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Knowledge and Skills Statement

Inquiry and research: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student engages in both short-term and sustained recursive inquiry processes for a variety of purposes.

During one-on-one conferencing, guide students to determine a topic and plan for research project. Provide a skeleton research plan for students to follow. Have students add their topic as well as information for each paragraph based on the initial questions. Provide distinct mini-goals and checkpoints for students.

Further Explanation

This SE requires students to develop and follow a plan that includes each of the steps in the research process with adult assistance. Students should use a research plan as a timeline for their research process. Progress can be monitored as students reach mini goals.

Students should understand that a research plan is a timeline created around the research process. A fundamental factor in developing a plan is a clear understanding of the assignment. Students should ask themselves questions such as “What exactly am I supposed to do?” and “What am I expecting to find?” Then they should follow initial steps to find accurate, significant, and relevant sources to support the topic of inquiry, intermediary steps of reevaluating and revising the research question based on source analysis, and the final steps of drafting, revising, editing, and presenting results using an appropriate mode of delivery (written, oral, or multimodal). At this grade level, students will likely require assistance planning for their research and fully carrying out each step of their research plan.