Generate and maintain a research-question inventory of topics to investigate

Build a research-question inventory — a 2-page spread in the writer's notebook listing 5-10 RESEARCH QUESTIONS the child wants to investigate (a person they admire, an animal or natural phenomenon, a state or region, a historical event, a cultural tradition, a scientific question). Each entry has: a QUESTION (open-ended, not yes/no), a WHY-I-WANT-TO-KNOW (interest), and 2-3 candidate SOURCES. Use the inventory as a research-topic bank. Narrow to ONE question for the term's research arc.

Mastery threshold

85%

Min instances

Typical minutes

Spaced intervals (days)

1, 3, 7, 14, 30, 60

Prereqs

Generate and maintain a personal-territory inventory of topics of conviction

Successors

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Common misconceptions

Writes yes/no questions ('Was Sojourner Truth a Black woman?') instead of open-ended investigative questions ('How did Sojourner Truth use her voice to change a nation?').
Picks a topic with no available age-appropriate sources — confuses 'interesting' with 'researchable at G4 level'.

Exercise pool (2)

Diff	Stem	Type
1	Open to a fresh 2-page spread in your writer's notebook. List 5 OPEN-ENDED research questions you want to investigate. For each:...	research question inventory build
2	From your inventory, pick ONE question to investigate for the term. Star it. Then write 1 sentence explaining WHY this one fits a 6-8...	narrow to one question