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SIRS: Standards Search Basics. Standards Search Capabilities. Find SIRS content aligned to: Common Core Standards (NEW!) U.S. National & State standards Canadian standards IB Standards. Standards Search Benefits. Helps educators save time during the lesson planning process
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Standards Search Capabilities Find SIRS content aligned to: • Common Core Standards (NEW!) • U.S. National & State standards • Canadian standards • IB Standards
Standards Search Benefits • 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 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. Subject3. Click GO
Standards Search Basics Standards Search Selection • 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 Basics Standards Search Selection • At the benchmark level click a See resourceslink to begin matching SIRS content
Standards Search Basics Topic Alignment • 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
Standards Search Basics DocumentResults • 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
Sample SIRS Resources Websites Documents Images …more…
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