Big6 Information Literacy Skills – serie

This practical book enables elementary educators, classroom teachers, library media and technology specialists, and administrators to understand and implement the Big6 approach to information and technology skills learning.The Big6™ approach, the most widely known and used information problem-solving model, encourages information-based problem-solving and decision-making skills that empower students and improve literacy. This practical book enables elementary educators, classroom teachers, library media and technology specialists, and administrators to understand and implement the Big6 approach to information and technology skills learning. This book discusses specific techniques, strategies, and ways to build the Big6™ into existing instructional programs. Included are specific Big6 instructional ideas in context, which can be used to modify and meet specific instructional needs. Use the Big6™ to help students develop the skills and understanding they need to find, process, and use information effectively.

The Big6™ Research Notebook is designed to help you and your students successfully complete research and report assignments, while learning topics of interest using the Big6™ approach. Using this tool, the teacher librarian can guide students through the research process in less time, with better results and less frustration for the students. With the Big6™ Notebook, the students have a way to organize their thoughts and note their research findings in a helpful and meaningful format. Sold in packs of 25.

Use The Super3, a spin off from the widely used Big6, to help students in grades PreK-2 develop crucial problem-solving skills. Ready-to-use worksheets include explanations for daily implementation of the Super3 into the classroom.Use The Super3, a spin off from the widely used Big6, to help students in grades PreK-2 develop crucial problem-solving skills. Learn how to break down the problem-solving process so that younger students get it and remember it. Discover a process model for children to learn and use in order to be successful with the various tasks they undertake. The Super3 helps younger students recognize what they are doing so they can label and talk about their research. Provides an easy transition into the Big6. Ready-to-use worksheets include explanations for daily implementation of the Super3 into the classroom. Mike Eisenberg and Laura Eisenberg Robinson have adapted the widely used Big6 research approach for students in grades PreK-2. The Super3 uses the three simple steps: Plan, Do, Review.

This book is a terrific new addition to the Big6 line! Rich with ideas and applications, this volume is a comprehensive guide for using the Big6 in elementary schools. • This current, up-to-date resource has everything needed to apply the Big6 to the elementary curriculum• Includes strategies and lessons never published before• Learn how the Big6 coordinates with reader's and writer's workshopsWritten by a Big6 practitioner and trainer, the book includes strategies and lessons not included in other Big6 books. It is designed to provide a roadmap for both teachers who are just learning to apply the Big6 strategies to veteran Big6 users. Use the book to make the information literacy process meaningful and exciting to all elementary students and watch students learn to solve real life problems.

This book offers the most dynamic, simplest way to teach students the concept of the Super3, enabling them to effortlessly remember and apply it to their educational or everyday life.Information literacy and effective problem solving are increasingly important skills for students to have. The Super3 strategy of "plan, do, and review," created by Mike Eisenberg and Bob Berkowitz, brought information literacy to young children and made an abstract concept easy to understand and apply. Now this book can revolutionize the way teachers teach the concept of the Super3 for outstanding results in both the classroom and school library environment.The Adventures of Super3: A Teacher's Guide to Information Literacy for Grades K-2 contains a collection of dynamic lesson plans that library media specialists or classroom instructors can use to teach problem-solving strategies to children in kindergarten through second grade. Problems range from finding the meaning of a word to picking the right pet for a family. Each lesson contains performance objectives, lesson time-frame, engagement, activities, closure, assessment, and suggested children's literature. Also included are printable materials for each lesson and a DVD with two entertaining animated shorts.

This latest spiral-bound edition of The Big6 Workshop Handbook contains information that is current and essential to understanding and implementing this premier information literacy model.The Big6 was first developed in 1987 as a simple, flexible, and broadly applicable approach to teaching and learning essential information literacy skills. At its most fundamental level, the Big6 is a six-stage process model for information problem-solving and decision-making. For over 20 years, the successful Big6 formula has been constantly expanded and refined with the input of thousands of teachers and many more students—in both public and private education settings. Today's latest incarnation of The Big6 Workshop Handbook includes the Super3 process; using the Big6 to teach technology skills; integration with subject area curricula, assessment, and standardized testing; connecting with national, state, and school district standards; and micro and macro-level planning. Everyone from classroom teachers and teacher librarians to administrators and parents will find it invaluable.

This book helps teachers and teacher librarians effectively collaborate to teach students the concept of the Big6 and complete research projects in meaningful and memorable ways.Utilizing the popular and familiar illustrated graphic novel format that appeals to young learners, Big6, Large and in Charge: Project-Based Information Literacy Lessons for Grades 3–6 is a book of collaborative unit plans for teacher librarians and teachers that includes all the reproducible materials needed to implement the units. The units are based around the Common Core State Standards, AASL Standards for the 21st Century Learner, and other national content standards. Developed by two library media specialists with extensive experience in creating educational and entertaining lesson plans for teachers, the book takes the concept of Big6 a step further by transforming the process into an engaging character who drops in to help students solve the problems. The exercises presented are based on interesting, realistic situations and are specifically designed to encourage critical thinking.