5.13.E
ELA5th GradeThe student engages in both short-term and sustained recursive inquiry processes for a variety of purposes.
The Standard
demonstrate understanding of information gathered
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for English Language Arts and Reading
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students explain what they learned from research in their own words. They select relevant details from sources and use them to support a clear conclusion or answer.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can state a clear finding in their own words and support it with relevant details from multiple sources. They can explain how the details connect to the research question.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may copy sentences from sources without explaining what they mean. They may list unrelated facts, confuse opinions with findings, or make claims the sources do not support.
How to Assess It
- Give students three short source notes about one topic. Ask them to write two sentences explaining the main finding and cite two supporting details.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give groups fact cards about an animal, then have them sort the cards and build a poster showing one supported finding.
Ask students to write: What did your research teach you, and which two details best support that conclusion?
Play Evidence Match by having students pair conclusion cards with supporting source notes, then explain each match to a partner.
Use school lunch survey results to write a recommendation supported by two data points and one student comment.
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