• Curriculum

     
    The Highlands Library Department instruction is a continuum from Kindergarten through 12th Grade.  The following essential library concepts ("Big Ideas") are introduced and developed in the elementary libraries:
     
    *Effective readers use appropriate strategies to construct meaning.
    *Critical thinkers actively and skillfully interpret, analyze, evaluate and synthesize information.
    *Active listeners make meaning from what they hear by questioning, reflecting, responding, and evaluating.
    *Effective speakers prepare and communicate messages to address the audience and purpose.
    *Effective research requires the use of varied resources to gain or expand knowledge.
    *Audience and purpose influence a writer's choice of organizational pattern, language, and literacy techniques.
    *Responsible citizens use information ethically and productively in a global society.
     
    (A Model Curriculum for Pennsylvania School Library Programs Long-Term Transfer Goals) - www.pdesas.org