(Planning means that students are engaging the topic or assignment and deciding what they want to know about the topic and /or information they need for their assignment.)

(As students ACT on their plan, they must prioritize their list of possible sources of information, find those resources, engage the resources to extract the relevant information and then evaluate the information for credibility, authority, and relationship to the topic or assignment.)

(When students ORGANIZE their information, they are making decisions about that information and their assignment or research topic. During this phase, students will write their report, create their multimedia presentation, complete the assignment, and submit their work. During this phase students must demonstrate what they learned.)

(When students REFLECT on their work, they are evaluating their product as well as their research process. During this phase, students’ work may be submitted for peer review. Also during this phase, the teacher and/or library media specialist will reflect on the students’ work and using a grading rubric, evaluate the students’ work for assigning a grade.)

Additional items of interest:

• K-12 ICT Scope and Sequence 
• Information Literacy and the Simple 4
• Simple 4 Power Point (prepared by Martha Alewine, SCDOE)