Tell Me A Digital Story

(Grades 4 - 8)

DPS Standards

(content standards could vary based on chosen research)

READING AND WRITING

• Standard 1:
  Students read and understand a variety of materials. In order to meet this Standard, students will
  • use comprehension strategies;
  • make connections between prior knowledge and what they need to know about a topic before reading about it;
  • adjust reading strategies for a variety of purposes;
  • use word recognition skills, strategies, and resources; and
  • use information from their reading to increase vocabulary and language usage.
• Standard 2:
  Students write and speak for a variety of purposes and audiences. In order to meet this Standard, students will
  • expand vocabulary development using a variety of methods;
  • write and speak for a variety of purposes;
  • write and speak to peers, teachers, and the community;
  • plan, draft, revise, proofread, edit, and publish written communications;
  • use a variety of literary devices such as figurative language, symbolism, dialect, and precise vocabulary to convey meaning;
  • prepare written and oral presentations using strategies; and
  • use the most appropriate method, handwriting or word processing, to produce a product that is legible.
• Standard 3:
  Students write and speak using formal grammar, usage, sentence structure, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling. In order to meet this Standard, students will
  • recognize, understand, and use formal grammar in speaking and writing;
  • apply formal usage in speaking and writing;
  • use correct sentence structure in writing;
  • demonstrate correct punctuation, capitalization, and spelling; and
  • recognize and know when it is appropriate to use dialectical, idiomatic, and colloquial language, including awareness and appreciation of cultural and dialectic variance.
• Standard 4:
  Students apply thinking skills to their reading, writing, speaking, listening, and viewing. In order to meet this Standard, students will
  • make predictions, analyze, draw conclusions, and discriminate between fact and opinion in reading, writing, speaking, listening, and viewing;
  • use reading, writing, speaking, listening, and viewing to gather data, define the problem, and apply problem-solving skills;
  • recognize, express, and defend points of view orally and in writing;
  • identify the purpose, perspective, and historical an d cultural influences of a speaker, author, or director; and
  • evaluate the reliability, accuracy, and relevancy of information.
• Standard 5:
  Students read to locate, select, evaluate, and make use of relevant information from a variety of media, reference, and technological sources. In order to meet this Standard, students will
  • select relevant material for reading, writing, and speaking purposes;
  • understand the structure, organization, and use of various media, reference, and technological sources as they select information for their reading, writing, and speaking purposes;
  • paraphrase, summarize, organize, evaluate, and synthesize information;
  • cite others’ ideas, images, or information from primary, print, and electronic resources; and
  • use information to produce a quality product in an appropriate format.
• Standard 7:
  Students use appropriate technologies speaking, listening and viewing. In order to meet this Standard, students will
  • use appropriate technologies to increase literacy through a variety of formats;
  • use appropriate technologies to access, process, and communicate information for a variety of purposes; and
  • demonstrate problem solving skills through the use of appropriate technologie

GEOGRAPHY

• Standard 1:
  Students know how to use and construct maps and other geographic tools to locate and derive information about people, places, and environments.
  • Students know how to use maps and other geographic tools to acquire, process, and report information from a spatial perspective.
  • Students develop knowledge of Earth to locate people, places, and environments.
• Standard 6:
  Students apply knowledge of people, places, and environments to understand the past and present and to plan for the future.
  • Students know how to apply geography to understand the past.
• Standard 7:
  Students apply the process of geographic inquiry examining issues by using geographic skills and appropriate technologies to ask and answer geographic questions.
  • Students know how to compile and use primary (fieldwork) and secondary (texts, maps, computer databases, etc.) information to acquire geographic information in order to answer geographic questions.
  • Students know how to organize and display geographic information using appropriate technologies to answer geographic questions.
  • Students know how to analyze geographic information to recognize patters, relationships, and connections, using appropriate technologies to answer geographic questions.

HISTORY

• Standard 1:
  Students understand the chronological organization of history and know how to organize events and people into major eras to identify and explain historical relationships.
  • Students know the general chronological order of events and people in history.
  • Students use chronology to organize historical events and people.
  • Students use chronology to examine and explain historical relationships.
  • Students use chronology to present historical events and people.
• Standard 2:
  Students know how to use the processes and resources of historical inquiry.
  • Students know how to formulate questions and hypotheses regarding what happened in the past and to obtain and analyze historical data to answer questions and test hypotheses.
  • Students know how to interpret and evaluate primary and secondary sources of historical information.
• Standard 7:
  Students use appropriate technologies to obtain historical information; to study and/or model historical information and concepts; and to access, process, and communicate information related to the study of history.
  • Students use appropriate traditional and electronic technologies in a variety of formats (for example, textual, graphic, audio, video, multimedia) to extend and enhance learning of historical facts and concepts.
  • Students use appropriate technologies to access, process, and communicate information relevant to history.
  • Students use appropriate technologies to enable historical inquiry.

CIVICS

• Standard 4:
  Students understand how citizens exercise the roles, rights, and responsibilities of participation in civic life at all levels – local, state, and national.
  • Students know how citizens can participate in civic life.
• Standard 5:
  Students use appropriate technologies to obtain, study, process, apply, and communicate civic information and concepts related to the study of civics.
  • Students use appropriate traditional and electronic technologies in a variety of formats to extend and enhance the learning of civic skills and concepts.
  • Students use appropriate technologies to access, process, evaluate, and communicate information relevant to government.
  • Students understand how to compile and use information from primary and secondary sources to evaluate civic and governmental concepts and events.
  • Students use appropriate technologies to create graphic products for simulations and presentations on civic information.

INFORMATION LITERACY AND TECHNOLOGY

• An Efficient Information & Technology User
  • Computer Operations, Electronic Tools, Terminology
  • Location Skills - Library and Internet
  • Online, Electronic, Print and AV Research Tools
  • Library Catalog (LION) & Dewey Decimal System
  • Keyboarding
• A Responsible Citizen Copyright and Plagiarism
  • Bibliographic Information
  • Care of Books & Technology
• A Knowledge Constructor Research Process
  • Evaluation of Information
• A Quality Producer Sharing of Information
  • Document Production – Word Processing
  • Document Production – Presentation Tools
  • Evaluation of Process and Product