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The Willard Library curriculum focuses on developing a love of literature, information skills, media literacy, and developing lifelong learning. To encourage this, all students are required to choose and check out a book each week during library class. We encourage students who struggle with selection to ask friends for recommendations, and the library staff is always available to help a child find a "just right" book.
For Concord Public Schools Curriculum Overviews click the link and choose the appropriate grade level. The Library teaching outcomes are found in this document.
Concord Public Schools Curriculum Overview
The Willard Library is proud to teach the iSafe curriculum. iSafe focuses on Internet safety and awareness, and was funded by a grant from The U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of Representatives. It is endorsed by the Justice Department and the F.B.I. For information on the iSafe curriculum (taught in grades 3, 4 and 5) please link to iSafe.
Kindergarten - a literature rich curriculum focused on getting students comfortable in the library setting, building their confidence in finding and choosing literature, and developing an awareness of the difference between fiction and nonfiction.
Grade 1 - literature continues to be the focus of work at this grade level. Students are encouraged to make literature selections appropriate to their emerging reading level.
Grade 2 - reference resources are added to student work. Dictionary, encyclopedia and atlas skills are introduced and practiced throughout the year. Literature connections provide the springboard for this work. The ELA poetry curriculum is supported through an analysis unit in May.
Grade 3 - reference work is core to work at this grade level. Thesaurus and the library Online Patron Access Catalog (OPAC) are added. By grade 3 students are expected to achieve greater independence in locating books for pleasure reading and finding them on the shelves by themselves. Science curriculum support is given to the grade 3 moon phase unit through and extensive research project. The ELA poetry curriculum is supported through an analysis unit in May. The iSafe curriculum is taught with units on personal safety, security and intellectual property.
Grade 4 - the ELA genre curriculum, social studies Ancient Egypt research and media literacy are a selection of units that provide continued practice with research and reference skills. The iSafe curriculum is taught with an added unit on cyber-bullying.
Grade 5 - Mastery of reference skills, research, media literacy and literature selection are the core elements of the grade 5 curriculum. Curriculum support is given to social studies, mathematics (graphing data in the media literacy unit). The iSafe curriculum is taught with an added unit on predators. This unit is taught in cooperation with the Concord Police.