Mankato Public Schools Information Literacy Curriculum, MN

Posted on November 29th, 2001 in Lessons by Subject (Free), Standards by The Big6 Staff

This website publishes a great example of information literacy standards. Guidelines developed by Mankato schools help to insure that all Mankato graduates will have a variety of experiences using information and technology.

 

Bibliography for Big6 Skills – Further Reading

Posted on November 29th, 2001 in About Big6 by The Big6 Staff

A collection of references to The Big6 in articles and books.

 

Reading for Information: The Trash and Treasure Method of Teaching Note-Taking (Grades 3 – 12)

More than just extracting needed information, note-taking consists of three steps: Identification of keyword and related words in the researchable questions, skimming and scanning and extracting needed information.

 

Research Projects (Grades 3 – 12)

Focus research on questions which call for more than information-gathering

 

Problem-Solving: Math, LOGO (Grades 3 – 12)

Develop a toolkit of problem-solving strategies to employ when encountering an unfamiliar problem

 

Note-Taking with Young Ones (Grades K – 5)

Three ways to help little kids “take notes.”

 

Note-Taking (Grades 4 – 6)

Extracting information through Note-Taking and role-play.

 

Information Literacy in All Subject Areas

All subject areas have the potential for integrating information literacy skills.

 

Rubric for Assessment: Integrated Problem Solving Model (Grades 3 – 12 and beyond.)

This assessment tool shows how to measure student progress in each Big6 Skill area. To use this rubric, mark the level of achievement in each column for each Big6 Skill 1 – 6. You may modify this sample rubric to fit your own assignments.

 

Community Folk Tales (Grades 3 – 5)

Write an original folk tale incorporating the appropriate critical elements of a tall tale, myth, or fable.

 
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