4.T.RA.1Research & Inquiry Process

Expectations

• 4.T.RA.1.a

  Generate questions about a self-selected topic of interest to be researched, asking open-ended questions to deepen and extend understanding of the topic and related ideas and information. (I)

• 4.T.RA.1.b

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

• 4.T.RA.1.c

  Consider and integrate information from research, including relevant and accurate evidence from two or more credible sources. (C)

Georgia Milestones coverage

• English Language Arts Grade 4 (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 4 (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 a question(s) about a given topic that can be answered from information in one source. Locate, gather, and/or curate information from one credible source about a given topic. Integrate information from research, including relevant and accurate evidence from one credible source.

Proficient

Generate questions about a given topic to be researched from one source. Formulate open-ended questions to deepen and extend understanding of the given topic and related ideas and information from one source. Conduct research by locating, gathering, curating, and/or integrating information from multiple credible sources, including print, digital, and personal communication, about a topic. Integrate information from research, including relevant and accurate evidence from two or more credible sources.

Distinguished

Generate questions about a shared topic to be researched from two sources. Formulate open-ended questions to deepen and extend understanding of a shared topic, related ideas, and information from two sources. Conduct research by gathering relevant information from multiple credible sources about a topic to support multiple ideas about a topic. Integrate relevant, well-chosen evidence 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

   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 (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.

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.