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title: "3.T.RA.1: Research and Inquiry Process (Georgia English Language Arts standard)"
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# 3.T.RA.1: Research and Inquiry Process

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.

- Subject: English Language Arts
- Appears in: Grade 3, https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/ela/grade-3.md

## 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; shared with other standards, so count these points 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; shared with other standards, so count these points 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

- 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. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/K.T.RA.1.md
- 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. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/1.T.RA.1.md
- 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. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/2.T.RA.1.md
- **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.
- 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. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/4.T.RA.1.md
- 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. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/5.T.RA.1.md
- 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. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/6.T.RA.1.md
- 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. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/7.T.RA.1.md
- 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. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/8.T.RA.1.md
- 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. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/9.T.RA.1.md
- 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. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/10.T.RA.1.md
- 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. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/11.T.RA.1.md
- 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. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/12.T.RA.1.md

Source: Georgia Standards of Excellence, published by the Georgia Department of Education at case.georgiastandards.org.