Grade PK Assessments and Priority Skills
PK.1 Sorting Like Objects Together
PK.2 What This Story Means to Me
PK.3 Knowing and Learning in the Library
PK.4 Strengths and Preferences
Grade K Assessments and Priority Skills
K.1 Connecting Ideas to Own Interests (Pictures)
K.2 Connecting Ideas to Own Interests (Words)
K.4 How Picture Books Are Organized in the Library
K.6 Sorting Like Objects Together
K.8 Answering Questions with Facts
K.9 My Ideas and Ideas of Others
K.10 Knowing and Learning in the Library (Pictures)
K.11 Knowing and Learning in the Library (Words and Pictures)
Grade 1 Assessments and Priority Skills
1.1 What Do You Already Know About Your Topic
1.6 How Picture Books Are Organized in the Library
1.7 How Fiction Books Are Organized in the Library
1.8 Recognizing Facts and Forming Opinions
1.10 Using Facts to Answer Questions
1.11 Fiction and Nonfiction Books
1.12 Picturing the Main Idea of a Story
1.13 Picturing the Main Idea About a Topic
1.14 Prior Knowledge and New Understandings
1.17 Knowing and Learning in the Library (Pictures)
1.18 Knowing and Learning in the Library (Words and Pictures)
1.21 Picturing the Main Idea of a Story
1.22 Main Ideas and Key Details
Grade 2 Assessments and Priority Skills
2.4 Online Catalog Searching for Library Resources
2.5 Websites--Who Is the Author or Creator?
2.6 Main Ideas and Key Details
2.7 Interpreting Visual Information
2.9 Main Idea and Supporting Details
2.12 Strengths and Goals in the Library
2.16 Gathering Information from Visuals
2.17 Comparing Stories from Two Cultures
2.18 Taking Notes to Answer Questions
Grade 3 Assessments and Priority Skills
3.3 Asking Questions about Ideas that Interest Me
3.5 Online Catalog Searching for Library Resources
3.6 Using a Website to Find Appropriate Information
3.7 Using Main Ideas and Details to Answer Questions
3.8 Facts, Opinions and Point of View
3.9 Asking Questions During Reading
3.10 Taking Notes on the Main Idea, Supporting Facts and Details
3.11 Main Idea and Supporting Details
3.12 Drawing Conclusions from Information
3.16 Identifying Story Elements and Theme
3.17 Interpreting Illustrations in Stories
3.18 Evaluating a Media Source for Accuracy
Grade 4 Assessments and Priority Skills
4.1 Using Background Info to Brainstorm Ideas
4.3 Using Organizational Features of a Book to Locate Information
4.4 Analyzing and Comparing Primary and Secondary Sources
4.5 Comprehending Information on Websites
4.6 Making Inferences about Explicit Facts
4.9 Summarizing the Important Ideas
4.11 Organizing by Chronological Order
4.12 Supporting Main Ideas with Facts & Inferences
4.13 Drawing a Conclusion from Evidence
4.14 Claim, Reasoning and Evidence
4.15 Consideration of Purpose and Audience
4.16 Using Feedback to Revise My Work
4.17 Student Research Checklist
4.21 What Makes This Story Special?
4.22 Interpreting Visual Information
Grade 5 Assessments and Priority Skills
5.1 Key Words from Background Information
5.2 Writing Questions That Lead to Inquiry
5.3 Predicting Answers to Inquiry Questions
5.4 Using Predictions to Write a Tentative Thesis Statement
5.5 Using Predictions to Write an Hypothesis
5.7 Selecting the Right Sources
5.9 Evaluating Information within a Source
5.10 The Effects of Different Perspectives on Issues/Topics
5.11 Determining Important Ideas
5.12 Notetaking to Answer Questions
5.15 Mapping the Main Idea and Supporting Facts
5.17 Using Evidence to Support Opinions
5.18 Claim, Reasoning and Evidence
5.19 Communicating Ideas to an Audience
5.20 Using Feedback to Revise My Work
5.25 Impact of Author or Narrator Point of View
5.26 Evaluating the Effect of Media Elements
5.27 Challenging Own Assumptions with Multiple Viewpoints
5.29 Social and Emotional Strengths
Grade 6 Assessments and Priority Skills
6.1 Key Words from Background Information
6.2 Writing Questions That Lead to Inquiry
6.5 Analyzing and Comparing Primary and Secondary Sources
6.7 Important and Unimportant Details
6.11 Claim, Evidence and Interpretation
6.12 Conclusions and Supporting Evidence
6.16 Evaluating the Impact of Media
6.17 Skills of Public Speaking
6.18 Evaluating and Comparing Sources
Grade 7 Assessment and Priority Skills
7.1 Prior Knowledge Background Information and Inquiry Questions
7.2 Developing Focus Questions
7.3 Refining Research Question to Search for Different Types of Information
7.4 Using Predictions to Write a Tentative Thesis Statement
7.5 Using Predictions to write an Hypothesis
7.7 Using Website Navigation Tools to Find Information
7.8 Evaluating Information within a Source
7.10 The Effects of Different Perspectives on Issues/Topics
7.11 Fact Checking Information
7.13 Evaluating the Development of a Claim/Argument
7.18 Organizing by Chronological Order
7.21 Drawing Conclusions from Information
7.22 Claim, Evidence and Interpretation
7.25 Analyzing and Drawing Inferences from Visual Text
7.26 Communicating Ideas to an Audience
7.27 Creating and Delivering an Effective Presentation
7.28 The Skills of Public Speaking
7.29 Challenging Assumptions and Misinformation
7.30 Challenging Own Assumptions with Multiple Viewpoints
7.31 Using Social Media Responsibly
7.33 Historical or Social Context and Empathy
Grade 8 Assessments and Priority Skills
8.1 Narrowing Down a Large Topic
8.2 Narrowing Down a Large Topic - Example
8.3 Refining Research Question to Search for Different Types of Information
8.4 Locating Appropriate Resources
8.9 Notetaking to Answer Questions
8.10 Point of View Influences Interpretation of Information
8.12 Making Inferences from FACTS
8.14 Claim, Evidence and Reasoning
8.15 Claim, Reasoning, Evidence and Counter Claims
8.18 Individual Experience of Inquiry
8.21 Deconstructing Media Claims and Arguments
8.22 Matching Presentation Language with Purpose and Content
8.23 Critical Source Evaluation Strategies
8.24 Ethical Decisions about Creation and Sharing of Information
Michael Cambria, Director of Libraries
716 816-3048 | mcambria@buffaloschools.org
