Information+Skills+Pre-K-8th

Benchmark Information skills (Information Fluency Continuum; AASL 21st Century standards)

Pre-K Kindergarten 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
 * Connect what they know to lesson or read aloud
 * Distinguish fact from fiction
 * Sorting,categorizing
 * Connect to background knowledge: Can answer, "What do I already know about ?"
 * Presents facts and simple answers to questions.
 * Retells a story using props, pictures, and/or words
 * Begins to understand rules and procedures of library
 * Shares opinion with others appropriately
 * Discover facts through pictures and restates them in own words
 * Begins to recognize parts of book (including publisher, place of publication, copyright date)
 * Understands and uses ABC order of picture books
 * Retells stories using correct sequence of events
 * Works in groups to create and interpret information charts with guidance
 * Respects ideas of others
 * Asking questions
 * Distinguish fact from opinion and fact from myth
 * Notetaking in own words
 * Citation of author and title
 * Uses technology tools to create and present ideas to school, home, and virtual community
 * Forms and states opinions
 * Writes supporting details
 * Learns parts of a nonfiction book
 * Understands the basic organization of the library to aid them in choosing books in different genres.
 * Draws conclusions about the main idea of the story
 * Identifies key vocabulary by using a picture book or dictionary.
 * Follows a modeled inquiry process during visits to the library to do research.
 * Notetaking skills, including abbreviations and formatting tips
 * Skim/scan for facts
 * Parts of a webpage: Title, URL
 * Identifies one or two key words about a topic, problem or question.
 * Formulates questions about the topic with guidance.
 * Uses at least two sources for research projects.
 * Interprets simple charts and verbalizes the main idea.
 * Uses simple note taking strategies.
 * Selects and presents creative products in a variety of formats.
 * Discusses problems and solutions in a story.
 * Learns criteria for self-assessment for just-right books.
 * Reads a variety of fiction and nonfiction for enjoyment and information.
 * Understands the basic concept of plagiarism as copying the work of others.
 * Credits sources using title and author.
 * Summarizing notes
 * Organizing notes
 * Concept mapping
 * Questioning strategies (on the line, between the lines, needs more research)
 * Evaluate student-generated questions for importance and validity.
 * Examines Dewey decimal classification system.
 * Uses online encyclopedias, magazines, databases, and reselected Web resources to locate information.
 * Uses headings to guide understanding of information.
 * Interprets primary sources with guidance.
 * Uses common organizational patterns to organize information (chronological order, main idea with supporting details).
 * Determine audience before creating product.
 * Deepens the understanding of the parts of a book by adding text boxes, captions, etc.
 * Know the difference between primary and secondary resources.
 * Become proficient in different methods of organizing information.
 * Distinguishes between fact and opinion with evidence from the text.
 * Create products of expression using arts and technology.
 * Introduces the idea of censorship through banned books.
 * Begins to work collaboratively using technology for research to meet information needs.
 * Learns to distinguish relevant information using focus questions.
 * Applying note-taking skills to answer research questions with words and phrases from sources but not copying whole sentences.
 * Practices Internet safety procedures including safeguarding personal information.

5th
 * Online searching strategies beyond Google
 * Evaluating online information for accuracy and authority and currency
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,helvetica,sans-serif;">Incorporates strategies to check electronic resources for validity and authority.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,helvetica,sans-serif;">Develops basic search skills for online and database searching.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,helvetica,sans-serif;">Uses sources to acquire background information and brainstorms ideas for further inquiry.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,helvetica,sans-serif;">Generates a list of key words for a research-based project with guidance.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,helvetica,sans-serif;">Assesses questions to determine which can be answered by simple facts, which cannot be answered and which would lead to an interesting inquiry.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,helvetica,sans-serif;">Identifies the type of information needed (primary, secondary) and what type of resources will most likely contain the information.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,helvetica,sans-serif;">Identifies the ten major Dewey areas and what main topics are included in each.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,helvetica,sans-serif;">Uses pre-selected Web sites and selected search engines and databases to find appropriate information.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,helvetica,sans-serif;">Interprets primary sources.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,helvetica,sans-serif;">Evaluates print and electronic information for usefulness.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,helvetica,sans-serif;">Distinguishes bias in a source.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,helvetica,sans-serif;">Uses various note-taking strategies (e.g., outlining, underlining, bulleted lists, highlighting, graphic organizers).
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,helvetica,sans-serif;">Organizes notes and ideas and develops an outline or a graphic organizer.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,helvetica,sans-serif;">Assesses and revises own work with guidance.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,helvetica,sans-serif;">Selects materials based on a theme, topic or connection to classroom learning or personal interest.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,helvetica,sans-serif;">Credits all sources properly using basic bibliographic information.

6th/7th/8th
 * Follows inquiry process using the skills enumerated above
 * Asks researchable questions
 * Reflects on inquiry process
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,helvetica,sans-serif;">Uses online tools to read, send, or post electronic messages to peers, experts, and family members.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,helvetica,sans-serif;">Works in groups ethically and responsibly