Through technology and oral, written and graphic communication, students will express ideas with clarity and purpose to a variety of audiences. Students describe their reasoning process in developing solutions to problems. Students use writing, oral presentations, and illustrations to demonstrate learning. Students are provided opportunities to effectively communicate with peers and teachers to demonstrate their learning. Students use multiple strategies to learn new information.
Students effectively use a variety of tools to gather, organize, and analyze information.
Students access information efficiently and effectively by developing and using successful strategies for locating information. Students strive for excellence in information seeking and knowledge generation by assessing the quality of and devising strategies for the process of gathering information. Students will take responsibility for personal actions, schoolwork, behavior, and belongings. Students recognize that practice, completion of work, and revision contribute to quality learning. Students take care of classroom materials and equipment that are provided for carrying out learning tasks.