3rd Grade Skills
What is the main idea?
Dogs are great pets. They are loyal and love to play.
Dogs are great pets.
What is the main idea?
Plants need sunlight, water, and air to grow.
Plants need certain things to grow.
Theme?
A boy never gives up even when things are hard.
Perseverance/don't give up
DAILY DOUBLE
Brave means -
Courageous
What can you infer?
He wore a coat, scarf, and gloves.
It is cold
What is the character feeling?
He lost his favority toy and began to cry.
Sad
Use context clues: What does grumbled mean?
He grumbled when he had to clean his room.
Complained
Author's purpose?
A text explaining how hurricanes form.
To inform
Enormous means -
Very large
Fact or opinion?
Pizza is the best food
Opinion
What is the setting?
The children played in the park during the afternoon.
Park/afternoon
Cause and Effect?
It rained all day, so the game was cancelled.
Cause = rain/ Effect = game cancelled
Compare & Contrast?
Cats vs dogs
Similarities and differences
Whisper means -
Speak quietly
Text feature?
A bold word in a paragraph
Helps highlight important info
What is the problem?
A girl forgot her homework at home.
She forgot her homework at home.
Point of view?
I walked into the room and saw the surprise.
First person
Inference?
She studied every night and smiled at her test score.
She did well.
Ancient means -
Why do authors use headings?
To organize information
What is the solution?
She called her mom to bring it to school.
Her mom brings the homework.
Text structure?
First, next, then, finally...
Sequence
Text evidence?
Give one detail that supports an answer
Any correct supporting detail
Predict means -
To guess what will happen
DAILY DOUBLE!!
What strategy helps when you don't understand a word?
Context clues/reread/asK