Newly Assigned Institute: Standards and Curriculum

This guide is designed to support a librarian or teacher RECENTLY (first or second year) assigned to the library.

The Empire State Information Fluency Continuum

The Powerpoint: An ESIFC Exploration

Empire State Information Fluency Continuum Assessments Organized by Inquiry Phase

K.1: Connecting Ideas to Own Interests - Pictures
K.1 Connecting ideas to own interests-words
1.1 Shares what is known about the general topic to elicit and make connections to prior knowledge
2.1 Recognizes that questions can be answered by finding information
4.1 Generates a list of key words for a research-based project with guidance
5.1 Uses sources to acquire background information and brainstorms ideas for further inquiry
7.1 States and verifies what is known about the problem or question and makes connections to prior knowledge
8.1 Revises the question or problem as needed to arrive at a manageable topic for inquiry
8.1 Revises the question or problem as needed to arrive at a manageable topic for inquiry - Example
9.1 Identifies key words, concepts, and synonyms, both stated and implied, for topic and uses them to further research
9.2 Develops a schema or mind map to express the big idea and the relationships among supporting ideas and topics of interests
10.1 Exploring background information to refine research topic
10.1 Hooking to an inquiry topic
10.1 Connecting to a manageable topic
12.1 Selecting complex research problems or questions

2.2 I Wonder...
2.4 Main Ideas and Details
4.2 Main Ideas and Details
4.3 Predicting Answers
5.2 Writing Questions that Lead to Inquiry
6.2 Making Inferences about Facts
7.2 Developing Focus Questions
8.2 Refining Research Question to Search for Different Types of Information
10.2 Refining Research Questions
10.2 Developing Focus Questions at Different Levels of Thought
11.1 Gathering Evidence to Support Thesis
11.1 Gathering Evidence to Support Thesis - Example

K.2 Sequence of Events
K.3 Fiction and Nonfiction Books
1.2 How are picture books organized in the library?
1.3 Recognizing Facts and Forming Opinions
1.4 Using Facts to Answer Questions
2.3 Inquiry Research Log
2.4 Main Idea and Details
3.1 Dewey Decimal System
3.2 Online Catalog Searching for Library Resources
3.3 Using a Website to Find Appropriate Information
4.4 Selecting the Right Sources
4.5 Paraphrasing Chart
5.3 Using Multiple Sources
5.4 Using Website Navigation Tools to Find Information
5.5 Evaluation Tool Sheet
5.6 Note Taking Grid
5.7 Note Taking by Question
6.1 Uses Online Catalog
6.2 Making Inferences about Facts
7.3 Note Taking Grid
7.3 Website Evaluation
7.4 Fact vs. Opinion
8.3 Using Different Sources
8.4 The Effects of Different Perspectives on Issues/Topics
8.5 Point of View Influences Interpretation of Information
9.3 Note Taking Grid
9.3 Reflective Note Taking
9.3 Note Taking to Answer Questions
9.3 Notes on Main Ideas and Supporting Evidence
9.3 Notes on Main Ideas and Supporting Evidence - Example
10.3 Advanced Web Searching
10.3 Advanced Searching - Review
11.2 Source Comparison
11.3 Using Organizational Features of a Book to Locate Information
12.2 Investigating Ideas
12.2 Learning Logs for Reflective Notetaking

K.4 Sorting Books
1.5 Picturing the Main Idea of a Story
2.5 Prior Knowledge and New Understandings
3.4 Main Idea and Supporting Details
4.6 Mapping the Main Idea and Supporting Facts
4.6 Summarizing the Important Ideas
4.7 Supporting the Main Idea
5.8 Bibliography Worksheet
5.9, 5.10 Using Feedback to Revise My Work
5.11 Strengths and Goals
6.3 Drawing Conclusions from Information
7.5 Cause and Effect Diagram
7.5 One Cause/One Effect
7.5 Cause Effect Chart
7.5 Chain of Events
7.5 Chronological Order
7.5 Time Sequence Organizer
7.5 Flow Chart
7.6 Readers Make Inferences
8.6 CEI: Claim, Evidence, Interpretation
8.6 Drawing Conclusions from Information
9.4 Organizing Information - Rubric
9.4 Organizing Information - Example
10.4 Drawing Conclusions Supported by Evidence
10.4 Drawing Conclusions from Looking at Multiple Perspectives
11.4 Viewpoints/Beliefs/Actions
11.4 Developing a Line of Argument
11.4 Historical Perspective Taking/Empathy
12.3 Concept Maps for Organizing Thinking
12.3 Concept Maps
12.4 Supporting an Opinion

K.5 Answering Questions with Facts
3.6 Main Points
6.4 Conclusions and Supporting Evidence
6.4 CEI: Claim, Evidence, and Interpretation
7.7 Bibliography Worksheet
8.7 My Research Project
10.5 Bibliography Worksheet
10.5 Sample Bibliography Entries – MLA Style
11.5 Communicating Ideas to an Audience
12.5 Student Research Checklist
12.5 Inquiry Process Questions

K.6 Knowing and Learning in the Library
1.6 Now I Wonder...
1.7 Knowing and Learning in the Library
2.7 Strengths and Goals in the Library
3.7 How am I Doing?
3.8 Strengths and Goals
4.8 Identifying the Story Elements
4.9 Using Feedback to Revise My Work
4.10 Strengths and Goals
7.8 Self Assessment
8.8 Strengths and Goals
9.5 My Strengths in the Inquiry Process
9.5 My Strengths in the Inquiry Process - Example
10.6 Individual Experience of Inquiry

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