509J Teaching & Learning Curriculum Research Process Grade 5

   

Step 5: Report Findings

Go to Step 4  ~  Go to Step 6

  1. Produce quality documents addressing layout, design and audience
  2. Present information in a variety of ways (informal sharing, simple reports-written and word processed, experiments, models, murals, dioramas, journals, multimedia)
  3. Develop and report information in more than one form (e.g., written report with visual graphics or oral report with hand-out)
  4. When appropriate, share findings/results outside of school community, e.g. interviewees, neighborhood groups
  5. Write research reports about ideas, issues, or events by using the following guidelines (ODE 5th grade standard requirement)
  • Frame questions that direct the investigation
  • Establish a main idea or topic
  • Use a variety of information sources, including firsthand interviews, reference materials, and electronic resources to locate information to support the topic
  • Cite references appropriately