Teacher Corner
Use the following resources to review online search strategies:
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RESEARCH TOOL: Keyword Staircase Template
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Help! My students are getting stuck because they aren't using effective online search strategies!
Click here to read general teacher information about the library.
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Click to view our library newsletters from this year:
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October 2017 (Chris Grabenstein Author Visit!)
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Click here to visit past library newsletters and updates.
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What's going on in the library?
Use the following resources to review how to evaluate sources:
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RESEARCH TOOL: Evaluating Sources Tool (4 per page)
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VIDEO: Sammy & Starbucks Explain How to Evaluate Sources
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Help! My students keep choosing unreliable websites for their class projects!
Help! My students keep saying they can't find any information for their project!
See Mrs. Amundson for more resources about how to use subtitles/headings when searching for information.
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Or, plan a co-taught sequence of lessons! Here is a Kahoot! review conducted after Mrs. Barbour & Mrs. Amundson's month-long sequence of research minilessons.
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Use the following resources to review paraphrasing:
Help! My students are copying information instead of writing notes in their own words!
Information literacy skills are taught on a continuum that builds gradually in each grade level.
Click here to view the RV Information Literacy Skills Continuum.
Need help teaching or reinforcing information literacy skills?
Click here to view a menu of lessons that can be co-taught with Mrs. Amundson. Or, contact Mrs. A for a customized lesson!