ELA.4.C.1.5 ELA.4.C.4.1 CC.1.4.4.v CC.1.4.4.w 4.6.h 4.13.C* 4.13.D* 4.13.E* 4.13.F* 4.13.G*

Research and Synthesis 4th Grade

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS): 4.6.h
synthesize information to create new understanding; and
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS): 4.13.C*
identify and gather relevant information from a variety of sources;
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS): 4.13.D*
identify primary and secondary sources;
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS): 4.13.E*
demonstrate understanding of information gathered;
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS): 4.13.F*
recognize the difference between paraphrasing and plagiarism when using source materials;
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS): 4.13.G*
develop a bibliography; and
Pennsylvania Core Standards: CC.1.4.4.v
Conduct short research projects that build knowledge through investigation of different aspects of a topic.
Pennsylvania Core Standards: CC.1.4.4.w
Recall relevant information from experiences or gather relevant information from print and digital sources; take notes and categorize information, and provide a list of sources.
Florida - Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking: ELA.4.C.1.5
Improve writing by planning, revising, and editing, with guidance and support from adults and feedback from peers.
Florida - Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking: ELA.4.C.4.1
Conduct research to answer a question, organizing information about the topic, using multiple valid sources

Research & Synthesis

To research something is to find information about it.

Sources are the people, books, articles, websites, and other places from which you get your information.

You should use more than one source when researching a topic.

Your sources should be relevant and trustworthy.

If possible, use both primary and secondary sources.

- Primary Sources provide direct, firsthand information.

- Secondary Sources provide secondhand information based on primary sources.

To synthesize is to combine ideas to form new understanding.

When researching a topic for a report, take notes about what you find. Always write down where you got the information, too.

After gathering all your information, think about how the facts are connected. Organize the information by combining the facts in ways that make sense to you.

When you write, use your own words, not the original creative words of other authors. If you do use another person's exact words, always put them in quotation marks and say to whom the words belong.

Paraphrasing is restating ideas you find from sources in your own words. Paraphrasing is good practice when writing research reports.

Plagiarism is using someone else's words and creative ideas as if they were your own. Plagiarism is not acceptable.

bibliography: A bibliography is a list of the sources used in your report.

For a book, include—

Author's name, last name first.
Title of the book.
Publisher of the book.
Year of publication.

Evans, Tom. World of Dinosaurs. World Book, 2016.

For an article or chapter in a printed encyclopedia, include—

Author's name, last name first (if available).
Title of the article or chapter.
Name of the encyclopedia.
Publisher of the encyclopedia.
Year of publication.

Serra, Maria. "Digging Up Fossils." The Big Book of
Dinosaurs, DK Children, 2016.

For an online article, include—

Author's name, last name first (if available).
Title of the article.
Name of the website.
Date of publication.
URL of the webpage.

"Jurassic Dinosaurs." Active Wild, 6 December 2018,
www.activewild.com/jurassic-dinosaurs.

For a print article, include—

Author's name, last name first.
Title of the article.
Name of the magazine.
Complete date of publication.
Page numbers.

Brusatte, Stephen. "What Killed the Dinosaurs." Scientific
American, 1 Dec. 2015, pp. 38-47.

Whatever the source of information you use in a report, include the name of the person who produced it (if available), its title, the date of publication, the publisher (if available), and/or the "container" in which it was found. The sources should be listed in alphabetical order. Use the format that your teacher wants you to follow for assembling your bibliography.

❋ ❋ ❋ ❋ ❋ ❋ ❋ ❋ ❋ ❋ ❋ ❋ ❋ ❋ ❋ ❋ ❋ ❋ ❋ ❋ ❋ ❋ ❋ ❋ ❋ ❋ ❋ ❋ ❋ ❋

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Research and Synthesis

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS): 4.6.h

synthesize information to create new understanding; and

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS): 4.13.C*

identify and gather relevant information from a variety of sources;

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS): 4.13.D*

identify primary and secondary sources;

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS): 4.13.E*

demonstrate understanding of information gathered;

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS): 4.13.F*

recognize the difference between paraphrasing and plagiarism when using source materials;

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS): 4.13.G*

develop a bibliography; and

Pennsylvania Core Standards: CC.1.4.4.v

Conduct short research projects that build knowledge through investigation of different aspects of a topic.

Pennsylvania Core Standards: CC.1.4.4.w

Recall relevant information from experiences or gather relevant information from print and digital sources; take notes and categorize information, and provide a list of sources.

Florida - Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking: ELA.4.C.1.5

Improve writing by planning, revising, and editing, with guidance and support from adults and feedback from peers.

Florida - Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking: ELA.4.C.4.1

Conduct research to answer a question, organizing information about the topic, using multiple valid sources

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