QueSPER Information Literacy Curriculum

Grade Four

Teaching Goal: Help students create individual research projects using models and templates

• Review curricula for K, 1, 2, 3
• Use QueSPER as a model for creating a personal research/inquiry plan.
• Develop questioning skills within a field of study
• Use SMILKA independently.
• Use encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, almanacs, periodicals, biographies to find information
• Use a computer to do information searches (computer catalog, web sites, encyclopedias, dictionaries, and atlases).
• Use several methods for note taking and source citation.. 
• Focus on strategies for reporting: Sorting, selecting, synthesizing and good writing practices.
• Develop deeper knowledge of using a computer to create recorded information using templates and word processing systems.
• Develop deeper knowledge of structure for citation of sources.
• Develop ability to create self-evaluation and reflection rubrics.
• Develop connection between self and society especially related to  plagiarism
• Increase knowledge of personal independence and responsibility in using the library.
• Develop knowledge of computer as a tool for learning. (parts of computer and network, file management, word processing programs, publishing programs, web site investigation, production activities).

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