keywords in the development of searching techniques
  • Digital Citizenship
    • Understand the concept of cyberspace as an online global community 
    • Identify and protect personal and private information 
    • Apply the concepts of digital etiquette 
    • Recognize acts of cyberbullying and how to react responsibly
  • Media Literacy Recognize print and electronic forms of media and their pervasive influences 
  • Begin to understand the objectives of media messages 
  • Recognize advertising techniques of persuasion