Research Skills in Grade 5 teach students how to ask questions, gather reliable information, and present their findings clearly. At this stage, learners begin to use books, articles, and online sources to answer inquiries while practicing critical thinking. Research Skills include identifying keywords, taking notes, organizing data, and citing sources correctly. These abilities prepare children for school projects, presentations, and future academic work. By completing assignments, students learn how to separate fact from opinion, compare multiple sources, and share results with classmates. The activities below are divided into starter, practice, and challenge levels, helping learners build strong Research Skills step by step.
🟢 Starter
- Ask why questions are the first step in Research Skills.
- Choose a favorite animal and write three research questions.
- Look up a fact in a book and share it.
- Ask why a title helps you find information.
- Practice using a table of contents in a book.
- Write down three new words you discover during research.
- Ask why some websites are not reliable.
- Practice summarizing one short paragraph.
- Find a map and ask three questions about it.
- Ask why note-taking helps in Research Skills.
- Use an encyclopedia to find one fact about space.
- Choose a nonfiction book and list three facts.
- Ask why keywords are useful when searching.
- Practice highlighting important sentences in a text.
- Write down the author of a book and its copyright year.
- Ask why facts and opinions must be separated in Research Skills.
- Practice writing a short caption for a picture in a book.
- Choose a topic and brainstorm where to find information.
- Ask why sources should be trusted.
- Share one thing you researched at home.
🟡 Practice
- Plan a mini research project about an endangered animal.
- Ask how to tell if a website is reliable.
- Compare information from two different books on the same topic.
- Write a short bibliography for one source.
- Ask why plagiarism is harmful in Research Skills.
- Practice taking notes while reading.
- Collect three facts about your country.
- Ask how captions and charts help in research.
- Create a question chart with “who, what, where, when, why.”
- Write a one-paragraph summary of an article.
- Ask why checking dates is important in sources.
- Practice paraphrasing a fact in your own words.
- Compare a book and a website on the same subject.
- Ask how research helps in solving real problems.
- Make a list of three reliable sources for a project.
- Record three new things you learned from research today.
- Ask why organizing notes matters in Research Skills.
- Practice grouping notes into main ideas and details.
- Create a timeline using research about a famous person.
- Ask why teamwork helps in research projects.
🔴 Challenge
- Research a historical event and present it in your own words.
- Ask how to evaluate bias in sources during Research Skills.
- Create a project using at least three different source types.
- Research how scientists gather information in experiments.
- Write a report with an introduction, body, and conclusion.
- Ask why citing sources builds credibility.
- Compare how two news articles report the same event.
- Research how technology changes the way we study history.
- Create a presentation with visuals from your research.
- Ask how data collection supports Research Skills.
- Research a famous leader and explain their impact.
- Write down three challenges you faced during research.
- Ask how to avoid false information online.
- Research a global issue and propose a solution.
- Compare primary and secondary sources.
- Ask how to decide which information is most important.
- Research how libraries and online tools work together.
- Create a group project using shared research notes.
- Research a scientific discovery and explain its importance.
- Design your own Research Skills project with guiding questions.