Ross Elementary Library

All students at Ross visit the library with their class once per week for a lesson focused on literature or digital citizenship and book checkout. Students learn how to checkout their own books, search for books, conduct research and participate in Maker activities. Our K-5 students will also be participating in the Common Sense Digital Media curriculum and Junior Great Books. You can read more about these programs here.

Families can search for titles available in the Ross Library and also check out our collection of ebooks. Here is how to access our collection:

Go to dcps.follettdestiny.com
Select “Elementary Schools”
Select “Ross ES”
Click “Catalog”
Enter the title you are searching
Use your student ID and birthdate to access ebooks

PK4 Learning Activities

Sit and listen to a story
Retell a story
Identify the cover, title page and back cover of a book
Talk about favorite characters and authors

K1 Learning Activities

Retell familiar stories including key details
Identify characters, setting and major events in a story
Identify and rhyming words
Describe relationships between illustrations and text
Actively engage in group reading activities
Know and use various text features
Ask and answer questions to help clarify meaning
Identify basic similarities and differences between two separate texts on the same topic

2nd Grade Learning Activities

Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and howto demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.
Acknowledge differences in the points of view of characters
Know and use various text features to locate key facts or information in a text efficiently.
Recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.

3rd Grade Learning Activities

Refer to parts of stories, dramas, and poems when writing or speaking about a text, using terms such as chapter, scene, and stanza; describe how each successive part builds on earlier sections.
Use text features and search tools (e.g., key words, sidebars, hyperlinks) to locate information relevant to a given topic efficiently.
Conduct short research projects that build knowledge about a topic.
Take brief notes from digital and text sources.

4th Grade Learning Activities

Explain major differences between poems, drama, and prose when writing or speaking about a text.
Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text.
Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
Conduct short research projects that build knowledge through investigation of different aspects of a topic.
Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.

5th Grade Learning Activities

Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges, summarize the text.
Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., how characters interact).
Conduct short research projects that use several sources to build knowledge through investigation of different aspects of a topic.
Recall relevant information from experiences or gather relevant information from print and digital sources; summarize or paraphrase information in notes and finished work, and provide a list of sources.
Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.

Lisa Juriga

Librarian

lisa.juriga@k12.dc.gov