3rd Grade
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
What is a solution?
How a problem is solved
What is informational writing?
You are writing a report with facts about a topic.
What is our school mascot?
Wildcats
What are the 5 senses?
Taste, touch, sight, smell, hearing
Can I ask for help on test from friends?
NO
Describe how to compare and contrast
Find the similarities and differences between two topics
What is a proper noun? (provide examples)
The name of someone, a place, or animal. (ex. Walmart, Ella, Kentucky)
what is a noun (4)?
A person, place, thing or idea
What does SOAR mean?
Safety
On Target
Always Doing Our Best
Respectful
Name the seasons?
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
What is time management?
Making sure you do not waste time during an assignment or test.
Is this statement a fact or opinion?
Jupiter is the largest gas giant.
Fact
What is a supporting detail?
A small fact that matches the fact you are sharing.
What is an adjective?
A word that describes something
What is the name of our guidance counselors?
Chevelon and Eisenstein
What does the Earth rotate around?
the Sun
What does infer mean?
Put what the text tells you with your background knowledge.
Explain Central Idea and Key Details
Main idea is what the story is mostly about and the key details provide examples of the main idea.
what does the word nonfiction mean?
A genre of writing that is "not fake" real informational text
What is a conclusion?
Sentences that restate the main idea so the reader knows they are done reading.
It is also something that you understand after learning about it.
Name a person you can talk to if you are in trouble
Teachers, parent, anyone in the office, .....Any trusted adult!
What are the main things you must have in order to grow a plant? Name at least 4
Water, sunlight, proper environment, air, soil, proper nutrients
What is the process of elimination when you are answering a question?
When you mark out options that you know are not correct to narrow down the choices.
What are character traits?
How a character thinks, feels, or behaves through actions in the story.
What is a suffix?
a letter, or group of letters, that is added to the end of a. root (base) word
- ed
- s
What is a narrative writing?
What is the principal's name?
Mrs. Robinson
What is a habitat?
What are text features and how do they help me during the state test?
Text Features are added to the text to help the reader learn more information.
Bold print, side bar, pictures, captions and diagrams.
What is Author's Point of View?
The author's thoughts and feelings on a topic are explained in the passage
What is the difference between a CAUSE and an EFFECT ?
The cause is why it happened, and the effect is what happened.
It's raining outside, so I used my umbrella.
What do you need to state in your introduction?
Your reasons
Who are the 3rd grade teachers this year? (all 6 of them)
Forster
Benjamin
Matilus
Hornedo
Gaspard
Qaiser
Name 2 things an elephant uses its trunk for.
Eating
washing
drinking
What does it mean to annotate?
What is the purpose of Opinion Writing?
Opinion writing expresses the writer's ideas and tries to convince the reader to agree with an opinion.