Activities in Third Grade continue to focus on students' ability to locate and utilize information in developmentally appropriate ways. Third grade students use the computer for the completion of tasks through the use of various software products. Third grade students continue to use shared folders on the LFCDS server to save their work. Students continue to explore information resources and ways to convey completed projects. Students utilize a variety of multimedia resources and work collaboratively with their peers in completing projects.

Third graders have fewer regularly scheduled visits to the library than the earlier grades. Much of their library contact is in the context of information literacy. However, they still visit the library for book talks. They are presented with series books, more sophisticated chapter books and narrative non-fiction for their independent reading. They practice browsing, using more sophisticated tools to make choices, and the use of the catalog to locate desired materials.

• Use a variety of technology tools to complete curricular projects.
• Share information with others
• Identify and appropriately utilize the parts of computer
• Analyze the process of completing tasks
• Collaborate toward the completion of projects
• Use of word processing toward the completion of projects

• Formulates questions based on information needs
• Shares knowledge and information with others
• Understanding of nature and operation of technology systems
• Uses technology to locate, evaluate, and collect information from a variety of sources
• Identifies a variety of potential sources of information
• Develops and uses successful strategies for locating information.
• The information literacy program will help community members develop skills for evaluating resources based upon their needs.
• Selects information appropriate to the problem or question at hand
• Organizes information for practical application
• Respects the principles of intellectual freedom
• The information literacy program will provide the community with a range of technologies and the skills to use them to synthesize new meaning and product from a variety of resources
• Integrates new information into one's own knowledge
• Responsible use of technology systems, information and software.

• Quicker catalog searching and use.
• Use of "keyword" search tool on catalog.
• Use of features within a volume for evaluating its value to the reader.