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 * __ Strand 3: Research and Information Literacy __**

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 * // Concept 1: Planning - //****// Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information. Students will plan strategies to guide inquiry using technology. //** //(obtained from://

// PO //// 1. Determine key words for use in information searches. //

// PO //// 2. Differentiate types of information and online sources //. ** Finding Good Sites (Grade 3) ** Overview: Students explore, evaluate, and compare children's informational Web s`ites, and conclude that people's opinions about the quality and usefulness of sites will vary. []

Overview: Students look at examples of a Website that offers relevant resources, as well as a Website with less useful resources. On their own they identify resources they think would be beneficial in their research and others that would not. As a group, students discuss the criteria they used in selecting or discounting sources. They then create a checklist to guide their future searches. Finally, students find another site they think might be beneficial and evaluate the site using the class-created checklist. []
 * Research **** Building **** Blocks: Examining Electronic Source (Grade 3) **

// PO //// 1. Determine key words for use in information searches //.

** Scanning (Grade 4) **
==== Overview: Teaches students why and how to scan textual material. Scanning enables students to locate specific information quickly and efficiently by moving their eyes down a page looking for specific facts or key words or phrases. When using books, students should pinpoint specific pages to scan by first examining the table of contents and/or index. ==== []

// PO //// 2. Predict which information sources will provide the desired data. //

** Skimming (Grade 4) **
====Overview: Purpose of lesson is to teach students how and why to skim textual material. Skimming enables students to begin identifying the main ideas of a text by reading first and last paragraphs, beginning sentences in other paragraphs. ====

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// PO //// 1. Predict and use key words and phrases that narrow or broaden information searches. //

** Identifying Key Words, Synonyms, and Key Phrases ** ** (Grade 5) **
====Overview: Students need tools with which to search resources. Having students determine key words in their research questions and synonyms for those key words provides some of those tools. Additionally, students need to think of some key phrases that will also help them locate information. This lesson is designed to help students develop this research tool. [] ====

** Boolean Operators (Grade 5) **
====Overview: The purpose of this lesson is to teach students how to use the Boolean operators of "AND", "OR" and "NOT" [or "AND NOT"] in online searching to either narrow or expand the results. These Boolean operators establish a relationship between the keywords/concepts in a search and thus modify the results from that search. [] ====

// Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information. Students will locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize and ethically use information from a variety of sources and media.(obtained from: ////  [] ) // // PO //// 1. Conduct a search using keywords to narrow or broaden a search. //
 * Concept 2: Processing **

** Using Keywords (Grade 5) **
====Overview: Keyword searching is an effective way to locate information on the World Wide Web. Students learn how to select keywords to produce the best search results. ==== // [] //


 * What is a Source? (Grade 3) **

The purpose of this lesson is to give students a brief introduction to the concept of primary and secondary sources.
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// PO //// 3. Differentiate between facts and opinions and inaccurate information. //

** Fact versus opinion (gr. 3) **
==== Overview: Distinguishing between fact and opinion is important for students to understand. This lesson uses many interesting and concrete examples to help students tell the difference between the two. ====

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// PO //// 4. Organize information into major topics and create a list of ideas //.

** Brainstorming Research Questions (Grade 5) **
====Overview: This is an initial lesson in the inquiry process. It allows students to take ownership of the inquiry process and should only be taught after sufficient interest and a genuine curiosity is evident in students. Students should also be very familiar with the different types of questions before teaching this lesson. While students can brainstorm (and the teacher should accept) all types of questions, the goal is to have all students generate and answer at least one Synthesis question. ====

** Categorizing Research Questions (Grade 5) **
====Overview: Students organize the research questions they previously generated into categories. Categorizing questions engages students in analysis of the content of questions. Generating labels for questions categorized requires students to synthesize information by coming up with labels that describe categories. Additionally, by labeling categories, students identify the big ideas about the topic under study. This provides a graphic organizer in their mind to which they will add the myriad of facts they will gather during their research. ====

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// PO //// 5. Follow copyright laws when using text and media, obtain permission to use the work of others, and cite resources appropriately. // ** Copyright Basics (Grade 3) **

** Research and Style Manual (Grade 3) **
==== Overview: For this activity students will site works for their grade three. For each source listed, students will follow the punctuation in the examples exactly. Students will be required to put the author's last name before the first name, with the two names separated by a comma. They will learn that if they look up information about a person in an encyclopedia, that person's name should also be written last name first. Students will also learn that if they cannot find some information, such as author, just leave it out. ====


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