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Grade 5 Reading & Writing · World 9: Research Base · Level 75
Strengths and Weaknesses of Sources
Weigh a source's credibility and relevance.
Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.
What children learn in Level 75
- Not every source deserves your trust. A credible source can be trusted, and a relevant one fits your topic.
- Ask four questions. Who wrote it? Why? When? Does it fit my topic?
- Every source has strengths and weaknesses. An expert's old book may know a lot, but be out of date.
- Watch for sources that want to sell you something, or that don't say who wrote them.
Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards:
- 5.T.RA.2.b — Determine credibility and relevance by assessing the strengths and weaknesses of source texts to support a topic or message. (I)
- 5.T.RA.1.b — Conduct research by locating, gathering, curating, and integrating information from multiple credible sources, including print, digital, and personal communication, about a self-selected topic. (I)