Georgia 3.T.RA.1
Georgia Standard (Expectation Cluster)
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.
Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards · Texts (T)
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Expectations in This Standard
3.T.RA.1 is a Georgia English Language Arts standard. These are the expectations under it.
- 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 communicat...
- 3.T.RA.1.c
Summarize researched, relevant, and accurate information from at least two credible sources about a self-selected topic. (C)
Teacher's field guide
What This Cluster Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students develop a clear question about a topic and find useful information in books or trusted digital sources. They compare sources, select accurate facts, and share what they learned in their own words.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students form a focused question, consult more than one reliable source, and select facts that address the question. They explain their findings in their own words and identify where the information came from.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think the first search result is automatically trustworthy. They may copy whole sentences, include unrelated facts, or treat opinions as evidence.
How to Assess It
- Give students two short source cards about honeybees. Ask them to choose the more trustworthy source, write one accurate answer, and name the source used.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Place books, encyclopedia pages, advertisements, and anonymous posts at stations; students sort them by trustworthiness and explain each choice.
Ask students to write: “Which source best explains why frogs need wetlands, and what details support your choice?”
Run a Fact Finder Relay where teams use labeled source cards to locate relevant facts and reject unrelated details.
Have students research which plant would grow best near a classroom window, then recommend one using facts from two sources.
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Related Standards
- 4.T.RA.1
The 4th Grade version of this standard.
- 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.
- 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.
- 5.T.RA.1
The 5th Grade version of this standard.
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