Activities in Second Grade are planned to facilitate students' ability to locate and utilize infor-mation in developmentally ap-propriate ways. Second grade students begin to use shared folders on the LFCDS server to save their work. In second grade, students are comfortable interacting with the components of the computer and are ready to use the computer for the completion of tasks. Students begin to explore information resources and ways to convey completed projects. Students are introduced to a variety of multimedia resources and work collaboratively with their peers in completing projects. Students use mathematical reasoning to program computerized robots to navigate simple mazes.

During their weekly library visits, second graders become familiar with a wide variety of easy fiction to satisfy their independent reading needs. Lengthy book talks, focusing on an author, a genre, or a topic are and important part of the lessons.
Exploring the conventions and use of the library catalog is the other major component of second grade library time.

• Access and evaluate developmentally ap-propriate information for problem solving and information needs
• Share information with others
• Identify and interact with parts of computer
• Analyze the process of completing tasks
• Collaborate toward the completion of projects
• Use of word process-ing toward the com-pletion of projects
  
  

• Recognize need for information
• Shares knowledge and information with others
• Uses technology to locate, evaluate, and collect information from a variety of sources
• Identifies a variety of potential sources of information
• Develops and uses successful strategies for locating information.
• Derives meaning from information presented creatively in a variety of formats
• Organizes information for practical application
• Use technology tools to enhance learning, increase productivity, and promote creativity.
• Integrate new information into one's own knowledge.
• Exhibits responsible use of technology systems
• Uses a variety of media and formats to communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences.
• Produces and communicates information and ideas in appropriate formats.

• Choosing appropriate independent reading books.
• Locating materials by type in the library.
• Using the library catalog to identify holdings by author, title and/or sub-ject.
• Using library call num-bers to physically locate specific materials.