3.T.RA.1Research and Inquiry Process

Expectations

• 3.T.RA.1.a

  Generate questions about a self-selected topic of interest to be researched, formulating additional questions to clarify or deepen understanding. (I)

• 3.T.RA.1.b

  Conduct research by locating, gathering, selecting, and organizing information from multiple credible sources, including print, digital, and personal communication, about a self-selected topic. (I)

• 3.T.RA.1.c

  Summarize researched, relevant, and accurate information from at least two credible sources about a self-selected topic. (C)

Georgia Milestones coverage

• English Language Arts Grade 3 (EOG) · Texts — Constructing Texts

  Research & Analysis Students use, discuss, analyze, and curate texts as they engage in various conversations, activities, and projects about a range of grade-level texts and topics.

  about 13% of the test · 8 points These points are shared with other standards, so count them once and never add them up per standard.

• English Language Arts Grade 3 (EOG) · Texts — Interpreting Texts

  Research & Analysis Students use, discuss, analyze, and curate texts as they engage in various conversations, activities, and projects about a range of grade-level texts and topics.

  about 10% of the test · 6 points These points are shared with other standards, so count them once and never add them up per standard.

What mastery looks like

Georgia's Achievement Level Descriptors. The levels are cumulative: each includes the ones before it. Proficient is on grade level.

Beginning

Determine whether sources are credible.

Developing

Generate question(s) about a topic to be researched. Locate, gather, and/or select information from one credible source about a topic. Summarize researched, relevant, and accurate information from one credible source about a topic.

Proficient

Generate question(s) about a topic to be researched, formulating additional question(s) to clarify or deepen understanding. Conduct research by locating, gathering, selecting, and/or organizing information from multiple credible sources, including print, digital, and personal communication, about a topic. Summarize researched, relevant, and accurate information from at least two credible sources about a topic.

Distinguished

Generate question(s) about a topic to be researched, formulating additional question(s) to clarify or deepen understanding from multiple sources. Conduct research by gathering information from multiple credible sources to support multiple ideas on a topic. Integrate relevant, well-chosen information from multiple sources to support an opinion on a topic.

The same standard across grades

1. Kindergarten · K.T.RA.1

   Research & Inquiry Build knowledge about the world by asking or generating questions about topics of interest, researching the answers, using multiple sources, and communicating relevant and accurate information about the topic.

2. Grade 1 · 1.T.RA.1

   Research & Inquiry Build knowledge about the world by asking or generating questions about topics of interest, researching the answers, using multiple sources, and communicating relevant and accurate information about the topic.

3. Grade 2 · 2.T.RA.1

   Research & Inquiry Build knowledge about the world by asking or generating questions about topics of interest, researching the answers, using multiple sources, and communicating relevant and accurate information about the topic.

4. Grade 3 · 3.T.RA.1 (this standard)

   Research & Inquiry Conduct research to ask and answer questions that clarify, deepen, and extend understanding of a topic of interest using credible sources and communicating relevant and accurate information.

5. Grade 4 · 4.T.RA.1

   Research & Inquiry Conduct research to ask and answer questions that clarify, deepen, and extend understanding of a topic of interest using credible sources and communicating relevant and accurate information.

6. Grade 5 · 5.T.RA.1

   Research & Inquiry Conduct research to ask and answer questions that clarify, deepen, and extend understanding of a topic of interest using credible sources and communicating relevant and accurate information.

7. Grade 6 · 6.T.RA.1

   Research & Inquiry Conduct research, generating questions to guide investigations of complex topics of interest and using credible sources to support analyses.

8. Grade 7 · 7.T.RA.1

   Research & Inquiry Conduct research, generating questions to guide investigations of complex topics of interest and using credible sources to support analyses.

9. Grade 8 · 8.T.RA.1

   Research & Inquiry Conduct research, generating questions to guide investigations of complex topics of interest and using credible sources to support analyses.

10. Grade 9 · 9.T.RA.1

    Research & Inquiry Conduct research, generating questions to guide investigations of complex topics of interest and using credible sources to support analyses.

11. Grade 10 · 10.T.RA.1

    Research & Inquiry Conduct research, generating questions to guide investigations of complex topics of interest and using credible sources to support analyses.

12. Grade 11 · 11.T.RA.1

    Research & Inquiry Conduct research, generating questions to guide investigations of complex topics of interest and using credible sources to support analyses.

13. Grade 12 · 12.T.RA.1

    Research & Inquiry Conduct research, generating questions to guide investigations of complex topics of interest and using credible sources to support analyses.