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Presentation made to EIC writing team. What information literacy skills are needed by elementary school students in order to be successful in secondary schools?
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WHAT STUDENTS NEED TO KNOW AND BE ABLE TO DO IN MIDDLE SCHOOL
INFORMATION LITERACY
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Building Capacity
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INQUIRE
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Supports
Background knowledge
Ask Questions
Know what is researchable
“AGOPP and the basic
concepts of research”
GAIN KNOWLEDGE
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Supports
Use Online, Subscription Databases
Use an index
Find print resources with call numbers
Navigating an encyclopedia
Use patron’s catalog to find resources“…knowing how to
alphabetize so that
they can find an
author, look up a
word, find an
encyclopedia entry, etc.”
THINK CRITICALLY
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Supports
Identify Credible sources
Use Noodletools to Cite Sources
Recognize difference between fiction and nonfiction
Put information into one’s own words
“basics of a
bibliography
(what is a
publisher and
where do you
find it, etc.)”
INTERPRET INFORMATION
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Supports
Generate new knowledge
Make informed decisions
Use multiple resources
Make connections and inferences
“I spend lots of time with my sixth graders going over the online resources, discussing differences between encyclopedias and databases…”
SHARE KNOWLEDGE
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Supports
Use technology for expression
Work collaboratively to solve problems
Use a variety of formats to prepare findings/conclusion
“it’s the basics
that students
seem to “forget”
as well as many
not having keyboarding
skills.”
APPRECIATE LITERATURE
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Supports
Persues information related to personal interests
Connect literature and multimedia to learning
Identify relationship between fiction and nonfiction literature and real life
References
Matrix – MSDE Curriculum, State, and National Information Literacy Outcomes and Standards
School Library Media State Curriculum – PreK through 8
