Certificate of Completion

THINKING SKILLS: INTEGRATING LIBRARY RESOURCES WITH LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Keeley Library Revised February 4, 2001

Certificate of Completion Courses

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STANDARD
NUMBER CONTENT AND PERFORMANCE
OBJECTIVES

Literature
L.S.8

CONTENT: Students will decode accurately and understand new words encountered in their reading materials, drawing on a variety of strategies as needed, and then use these words accurately in speaking and writing
PERFORMANCE: Students will
identify letters of the alphabet

link letter symbols and sounds,

identify sight words

recognize common letters in the environment

recognize common words in the environment,

Literature
L.S.9 CONTENT: Students will identify basic facts and essential ideas in what they have read, heard, or viewed.
PERFORMANCE: Students will
point to the pictures that illustrate elements of the stories (i.e. characters, locations)

retell or paraphrase story

after listening to a story, tell what the story is about

retell something he or she has heard on radio or seen on television.

retell something that has been said to him or her.

retell information in a given passage.

Literature
L.S.11 CONTENT: Students will identify, analyze, and apply knowledge of theme in literature and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding.
PERFORMANCE: Students will
identify an abstract theme such as friendship

design a communication board with themes

group pictures or objects into theme groups

discuss concrete examples of theme, such as friendship, by describing what a friend does.

Literature
L.S.25 CONTENT: Students will develop and use appropriate rhetorical, stylistic and logical criteria for assessing final versions of their compositions or research before presenting them to varied audiences.
PERFORMANCE: Students will
identify things that are "liked" in a passage by the student.

articulate reasons for things that are liked or not liked in a passage generated by the student

Math
Number Sense
NS1.1 CONTENT: Students engage in problem-solving, communicating, reasoning, and connecting to:
construct number meaning by using manipulatives, and other physical materials to to represent the real world.

demonstrate an understanding of our numeration system by relating counting, grouping and place value.

interpret the multiple uses of numbers by taking real-world situations and translating them into numerical statements.

PERFORMANCE: Students will:
sort and classify

group objects according to attributes.

demonstrate one-to-one correspondence.

distinguish between same/different, more/less, bigger/smaller, shorter/longer, and other simple number meaning comparisons.

Math
Number Sense
NS1.5 CONTENT: Students engage in problem-solving, communicating, reasoning, and connecting to:
model, explain and develop proficiency with the basic facts and algorithms.

use calculators in appropriate computational situations.

PERFORMANCE: Students will
be able to identify addition and subtraction number facts and do simple calculations using manipulatives or math aids.

make simple calculations using addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division and construct simple number sentences ( using numbers, pictures, and/or manipulatives.)

Math
Number Sense
NS1.15 CONTENT: Students will engage in problem solving, communicating, reasoning, and connecting to:
represent and use numbers in a variety of equivalent forms and in order relations in real-world. work-related. and mathematical problem situations

compute with whole numbers, fractions, decimals, and integers, using appropriate algorithms, and a variety of techniques including mental math, paper- and-pencil, calculator, and computer methods.

analyze and explainig procedures for computation and how operations are related to one another, particularly the reversibility of operations.

estimate to develop number sense, operation sense, and to check the reasonableness of results.

analyze and explain methods for solving proportions.

use computation and proportion to solve problems

select and use, from among mental arithmetic, paper-and-pencil, calculator and computer applications an appropriate method in problem-solving situations.

PERFORMANCE: Students will:
compute with whole numbers using manipulatives, paper and pencil, or technology.

represent and use numbers in a variety of equivalent forms in real-world, work-related, and mathematical problem situations.

Science/Tech/
Engineering
LS22 CONTENT: Students will explore and describe that plants and animals are living things and have characteristics that differentiate them from non-living things.
PERFORMANCE: Students will be able to identify/classify as living versus non-living. Students show that animals need food and water to grow by tending animals without prompting. Students show that fish need food to grow by feeding fish without prompting.

Life Sciences/
LSK-12 CONTENT: Students will observe and describe familiar objects and events, identifying details similarities and differences.
PERFORMANCE: Students will be able to sort like and unlike objects.

Science,
Technology and
Human Affairs
LS4 CONTENT: Students will
PERFORMANCE: Students will

Technology
LS3 CONTENT: Understanding and Using Technology in Society
Students will .....
PERFORMANCE: Students will.....

Media
LS27-29

CONTENT: Students will explain how the techniques used in electronic media modify traditional forms of discourse for aesthetic and rhetorical purposes.
(Our assumption is that videotape, audiotape, computers, and various software will be used as integral part of the general education curriculum, and that all students will have access to the same materials, including software, used by the peers in their grade. In addition, these electronic media may be used to provide access to the curriculum.)
PERFORMANCE: Students will....

History/
Social Science
LS1

CONTENT: Students will understand the chronological order of historical events and recognize the complexity of historical cause and effect, including the interaction of forces from different spheres of human activity, the importance of ideas, and of individual choices, actions and character
PERFORMANCE: Students will
sequence a series of developments or events, i.e. show what comes next in a series or sequence of developments.

History/
Social Science
LS4 CONTENT:
Students should be expected to learn of the complex interplay that has existed from the beginning of our country between the American ideals and American practice in the pursuit of realizing the goals of the Declaration of Independence for all people.

While attending to the distinct contributions that immigrants from various lands and of various creeds, along with Native Americans, have made to our nationhood, students should be taught above all the importance of our common citizenship, and the imperative to treat all individuals with the respect to their dignity called for by the Declaration of Independence.

PERFORMANCE: Students will
identify similarities and differences in likes, dislikes, skills, favored activities, names and experiences.

demonstrate cooperation and sharing.

History/
Social Science
LS8

CONTENT: Students will identify and explain the location and features of places and systems organized over time, including:
boundaries of nations and regions,

cities and towns,

capitals and commercial centers,

roads, rails and canals

dams, harbors and fortifications

routes of trade and invasion

PERFORMANCE: Students will locate and find personal information (city, state, address, school, country, and continent)

History/
Social Science
LS11

CONTENT: Students will understand fundamental economic concepts, including choice, ownership, exchange, cooperation, competition, purposive effort, entrepreneurship, incentive and money.
PERFORMANCE: Students will
demonstrate understanding of basic human needs

demonstrate understanding of limits

History/
Social Science
LS16

CONTENT: Students will
explain forms of authority in government and other institutions

explain purposes of authority, and distinguish authority from mere power, as in "a government of laws, but not of men"

describe responsible and irresponsible exercise of both authority and power

PERFORMANCE: Students will respond to authority at home, at school, and in the community.

History/
Social Science
LS18

CONTENT: Students will
describe how the United States Government functions at the local, state and national and international levels, with attention to the Constitution of Commonwealth of Massachusetts, its Declaration of the Rights of the Inhabitants, and the basic elements of its Frame of Government.

analyze the background and evolution of constitutional democratic government in the United States to the present day

explain the place of institutions in securing the rights of citizens.

PERFORMANCE: Students will identify simple patriotic symbols, pledges, songs, portions of speeches, documents, and poetry.

History/
Social Science
LS19 CONTENT: Students will
learn the rights and duties of citizens and the principle of equal rights for all

consider the nature of civic virtue in a school, a community and a nation.

identify major obstacles and threats to civil rights.

PERFORMANCE: Students will...

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STANDARD NUMBER	CONTENT AND PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES
Literature L.S.8	CONTENT: Students will decode accurately and understand new words encountered in their reading materials, drawing on a variety of strategies as needed, and then use these words accurately in speaking and writing PERFORMANCE: Students will identify letters of the alphabet link letter symbols and sounds, identify sight words recognize common letters in the environment recognize common words in the environment,
Literature L.S.9	CONTENT: Students will identify basic facts and essential ideas in what they have read, heard, or viewed. PERFORMANCE: Students will point to the pictures that illustrate elements of the stories (i.e. characters, locations) retell or paraphrase story after listening to a story, tell what the story is about retell something he or she has heard on radio or seen on television. retell something that has been said to him or her. retell information in a given passage.
Literature L.S.11	CONTENT: Students will identify, analyze, and apply knowledge of theme in literature and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding. PERFORMANCE: Students will identify an abstract theme such as friendship design a communication board with themes group pictures or objects into theme groups discuss concrete examples of theme, such as friendship, by describing what a friend does.
Literature L.S.25	CONTENT: Students will develop and use appropriate rhetorical, stylistic and logical criteria for assessing final versions of their compositions or research before presenting them to varied audiences. PERFORMANCE: Students will identify things that are "liked" in a passage by the student. articulate reasons for things that are liked or not liked in a passage generated by the student
Math Number Sense NS1.1	CONTENT: Students engage in problem-solving, communicating, reasoning, and connecting to: construct number meaning by using manipulatives, and other physical materials to to represent the real world. demonstrate an understanding of our numeration system by relating counting, grouping and place value. interpret the multiple uses of numbers by taking real-world situations and translating them into numerical statements. PERFORMANCE: Students will: sort and classify group objects according to attributes. demonstrate one-to-one correspondence. distinguish between same/different, more/less, bigger/smaller, shorter/longer, and other simple number meaning comparisons.
Math Number Sense NS1.5	CONTENT: Students engage in problem-solving, communicating, reasoning, and connecting to: model, explain and develop proficiency with the basic facts and algorithms. use calculators in appropriate computational situations. PERFORMANCE: Students will be able to identify addition and subtraction number facts and do simple calculations using manipulatives or math aids. make simple calculations using addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division and construct simple number sentences ( using numbers, pictures, and/or manipulatives.)
Math Number Sense NS1.15	CONTENT: Students will engage in problem solving, communicating, reasoning, and connecting to: represent and use numbers in a variety of equivalent forms and in order relations in real-world. work-related. and mathematical problem situations compute with whole numbers, fractions, decimals, and integers, using appropriate algorithms, and a variety of techniques including mental math, paper- and-pencil, calculator, and computer methods. analyze and explainig procedures for computation and how operations are related to one another, particularly the reversibility of operations. estimate to develop number sense, operation sense, and to check the reasonableness of results. analyze and explain methods for solving proportions. use computation and proportion to solve problems select and use, from among mental arithmetic, paper-and-pencil, calculator and computer applications an appropriate method in problem-solving situations. PERFORMANCE: Students will: compute with whole numbers using manipulatives, paper and pencil, or technology. represent and use numbers in a variety of equivalent forms in real-world, work-related, and mathematical problem situations.
Science/Tech/ Engineering LS22	CONTENT: Students will explore and describe that plants and animals are living things and have characteristics that differentiate them from non-living things. PERFORMANCE: Students will be able to identify/classify as living versus non-living. Students show that animals need food and water to grow by tending animals without prompting. Students show that fish need food to grow by feeding fish without prompting.
Life Sciences/ LSK-12	CONTENT: Students will observe and describe familiar objects and events, identifying details similarities and differences. PERFORMANCE: Students will be able to sort like and unlike objects.
Science, Technology and Human Affairs LS4	CONTENT: Students will PERFORMANCE: Students will
Technology LS3	CONTENT: Understanding and Using Technology in Society Students will ..... PERFORMANCE: Students will.....
Media LS27-29	CONTENT: Students will explain how the techniques used in electronic media modify traditional forms of discourse for aesthetic and rhetorical purposes. (Our assumption is that videotape, audiotape, computers, and various software will be used as integral part of the general education curriculum, and that all students will have access to the same materials, including software, used by the peers in their grade. In addition, these electronic media may be used to provide access to the curriculum.) PERFORMANCE: Students will....
History/ Social Science LS1	CONTENT: Students will understand the chronological order of historical events and recognize the complexity of historical cause and effect, including the interaction of forces from different spheres of human activity, the importance of ideas, and of individual choices, actions and character PERFORMANCE: Students will sequence a series of developments or events, i.e. show what comes next in a series or sequence of developments.
History/ Social Science LS4	CONTENT: Students should be expected to learn of the complex interplay that has existed from the beginning of our country between the American ideals and American practice in the pursuit of realizing the goals of the Declaration of Independence for all people. While attending to the distinct contributions that immigrants from various lands and of various creeds, along with Native Americans, have made to our nationhood, students should be taught above all the importance of our common citizenship, and the imperative to treat all individuals with the respect to their dignity called for by the Declaration of Independence. PERFORMANCE: Students will identify similarities and differences in likes, dislikes, skills, favored activities, names and experiences. demonstrate cooperation and sharing.
History/ Social Science LS8	CONTENT: Students will identify and explain the location and features of places and systems organized over time, including: boundaries of nations and regions, cities and towns, capitals and commercial centers, roads, rails and canals dams, harbors and fortifications routes of trade and invasion PERFORMANCE: Students will locate and find personal information (city, state, address, school, country, and continent)
History/ Social Science LS11	CONTENT: Students will understand fundamental economic concepts, including choice, ownership, exchange, cooperation, competition, purposive effort, entrepreneurship, incentive and money. PERFORMANCE: Students will demonstrate understanding of basic human needs demonstrate understanding of limits
History/ Social Science LS16	CONTENT: Students will explain forms of authority in government and other institutions explain purposes of authority, and distinguish authority from mere power, as in "a government of laws, but not of men" describe responsible and irresponsible exercise of both authority and power PERFORMANCE: Students will respond to authority at home, at school, and in the community.
History/ Social Science LS18	CONTENT: Students will describe how the United States Government functions at the local, state and national and international levels, with attention to the Constitution of Commonwealth of Massachusetts, its Declaration of the Rights of the Inhabitants, and the basic elements of its Frame of Government. analyze the background and evolution of constitutional democratic government in the United States to the present day explain the place of institutions in securing the rights of citizens. PERFORMANCE: Students will identify simple patriotic symbols, pledges, songs, portions of speeches, documents, and poetry.
History/ Social Science LS19	CONTENT: Students will learn the rights and duties of citizens and the principle of equal rights for all consider the nature of civic virtue in a school, a community and a nation. identify major obstacles and threats to civil rights. PERFORMANCE: Students will...