--- title: "5.T.RA.1: Research & Inquiry Process (Georgia English Language Arts standard)" code: 5.T.RA.1 cite_as: Georgia Standards of Excellence, English Language Arts, 5.T.RA.1 subject: ela grades: - grade-5 language: en canonical_url: https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/5.T.RA.1 md_url: https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/5.T.RA.1.md alternate_language_url: https://georgiahomeroom.org/es/standards/code/5.T.RA.1.md source_url: https://case.georgiastandards.org/ims/case/v1p0/CFDocuments/391c3abe-c1ec-4a4a-a942-c9e152b35102 source_last_changed: 2025-11-14 data_built: 2026-09-18 publisher: Georgia Homeroom, a free public-interest project of Georgia Civic Data. Not affiliated with or endorsed by the Georgia Department of Education or any school district. up: https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/ela/grade-5.md index: https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/index.md --- # 5.T.RA.1: Research & 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 5, https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/ela/grade-5.md ## Expectations - **5.T.RA.1.a**: Generate questions about a self-selected topic of interest to be researched, asking probing questions to compare and contrast related topics. (I) - **5.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)* - **5.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 5 (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 5 (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**: Generate question(s) about a topic to be researched. - **Developing**: Generate question(s) about a topic to be researched, to deepen and extend understanding of the topic and related ideas and information. Conduct research by locating, gathering, and/or curating information from at least one credible source, including print, digital, and personal communication, about a topic. Integrate information from research, including relevant and accurate evidence from one credible source. - **Proficient**: Generate questions about a topic to be researched, asking probing questions to compare and contrast related topics. Conduct research by locating, gathering, curating, and 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 topic to be researched, asking probing questions to compare and contrast related topics from multiple sources. Conduct research by locating, gathering, curating, and integrating information from multiple credible sources to support multiple ideas on a topic. Integrate relevant, well-chosen evidence from multiple credible 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: **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/3.T.RA.1.md - 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 (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 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.