SIRS: Standards Search Basics

Find SIRS content aligned to: –Common Core Standards (NEW!) –U.S. National & State standards –Canadian standards –IB Standards Standards Search Capabilities

Helps educators save time during the lesson planning process –Provides students with targeted, on-task information of the highest quality Standards Search Benefits

Ensures library resources are aligned directly to learning benchmarks –Provides schools a vast pool of relevant content to augment existing curriculum Standards Search Benefits

Standards Search Basics Access ALL Standards Correlations- including Common Core – via Top Link of SKS, SIRS Issues Researcher and SIRS Discoverer Also accessible via Educators resources

Standards Search Basics Select: 1. Common Core, State, Province, or Organization 2. Subject 3. Click GO

Standards Search Basics Review the standards related to the subject Use the navigational triangles to drill deeper into a content standard –Click each triangle to move deeper to uncover standard benchmarks Standards Search Selection

Standards Search Basics At the benchmark level click a See resources link to begin matching SIRS content Standards Search Selection

Standards Search Basics SIRS queries the benchmark against the topic tree SKS/Issues Researcher or Discoverer Results display all topics related to the benchmark Select a topic to access related resources Topic Alignment

Standards Search Basics Topics lead to related documents, primary sources, graphics, and SIRS WebSelect or WebFind destinations Dynamic searches ensure educators can find updated content as new resources are added to SIRS Document Results

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