Approximate schedule of topics and lessons. All dates are subject to change.

	August/ September	October	November	December	January	February	March	April	May
K	Book care Library Responsibilities	Parts of the library: Favorite authors/ Illustrators	Favorite authors/ illustrators	ABC order Authors/ illustrators	Author’s Purpose	Finding nonfiction books	Intro to basic research Model basic animal research	Begin basic animal research	Summer Reading Programs
1^st	Library Responsibilities	Show-Me Reader books	Show-Me Reader Books	Author’s Purpose	Nonfiction	Parts of Nonfiction books	Folktales Using nonfiction for research	Caldecott books Parts of nonfiction books Animal research	Animal research Summer Reading Programs
2^nd	Library Responsibilities Reading Challenge	Show-Me Reader books	Show-Me Reader Books Catalog Searching	Show-Me Reader books Dictionaries	Library catalog Graphic organizers: Show-Me Reader voting	Parts of nonfiction books Using nonfiction books	Citing sources Encyclopedias Famous Americans	Famous Americans	Summer Reading Programs
3^rd	Library Responsibilities Catalog Searching	KC3 books Online Resources	Finding nonfiction books Dewey Decimal	Dictionaries/ Thesauri and/or Reference sources	Dictionaries/ Thesauri and/or Reference sources	Research skills Rainforest research	Identify intended messages in media	Genres	Summer Reading Programs Lit Fest overview
4^th	Library Responsibilities Lit Fest Intro	Nonfiction review Online Resources	Genres	Atlases and/or Reference sources	Atlases and/or Reference sources Finish Lit Fest work	Missouri Magazines Multi-genre writing	Lit Fest Lock-In Multi-genre writing Explains intended media messages	Evaluating websites Digital Citizenship	Summer Reading Programs
5^th	Library Responsibilities Lit Fest Intro	Nonfiction review Genres	Reference sources Online Resources	Citing sources	Finish Lit Fest work	Revolutionary War research	Lit Fest Lock-In Civil War Research	Civil War research	Summer Reading Programs