Kentucky Reading and Writing C.5.6
The Standard
Summarize relevant information from experiences, or gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources; summarize or paraphrase applicable information in notes and finished work, and provide a list of sources.
Kentucky Academic Standards for Reading and Writing (2025) · Research to Build and Present Knowledge
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students select information that answers a research question from their own experiences or several print and digital sources. They summarize or paraphrase it in notes and finished work. They list the sources they used.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student leaves out interesting facts that do not answer the question. Their notes and final paragraph keep the original meaning without copying the wording. Their source list identifies each book, article, or webpage they used.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may copy a sentence and change only one or two words. They may collect every fact about a topic, even when it does not answer their question. They may list only a website name or forget a source they used.
How to Assess It
- Hand out a short printed article and a webpage screenshot about bees, each labeled with its source. Ask students to note one fact from each in their own words, answer 'How do bees help gardens?' in two sentences, and list both sources.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs fact strips from a book and a webpage; have them sort details that answer a garden question from unrelated details.
Show a copied bee fact beside a paraphrase; ask partners, 'Which version could go in our notes, and why?'
Play Paraphrase Relay: teams rewrite a short sentence about bees, then check that its meaning stayed the same without copied phrases.
Use a seed packet and a nursery webpage to choose flowers for a class planter; students summarize planting advice and list both sources.
Free download
Printable C.5.6 Worksheet
A ready-to-print activity worksheet aligned to C.5.6, with an answer key for the teacher on its own page. No account needed.
PDF, US Letter, prints cleanly in black and white.
Download the worksheetKeep exploring
Related Standards
- C.4.6
Summarize relevant information from experiences or gather relevant information from various print and digital sources; take notes, categorize information and pr...
- C.8.6
Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, using search terms effectively; assess the credibility and accuracy of each source; and, in...
- C.6.6
Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources; assess the credibility of each source; and, in order to reflect or interpret, quote or para...
- C.3.6
Summarize information from experiences or gather information from print and digital sources; take brief notes on information from various print/digital sources,...
Turn this exact standard into a lesson
Grade, subject, topic, and the complete standard are prefilled. Create one free, no account needed.
Also for this standard:Make a WorksheetMake a QuizMake a Sub Lesson