3rd Grade Skills
Name 2 text features that can be found in a nonfiction text.
Ex: Photographs, Table of Contents, Captions, Labels, Diagrams, Fact Box, Glossary, Index, Headings, Title, etc.
What is does unbelievable mean?
That something cannot be believed.
What are the titles of each paragraph called?
Headings
This part of speech is a person, place, thing.
Noun
What is the name of the strategy we use for short answer questions?
RACE
Name at least 3 transition words you can include in your writing.
First
Next
Then
Last
What is point of view?
the person telling the poem or story and their perspective
What term is used to describe the "why" of an event an the what (As a result)
Cause and effect
This part of speech is an action.
Verb
What does RACE stand for?
Restate, answer, cite evidence, Explain
What is a theme of the story the "Tortoise and the Hare"?
Dont rush!
Slow and steady wins the race
What do we call "what a passage is mostly about?"
The main idea
What is the author's purpose?
Why the author wrote the text
What is a story that is fake called?
Fiction
What is a strategy you can use for multiple choice?
Slash the trash
Highlight
Name 3 things included in poems
1. Stanzas
2. Lines
3. Rhyming words
4. Rhythm
What do we call "the message or the lesson of a story?"
Theme
What is dialogue?
What is a caption?
The writing under a picture.
What do you do if you're stuck on a question?
Skip and come back to it later
What is the deeper meaning of the poem?
In fields of green, the flowers sway,
Their colors brighten up the day.
Butterflies dance,
and birds take flight,
Underneath the sky so blue and light.
The connection of living things in the natural world
What are the parts of an essay and their sub parts?
Introduction
Body
Conclusion
What is another word for finding the similarities and differences between two texts?
I use a _______ diagram to organize my ideas
Compare and contrast
Venn diagram
At the beginning of a sentence I need a ______.
At the end of a sentence I need a _________ , __________ or___________.
If I pause in the middle of a sentence I need a __________.
Capital letter
Period, Question mark or Exclamation point
Comma
What do you do when you're done?
review it, triple check the answers and make sure each question is answered