Welcome to the Media
Center!
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Throughout this site, you will find a myriad of
information about our program as well as resources for reading and research.
Our program has two goals: to teach students to become competent seekers and
users of information and to instill a lifelong love of books and reading.
These goals are met through our Library Media Curriculum as well as the
resources available in the library.
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The Library Media curriculum focuses on
information literacy skills. In the younger grades, the focus is on literature
appreciation, finding materials in the library and learning to choose
appropriate books. In the older grades, the focus is on research skills.
Students learn how to do research using the Big 6 research process. Students
learn skills such as narrowing a topic, creating research questions,
identifying and locating sources, notetaking strategies and creating a
bibliography. Beginning in grade 2, there is also a technology skills strand
within the curriculum. The curriculum also reflects both state (Connecticut’s
Framework for Learning) and national (Information Power) learning Standards
for Information Literacy.
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The OAS Media Center contains a print collection
of approximately 16,500 volumes. The collection includes fiction, nonfiction,
audio books, reference materials and magazines. There are also video and
professional resource collections available for use by teachers. The
collection includes a wide range of genre as well as reading levels. There is
also a special “green dot” collection of books, both fiction and nonfiction,
that are especially for emergent and beginning readers in Kindergarten through
Grade 2. Some of these books are also leveled for Guided Reading support.
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The OAS Media Center website contains a collection
of electronic resources for student use. These resources include subscription
databases, reference tools and curriculum related websites. There are also
lists of recommended books, author information and suggested questions and
activities for books. All of the resources included in the site are chosen to
support the curriculum at all grade levels as well as student research needs
and personal interests. The purpose of this site is to provide an online
presence for the Orange Avenue Media Center.
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Please visit Milford’s
Media Department website to view the Library Media Mission Statement,
Curriculum, Selection Policy and other relevant information.
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