Mankato Public Schools Information Literacy Curriculum, MN

Posted on November 29th, 2001 in Teaching Big6 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-N-Treasure Method of Teaching Note-Taking (Grades 3 - 12)

Posted on November 29th, 2001 in Teaching Big6 by Barbara Jansen

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)

Posted on November 29th, 2001 in Teaching Big6 by Hilarie Bryce Davis and Jamieson McKenzie

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

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

Posted on November 29th, 2001 in Teaching Big6 by Hilarie Bryce Davis

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

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

Posted on November 29th, 2001 in Teaching Big6, Teaching Super3 by Barbara Jansen

Three ways to help little kids “take notes.”

Note-Taking (Grades 4 - 6)

Posted on November 29th, 2001 in Teaching Big6 by Claire Simpson

Extracting information through Note-Taking and role-play.

Information Literacy in All Subject Areas

Posted on November 29th, 2001 in Presenting Big6, Teaching Big6 by Tammi Little

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

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

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

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)

Posted on November 29th, 2001 in Teaching Big6 by Barbara Jansen

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

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