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Essential Standard: Sources of Information K-5
Identify sources of information (e.g., print, non-print, electronic, people). || 1.1 Identify various resources for information (e.g., print, audio-visual, electronic, people). || 1.1 Classify sources of information as relevant for particular topics or purposes. || 1.1 Classify various types of resources as appropriate for purposes. || 1.1 Use various types of resources to gather information (including print and media). || 1.1 Use various types of resources to gather information (including print and online media) || Use of doc camera, smart board fiction/non fiction materials to discuss story elements, problem solving word problems, fire safety Wheeler/Williams Elem. || Students navigated through webpages to find information relevant to their topics of research. Used teacher web pages and information from Discovery Education to find math games and math interventions. Penree/Sunset Park || Used teacher web to locate literacy/math games. Snyder/Murrayville || Gathered information for NC ppts. and Ben Franklin ppts. Scarletto/Murrayville ||  || Identify the relevant sources of information for a given task.
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 * ~ //Essential Standard// || **Classify useful sources of information.** || **Recall useful sources of information.** || **Categorize sources of information as appropriate or inappropriate.** || **Categorize sources of information for specific purposes.** || **Apply criteria to determine appropriate information resources for specific topics and purposes.** || **Apply criteria to determine appropriate information resources for specific topics and purposes.** ||
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 * ~  || When studying plants I showed students a variety of books that we would be using. We discussed which were information books (non-fiction) and which books were story books (fiction). We talked about the author's purpose for each whether it was to inform or entertain. We used Discovery Education and BrainPop Jr. as tech resources to view a plant life cycle and identify the parts of a plant. Baltezegar/Eaton || Looked at nonfiction books and discussed features; captions, heading, photos,etc. and compared to fiction. Haines/Murrayville
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My students have been taught how to use Google to look up information as well as how to use Google images. We have also used Google maps this year, especially during our Christmas Card exchange. We located the school that our card came from and zeroed in on street level to view the schools. Then we used a flip chart I had created on the Mimio to plot the location of all of the schools we had received cards from. Baltezegar/Eaton || 1.2 Classify resources as relevant for a given purpose and/or topic. t taught how to use google to locate specific information for a science/social studies lesson as questions arose from our discussions on the science kit/materials for Hispanic Week/Wheeler/Williams || 1.2 Classify resources as current or not current. || 1.2 Classify sources as reliable or not reliable. || 1.2 Use relevant sources of information for an assigned task. || 1.2 Use relevant sources of information for an assigned task. || Use reliable sources of information. || 1.3 Use reliable sources of information ||
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Essential Standard: Sources of Information 6-8
Analyze resources in terms of their reliability (which can be determined by currency, credibility, or authoring, depending on the topic or purpose. || 1.1 Evaluate resources for reliability. (Reliability can be determined by currency, credibility, authority, etc. depending on the curriculum topic). || 1.1 Evaluate resources for reliability. (Reliability can be determined by currency, credibility, authority, etc. depending on the curriculum topic). || Analyze content for relevance to the assigned task. || 1.2 Evaluate content for relevance to the assigned task. || 1.2 Evaluate content for relevance to the assigned task. || Analyze resources for point of view, bias, values, or intent of information. || 1.3 Evaluate resources for point of view, bias, values, or intent of information. || 1.3 Evaluate resources for point of view, bias, values, or intent of information. ||
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 * ~ //Essential Standard// || **Analyze resources to determine their reliability, point of view, bias, and relevance for particular topics and purposes.** || **Evaluate information resources based on specific criteria.** || **Evaluate information resources based on specific criteria.** ||
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