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Information Skills Grade 3 Strands: Literacy and Research Process Skills (Information Literacy) COMPETENCY GOAL 2: The learner will IDENTIFY and USE criteria for excellence to evaluate information and formats. Objectives 2.01 Identify published criteria of excellence for resources. 2.02 Apply identified criteria to select resources. 2.04 Develop and express personal criteria for selecting resources for information needs and enjoyment. 2.05 Determine usefulness of information resources.

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Hints about Print Inquiry and Analysis Prompting questions http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/hints-about-print-30025.html Students can proceed at their own pace through what to look for when evaluating a source (is the author an expert, what is the copyright date, are there images, what are the subjects covered in the index, table of contents, bibliography, easy to understand, what made you select the book). There is audio throughout the prompted demo. There is an evaluation sheet that a student can fill in and print on their sources. The audio voice throughout the demo speaks fast.
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Students utilize critical thinking skills and self evaulation to assess their responses.

Language Arts Third Grade Competency Goal 4 The learner will apply strategies and skills to create oral, written, and visual texts. 4.09 Produce work that follows the conventions of particular genres (e.g., personal narrative, short report, friendly letter, directions and instructions). 4.10 Explore technology as a tool to create a written product. @http://www.ncpublicschools.org/curriculum/languagearts/scos/2004/19grade3

Letter Generator http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/letter... Using the Interactive Letter Generator, students may choose to create a friendly or a business letter. Students may view a sample letter that identifies the components of a letter (heading, salutation, closing, signature, etc.) before beginning. Students fill in the information to create their own personalized letter and may e-mail, print or save as a .pdf file.

Advantages: Students follow an interactive template to create a personalized letter as they learn about the components of letters. Students may preview and zoom their letter before they e-mail, print or save as a .pdf file. Includes envelope instructions.

Disadvantages: Requires internet connection. Only method of saving is to create a .pdf file. There is not a spell check or font size option.

Sample letter created with letter generator

Story Starters Grades K-2nd @http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/storystarters/storystarter1.htm Story Starters Grades 3rd-5th @http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/storystarters/storystarter1.htm

Read Write Think Essay Map @http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/essaymap/ Read Write Think Story Map @http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/storymap/
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Writing Fix @http://www.writingfix.com/ Literate Learner [] Purdue Online Writing Lab with over 200 free resources @http://owl.english.purdue.edu/ Text and Word Content Analysis Tool @http://www.usingenglish.com/resources/text-statistics.php Project Based Learning - Checklists to support Project Based Learning and Evaluation @http://pblchecklist.4teachers.org/index.shtml Web English Teacher Writing Resources @http://www.webenglishteacher.com/writing.html
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