Researching

It is important that students are taught appropriate methods of using material from other sources. The following three-step research system gives students practice in summarizing and synthesizing material.

1. Read and Mark: As you read, mark (with a highlighter, sticky notes, or pieces of paper) the parts where you discover something important.
2. Talk: When you have finished dreading, go back to each of those marked parts and tell yourself or someone else why you marked them
3. Write: Record only what you told yourself or someone else

In the Classroom:

• Any type of research

ELA Curricular Outcomes:

• Record Information (3.3.2)
• Identify Sources (3.2.2)