TEKS Talk - SLA Inquiry Research image

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.

Use criterios de evaluación durante el proceso de investigación.

Ejemplo de criterios de evaluación:

1) El estudiante es incapaz de desarrollar y seguir un plan de investigación.

2) El estudiante desarrolla un plan de investigación, pero es incapaz de seguir un plan de investigación o viceversa.

3) El estudiante desarrolla y sigue un plan de investigación con la ayuda de un adulto.

4) El estudiante desarrolla y sigue un plan de investigación con poca o nula ayuda de un adulto.

In kindergarten, adult assistance requires explicitly guiding the students through the process of developing and following a research plan. The teacher will need to model each step of the process and show the students what they will be expected to do by thinking aloud and asking prompting question. Also, providing students with scaffolds such as sentence stems, graphic organizers, and anchor charts will assist students in meeting this SE. This process of developing and following a research plan will be highly collaborative.