Information+Fluency

From the SW BOCES SLS: http://www2.lhric.org/libsys/IFC.html: Information Fluency Continuum and Common Core Learning Standards Information Fluency Continuum/Common Core Standards

The new alignment of the New York City K-12 Information Fluency Continuum and Common Core State Standards  Information Fluency Continuum

** Benchmark Skills for Grades K-12 - Assessments ** ** New York State P-12 Common Core Learning Standards **

** English Language Arts and Literacy ** ** Common Core State Standards **

** English Language Arts (by grade level) ** **New York State Pre-Kindergarten Learning Standards** **Common Core College and Career Readiness Skills**

**Learned Through the Library Instructional Program**

**Unit Alignment Form Sample** (pdf)

**Unit Alignment Form Sample** (Word document) ** Teaching the Common Core Through the Library Instructional Program ** ** Information skills listed in the documents below are the Grade-Level Benchmark Skills from the **

** The Empire Information Fluency Continuum (developed by the NYC School Library System) ** **Grade K Alignment** **Grade 1 Alignment** **Grade 2 Alignment** **Grade 3 Alignment** **Grade 4 Alignment** **Grade 5 Alignment** **Grade 6 Alignment** **Grade 7 Alignment** **Grade 8 Alignment** **Grade 9 Alignment** **Grade 10 Alignment** **Grade 11 Alignment** **Grade 12 Alignment** **Information Fluency Continuum: K-12 Priority Benchmark Skills and Assessments**

**The information found in the //Information Fluency Continuum: K-12 Priority Benchmark Skills and Assessments// (a pdf file) can be accessed as Word documents** **through the links below.** **Benchmarks and Assessments 2010** **__Connecting Ideas to Own Interests - Pictures__** **__Connecting Ideas to Own Interests – Words__** **__Sequence of Events__ - Beginning Middle End** **Fiction and Nonfiction Books** **Sorting Books** **Answering Questions with Facts** **Knowing and Learning in the Library** || Grade 1 **Benchmarks and Assessments 2010** **__What Do You Already Know About Your Topic?__** **__How Picture Books are Organized in the Library__** **Recognizing Facts and Forming Opinions** **Using Facts to Answer Questions** **Picturing the Main Idea of a Story** **Now I Wonder** **Knowing and Learning in the Library** || **Benchmarks and Assessments 2010** **__My Inquiry__** **__I Wonder__** **Inquiry Research Log** **Main Idea and Details** **Prior Knowledge and New Understandings** **Strengths and Goals in the Library** || Grade 3 **Benchmarks and Assessments 2010** **__Dewey Decimal System__** **__Online Catalog Searching for Library Resources__** **Using a Website to Find Appropriate Information** **Main Idea and Supporting Details** **Main Points** **How am I Doing** **Strengths and Goals** || **Benchmarks and Assessments 2010** **__Key Words for Online Searching__** **__Main Ideas and Details__** **Predicting Answers** **Selecting the Right Sources** **Paraphrasing Chart** **Mapping the Main Idea and Supporting Facts** **Summarizing the Important Ideas** **Supporting the Main Idea** **Identifying the Story Elements** **Using Feedback to Revise My Work** **Strengths and Goals** || Grade 5 **Benchmarks and Assessments 2010** **__Using Background Info to Brainstorm Ideas__** **__Writing Questions That Lead to Inquiry__** **Using Multiple Sources** **Using Website Navigation Tools to Find Information** **Evaluation Tool Sheet** **Note-taking by Question** **Note-taking Grid** **Using Evidence to Support Opinions** **Bibliography Worksheet** **__Using Feedback to Revise My Work__** **Strengths and Goals** || **Benchmarks and Assessments 2010** **__Uses Online Catalog__** **__Making Inferences about Facts__** **Drawing Conclusions** **Claim Evidence Interpretation** **Conclusions and Supporting Evidence** || Grade 7 **Benchmarks and Assessments 2010** **__Predicting Answers to Inquiry Questions__** **__Developing Focus Questions__** **Note Taking Grid** **Website Evaluation** **Fact vs. opinion** **Cause and Effect Diagram** **Cause-Effect Chart** **Chain of Events** **Chronological Order** **Flow Chart** **One Cause/One Effect** **Time Sequence Organizer** **Readers Make Inferences** **Bibliography Worksheet** **Self Assesment** || **Benchmarks and Assessments 2010** **__Narrowing Down a Large Topic__** **__Narrowing Down a Large Topic - Example__** **Refining Research Question to Search for Different Types of Information** **Using Different Sources** **The Effects of Different Perspectives on Issues** **Point of View Influences Interpretation of Information** **Claim Evidence Interpretation** **Drawing Conclusions** **My Research Project** **Strengths and Goals** || Grade 9 **Benchmarks and Assessments 2010** **__Identifying Key Words, Concepts, Synonyms and Related Terms__** **__Mind Mapping__** **Notes on Main Ideas and Supporting Evidences** **Notes on Main Ideas and Supporting Evidence - Example** **Notetaking Grid** **Notetaking to Answer Questions** **Reflective Notetaking** **Organizing Information** **Organizing Information - Rubric** **My Strengths in the Inquiry Process** **My Strengths in the Inquiry Process - Example** || **Benchmarks and Assessments 2010** **__Connecting to a Manageable Topic__** **__Exploring Background Information to Refine Research Topic__** **Hooking to an Inquiry Topic** **Developing Focus Questions at Different Levels of Thought** **Refining Research Questions** **Advanced Searching - Review** **Advanced Web Searching** **Drawing Conclusions from Looking at Multiple Perspectives** **Drawing Conclusions Supported by Evidence** **Bibliography Worksheet** **Citations** **Individual Experience of Inquiry** || Grade 11 **Benchmarks and Assessments 2010** **__Gathering Evidence to Support Thesis__** **__Gathering Evidence to Support Thesis - Example__** **Source Comparison** **Using Organizational Features of a Book to Locate Information** **Developing a Line of Argument** **Historical Perspective Taking - Empathy** **Viewpoints Beliefs Actions** **Communicating Ideas to an Audience** || **Benchmarks and Assessments 2010** **__Selecting Complex Research Problems or Questions__** **__Investigating Ideas__** **Learning Logs for Reflective Notetaking** **Concept Map** **Concept Maps for Organizing Thinking** **Supporting an Opinion** **Inquiry Process Questions** **Student Research Checklist** ||  ||
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