3.13.B

ELA3rd GradeThe student engages in both short-term and sustained recursive inquiry processes for a variety of purposes.

The Standard

develop and follow a research plan with adult assistance

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for English Language Arts and Reading

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students turn a topic into a focused question and map out how they will find an answer. With adult guidance, they choose sources, order tasks, track progress, and adjust the plan when needed.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student creates a clear question, names useful sources, and puts research tasks in a sensible order. They track completed steps and revise the plan after teacher feedback.
Common Misconceptions: Students may confuse a broad topic with a research question. They may collect random facts before choosing sources or ordering their steps. Some think a plan cannot change, or that adult help means the adult does the work.
How to Assess It: Give students the topic “school gardens.” Ask them to write one research question, two possible sources, three ordered steps, and one way an adult could help.

Lesson moves

Give pairs question, source, note-taking, and reporting cards to arrange into a research plan, then explain their chosen order.
Ask students to write: What do I want to learn, where will I look, and what will I do first?
Run a plan repair game where teams identify and fix missing, repeated, or out-of-order steps on sample research plans.
Have students plan research to choose a class pet, listing the question, sources, task order, and where an adult can help.

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