| Academy School District Twenty Students will be information literate and use instructional technology when they… |
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| Standard 3 - …use information accurately and creatively. |
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| With guidance as needed, by the end of second grade… |
| a. Know how to use a variety of resources |
| b. Use simple note-taking to record facts from source(s) |
| b. Organize similar information together |
| b. Recognize when new information and ideas have been found |
| b. Use graphic organizer to organize and summarize |
| c. Restate information in own words |
| c. Make predictions about stories and information |
| c. Draw conclusions from information gathered |
| c. Develop and defend own opinion based on information gathered |
| d. Use a variety of ways for presenting information |
| d. Create a simple research report in various print or physical formats |
| e. Use software for reading, writing, and illustrating |
| e. Use input and output devices to successfully operate technologies |
| e. Enter text in a word processor |
| e. Follow directions to save a document in the appropriate storage area (e.g. network drive, home area, or disk) |
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| With guidance as needed, by the end of fifth grade… |
| a. Identify how information is organized in reference materials |
| a. Use information gathered through electronic and print media to develop essential questions in pursuit of knowledge |
| a. Know how to use a variety of resources |
| a. Use information located in databases |
| a. Communicate with experts using a variety of tools |
| a. Select appropriate definitions from the dictionary, glossaries, and other sources |
| b. Arrange notes to meet information needs |
| b. Identify connecting ideas |
| b. Use note-taking to record facts from sources |
| b. Use graphic organizers, e.g. Venn diagram, outline, and timeline to connect, expand, organize, and summarize ideas |
| c. Restate information in own words |
| c. Develop and defend own opinion by considering ideas from various sources |
| c. Relate new information to personal knowledge and experiences |
| c. Make predictions and draw conclusions to solve problems |
| c. Analyze and synthesize text to make predictions and draw conclusions |
| d. Use and import graphics from a variety of sources to convey a message |
| d. Use spreadsheets, charts and graphs to organize and display information |
| d. Create and manipulate graphic images to enhance communication of information |
| d. Select presentation format to present information (oral, written or electronic) |
| d. Use a variety of formats to communicate information effectively |
| d. Locate others’ ideas, images, or information in a bibliography, works cited page, or text feature (for example, quotations, italics, parentheses, and footnotes) |
| d. Organize data, information and ideas into useful forms (including charts, graphs, outlines) for presentation |
| e. Share information using appropriate presentation technologies (digital, audio, or visual) |
| e. Revise and edit documents using word processing features including spell check and thesaurus |
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| With guidance as needed, by the end of eighth grade… |
| a. Use organizational feature of printed text (for example annotations, captions, chapter preview, summaries, prefaces, bibliographic references, changes in print and appendices) to locate information |
| a. Use organizational feature of electronic information (for example, key word searches and icons) to locate information |
| a. Use information gathered through electronic and print media to develop essential questions in pursuit of knowledge |
| a. Use library and interlibrary catalog databases and organizational features of electronic information (for example, Internet, electronic mail, CD ROM, or laser disc) to locate information |
| a. Communicate with experts using a variety of tools, including telecommunications |
| a. Locate meaning and pronunciations of unknown words using dictionaries, glossaries, and other sources |
| b. Use a variety of note-taking strategies to record facts from sources |
| b. Use graphic organizers, e.g. Venn diagram, outline, and timeline - manual and electronic - to connect, expand, organize, and analyze ideas |
| c. Develop and defend own opinion by considering ideas from various sources |
| c. Analyze and synthesize text to make predictions and draw conclusions |
| d. Use a variety of formats, to communicate information effectively |
| d. Identify criteria for assessment of process, presentation, and final product |
| d. Locate others’ ideas, images, or information in a bibliography, works cited page, or text feature (for example, quotations, italics, parentheses, and footnotes) |
| d. Organizes data, information and ideas into useful forms (including charts, graphs, outlines) for presentation |
| e. Create multi-page documents using word processing and publishing software |
| e. Share information using appropriate presentation technologies (digital, audio, or visual) |
| e. Revise and edit documents using word processing features including spell check, thesaurus, and grammar checker |
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| With guidance as needed, by the end of twelfth grade… |
| a. Use a variety of resources, to include primary and secondary, effectively |
| a. Use information gathered through electronic and print media to develop essential questions in pursuit of knowledge |
| a. Use organizational features of printed text (for example, prefaces, afterwards, appendices, key word searches, Internet search engines, email addresses) and library and interlibrary catalog databases to locate information |
| a. Communicate with experts using a variety of tools, including telecommunications |
| b. Use a variety of note-taking strategies to record facts from sources |
| c. Analyze a variety of text (for example, editorials, political cartoons, advertisements, and essays) in order to make predictions and draw conclusions) |
| c. Develop and defend own opinion by considering ideas from various sources |
| c. Analyze and synthesize text to make predictions and draw conclusions |
| d. Use information from a variety of print and electronic sources to communicate effectively |
| d. Persuade and/or inform an audience using research, relevant and convincing ideas, logical organization and effective word choice in written and oral presentations |
| d. Produce quality products in a variety of formats |
| d. Organize data, information and ideas into useful forms (including charts, graphs, outlines) for presentation |
| e. Use technology to compile, synthesize, produce, and disseminate information through creative works |
| e. Use text, video, graphics, Web page, or other multimedia tools to communicate ideas |
