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From: Sarles Patricia (18K500) <PSarles@schools.nyc.gov>
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Sent: Tue, March 27, 2012 7:55:19 AM
Subject: [aaslforum] SHARE: 5 Things Every Teacher Should be Doing to Meet the Common Core State Standards
There is a clear need for libraries and research skills in the new Common Core standards, but I've barely seen the words "library" or "librarian" mentioned, if I have at all. This white paper mentions library research ("using multiple sources of information") but doesn't call it that, or suggest that teachers collaborate with their librarian unfortunately. It's a little silly actually because where do they think teachers going to get these "multiple sources of information"?:
5. Increase Text Complexity
"Besides making sure that an individual text is challenging enough, you can also raise the level of content
in your classroom by using multiple sources of information. Providing multiple sources on the same topic
can help students see a variety of perspectives, and it can help students adjust to texts at varying levels of
difficulty."
http://www.eyeoneducation.com/bookstore/client/client_pages/pdfs/5ThingsCCSS_Davis.pdf____________________________________________
Patricia Sarles, MA, MLS
Jerome Parker Campus Library
100 Essex Drive
Staten Island, NY 10314
718-370-6900 x1322
psarles@schools.nyc.govhttp://www.scoop.it/t/help-with-the-common-core-state-standards/http://paper.li/psarles/1332609247The Internet may be the world's greatest library, but let's face it - all the books are scattered on the floor. - D.C. Denison, Boston Globe
Getting information off the
Internet is like taking a drink from a fire hydrant. - Mitchell Kapor
To save man from the morass of propaganda, in my opinion, is one of the chief aims of education. Education must enable one to sift and weigh evidence, to discern the true from the false, the real from the unreal, and the facts from the fiction ... The function of education, therefore, is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. - Martin Luther King, Jr., The Purpose of Education
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