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|Standard | 3rd Grade Social Studies and Science Prompts CCSS Training |
| |Subject/Lesson |
| |Social Studies Pages 16-19 |
|Standard 1 |Writing Situation: |
|Opinion |In your social studies textbook on pages 16-19 you read about different physical features of places you can live. Consider the |
| |benefits of living near the ocean or in the mountains. |
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| |Writing Directions: |
| |Write an opinion paragraph about which area of California you think is the best place to live. Explain your choice. Be sure to |
| |include at least two of the highlighted words from the text in your paragraph. |
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| |When you write your opinion paragraph, remember to: |
| |Consider weather for outdoor activities |
| |Provide reasons to support your opinion |
| |Use linking words and phrases to connect opinion and reasons |
| |Provide a concluding statement |
| |Social Studies Pages 10-37 |
|Standard 3 |Writing Situation: |
|Narrative |You have just read Chapter 1 in your social studies textbook, which describes the features of the surface of the earth. |
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| |Writing Directions: |
| |Write a narrative paragraph describing a community that work together to protect its environment. Include physical features: |
| |lakes, rivers, oceans, mountains, valleys, or resources special to the community. Explain why and how the community saved its |
| |natural resources. |
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| |When you write your narrative paragraph, remember to: |
| |Establish a setting |
| |Describe how the community worked together |
| |Use phrases to signal event order |
| |Provide a sense of closure |
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| |Social Studies (End of Chapter 1) |
|Standard 2 |Writing Situation: |
|Informative /Explanatory |You have just read chapter 1 Our Geography, this chapter tells about our community, the physical features of the land made by |
| |nature and humans and the four regions in California. |
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| |Writing Directions: |
| |After reading chapter 1, write an informative paragraph explaining why fewer people live in the desert than the lowlands; be sure |
| |to use details from the text. |
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| |When you write your informative paragraph, remember to: |
| |Introduce your topic with facts and details |
| |Use linking words and phrases to connect ideas |
| |Use the following vocabulary words in your paragraph: desert, lowlands |
| |Provide a concluding statement |
| |Social Studies Pages 92-95 |
|Standard 3 |Writing Situation |
|Narrative |In your social studies textbook, on pages 92-95, you read about the tribes of California and their geographical groups. |
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| |Writing Directions: |
| |Write about your life living in one of the four geographical groups. Include the following vocabulary: shelter, tribe. |
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| |When you write your narrative paragraph, remember to: |
| |Establish a setting specific to your tribe |
| |Have a beginning, middle, and end using time and sequence words |
| |Use dialogue and descriptions of actions, thoughts; feelings |
| |Provide a sense of closure |
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| |Social Studies Pages 92-97 |
| |Writing Situation: |
| |In your social studies book on pp. 94-97, you read about different tribes of CA. Which include Indians of the Northern Coast, |
|Standard 1 |Indians of the Central Valley and Mountains, Indians of the Southern Coast and Indians of the Desert |
|Opinion |Writing Directions: |
| |Consider the differences of the tribes in CA. Write a paragraph about which tribe you find the most interesting. Describe the |
| |geographic location and features. Give 3 reasons that support your choice. Be sure to refer to both pictures and texts. Use the|
| |following vocabulary words in your paragraph: shelter, tribe, and natural resources. |
| |Remember to: |
| |Introduce your topic (select your tribe) |
| |Develop your topic with three reasons that support your opinion |
| |Use linking words and phrases to connect your opinion and reasons |
| |Provide a concluding statement |
| |Social Studies pp. 132-137, 138-139, 140-141, 142-147 |
|Standard 2 |Writing Situation: |
|Informative/Explanatory |Read pp. 132-133 in your SS book on “Newcomers Bring Change”. Review the following vocabulary words: |
| |newcomers- Europeans who came to colonize America. |
| |missions- religious communities in CA |
| |reservations- areas of land reserved, or set aside, for Native Americans. |
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| |Writing Directions: |
| |Based on what you read, write a paragraph explaining the effect the Europeans had on the Native American’s way of life. Use the |
| |following vocabulary words in your paragraph: mission, reservation, Rancheria. |
| |Remember to: |
| |Introduce the topic |
| |Develop the topic with facts |
| |Use linking words and phrases |
| |Provide a concluding statement |
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| |Writing Situation: |
| |In your social studies book on pp.132-137, you read about the lives of California Indians today and long ago. Think about the |
| |changes they have encountered throughout the years. |
| |Writing Directions: |
| |Write one paragraph describing how the life of the California Indian has changed. Use the vocabulary words: missions, |
| |reservations and rancherias in your paragraph. |
| |Remember to: |
| |Introduce your topic |
| |Develop your topic with facts and details |
| |Use linking words and phrases such as also, another, and, more, but. |
| |Provide a concluding statement |
| |Social Studies Pages 174-179 |
|Standard 2 |Writing Situation: |
|Informative/Explanatory |In your social studies textbook you have read about explorers leaving their home land to explore and unknown land. |
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| |Writing Directions: |
| |Using pages 174-179 identify the three explorers and what they saw, in chorological order. Write an informative paragraph |
| |describing why an explorer might want to leave his home to explore an unknown land. Explain the reasons for leaving and what he |
| |hoped to accomplish. |
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| |When you write your informative paragraph, remember to: |
| |Introduce the topic |
| |Develop the topic with facts and details |
| |Use linking words and phrases |
| |Provide a concluding statement |
| |Social Studies |
| |pp. 174-179, 182-187, 190-195 |
|Standard 2 |Writing Situation: |
|Informative/Explanatory |Read pp. 183-187 in your Social Studies book on Early communities. Think about how the early communities were started. |
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| |Writing Directions: |
| |Write about who started the early communities in California. Include the following vocabulary words: settlement, settler, |
| |presidio, pueblo, and missions. |
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| |Remember to: |
| |Introduce your topic (topic sentence) |
| |Develop with facts and details (complete sentences) |
| |Use linking phrases (also, another) |
| |Provide a concluding statement |
|Standard 1 | |
|Opinion |Writing Situation: |
| |In our social studies book on pp.174-195 we learned about explorers, settlers, and pioneers. Imagine that new land has been |
| |discovered off the coast of California. |
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| |Writing Directions: |
| |Write a paragraph describing the land and tell whether or not you would like to explore and settle in the new land. |
| |Remember to: |
| |Introduce your topic (include your decision about whether or not you want to explore and settle in the new land) |
| |Develop your topic with facts and details that support your decision using knowledge from the challenges we read about. |
| |Use linking words and phrases such as also, another, and, more, but. |
| |Provide a concluding statement |
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| |Social Studies pp. 224-231 |
|Standard 2 |Note: The following is not a prompt you would hand to students. It is one that the teacher would direct. This works best as a |
|Informative/Explanatory |whole group activity. |
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| |Writing Situation: |
| |Teacher Notes: As a class read p. 227 and learn how to interview a person about school history. Have students think about someone|
| |in the community that they can interview. Develop questions as a class to ask a community member (historian) about the community|
| |in which you live. During the interview direct students to take notes as they listen to the person answer the questions. Write |
| |down some of his/her exact words. Provide students with a graphic organizer to take notes. (You may have to model note taking on|
| |the board to remind students to add to their graphic organizers. |
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| |Writing Directions: |
| |Write a paragraph including answering the following question: Based on your interview with______how has your community changed |
| |over time? |
| |Remember to: |
| |Include a topic sentence (include the city) |
| |Develop the topic sentence (include supporting details from the interview) |
| |Use transition words/time order words |
| |Provide a concluding statement |
|Standard 2 |Note: The following prompt is appropriate for a school that is older. |
|Informative/Explanatory | |
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| |Writing Situation: |
| |On pages 228-229, you read about the historical sites in California. The selection described changes from long ago to today. Our|
| |school site can be considered a historical site. Think about what it looks like today. What parts of the building and the school|
| |yard most likely were different from 40 years ago? |
| |Writing Directions: |
| |Write a paragraph describing how your school site may have changed and how it may have stayed the same from long ago to today. Be|
| |sure to use the following vocabulary words in your paragraph: historical site and community. |
| |When you write your paragraph, remember to: |
| |Introduce your topic |
| |Develop your topic with facts and details |
| |Use linking words and phrases such as also, another, and, more, but. |
| |Provide a concluding statement |
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| |Social Studies Pages 252-255 |
|Standard 1 |Writing Situation: |
|Opinion |In your social studies textbook on pages 252-255 you read and studied about rules and laws for a community and a government. |
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| |Writing Directions: |
| |In an opinion paragraph, identify the three most important responsibilities of a community government. Then state your opinion by |
| |selecting the most important responsibility of a community government; be sure to use evidence from the text. |
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| |When you write your opinion paragraph, remember to: |
| |Provide reasons to support your opinion |
| |Use three vocabulary words highlighted in the text (pages 252-255) |
| |Use linking words to connect reasons |
| |Provide a concluding statement |
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|Science Prompts |
| Standard 2 |Science Pages 38-41 |
|Informative/Explanatory | |
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| |Writing Situation: |
| |On pages 38-41 the science textbook describes the desert, its plants and their adaptation. An adaptation is a special feature or |
| |behavior that helps a living thing survive. For example, a bear’s claws are an adaptation that helps it catch fish. |
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| |Writing Directions: |
| |Write an informative paragraph describing what adaptations the saguaro cactus has to help it survive in the harsh desert climate. |
| |Use the following vocabulary words in your paragraph: adaptation, desert, plant |
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| |When you write your informative paragraph, remember to: |
| |Introduce the topic |
| |Develop the topic with facts and definitions |
| |Use linking words and phrases |
| |Provide a concluding statement |
| |Science Pages 72-76 |
|Standard 2 |Writing Situation: |
|Informative/Explanatory |On pages 72-76 in your science textbook, you read about the arctic tundra. The section described how plants and animals have |
| |adapted to live in this biome. |
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| |Writing Directions: |
| |Write an informative paragraph describing the adaptations needed for either plants or animals to survive. Select two highlighted |
| |words from the text to include in your paragraph. |
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| |When you write your informative paragraph, remember to: |
| |Introduce the topic |
| |Use facts and details |
| |Use linking words |
| |Provide a concluding statement |
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| |Science Page 80 (End of Chapter 1) |
|Standard 1 |Writing Situation: |
|Opinion |You have just read chapter 1 in your science textbook, which tells about adaptations in the land environment that helps animals |
| |and plants survive. |
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| |Writing Directions: |
| |After studying the land environments (desert, grasslands, forest, and arctic tundra), write an opinion paragraph stating in which |
| |environment you would prefer to live in. State three reasons why you would live there, and be sure to include vocabulary words |
| |from chapter 1 such as: climate and biome. |
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| |When you write your opinion paragraph, remember to: |
| |Describe the features of your choice |
| |Use linking words and phrases |
| |Provide a concluding statement |
| |Science pp. 82-94 |
|Standard 2 |Writing Situation: |
|Informative/Explanatory |On pp. 90 and 91 in your science book, you read about 3 types of water environments: saltwater environments, freshwater |
| |environments, brackish environments. |
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| |Writing Directions: |
| |Write a paragraph describing water environments. When you write your paragraph, remember to: |
| |Include your topic |
| |Develop your topic with facts and details |
| |Use linking words and phrases such as also, another, and, more, but. |
| |Provide a concluding statement |
| |*suggestion include vocabulary words that students should use. |
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| |Science pp. 130-137 |
|Standard 2 |Writing Situation: |
|Informative/Explanatory |In your Science book on pp. 130-137 you read about how living things changed their environment. You learned that competition is |
| |the struggle among living things for food, water, and other needs. |
| |An environment is all the living and nonliving things that surround living things. |
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| |Writing Directions: |
| |Write a paragraph describing how beavers change the environment in both harmful and helpful ways use the following vocabulary |
| |words: competition, environment, harmful and helpful. |
| |Remember to: |
| |Include your topic |
| |Develop your topic with facts and details |
| |Use linking words and phrases such as also, another, and, more, but. |
| |Provide a concluding statement |
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| |* Suggestions to the teacher: Brainstorm with students using a T-chart or Venn Diagram to compare how beavers are harmful and |
| |helpful. |
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| |Writing Situation: |
| |On page 136 in your science book, you learned three ways to minimize pollution in our environment. Reduce means to use less of |
| |something. Reuse means to use something again, and recycle means to turn old things into new things. Pollution is what happens |
| |when harmful materials get into the air, water or land. |
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| |Writing Directions: |
| |Consider the benefits of the 3Rs (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle). Write a paragraph about what you do at home or at school to cut down |
| |on pollution. Describe the ways you practice the 3R’s. Be sure to use the vocabulary words listed above. |
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| |Remember to: |
| |Include your topic |
| |Develop your topic with facts and details |
| |Use linking words and phrases such as also, another, and, more, but. |
| |Provide a concluding statement |
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| |Science pp.272-279 |
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|Standard 2 |Writing Situation: |
|Informative/Explanatory |On p.273 in your science book, you completed an Inquiry Activity where your group sorted 8 objects (matter) into 2 groups based on|
| |their properties. |
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| |Directions for Writing: |
| |Write a reflecting paragraph explaining how you decided to classify the items into different groups. Include the names of the |
| |categories, which item you put in each category, and what properties they have that are alike or not alike that made you decide to|
| |classify them in that way. How could you have sorted the items using different properties? Use the vocabulary words, |
| |properties, matter, classify, and category in your paragraph. |
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| |Remember to: |
| |Introduce your topic |
| |Develop your topic with facts and details |
| |Use linking words and phrases such as also, another, and, more, but. |
| |Provide a concluding statement |
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| |Science pp. 284-291 |
|Standard 2 |Writing Situation: |
|Informative/Explanatory |On pp.286-287 in your science book, you read about physical changes. The section explained how physical changes cause matter to |
| |look differently. You can create a physical change to a piece of paper by tearing it, coloring it or crumpling it into a ball. |
| |Think about the physical changes you can make to a rock. |
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| |Writing Directions: |
| |Write an informative paragraph that explains at least two physical changes you could make to a rock. Be sure to define it within |
| |your paragraph Use the following vocabulary in your paragraph: physical change, mixture, and matter. |
| |Remember to: |
| |Introduce your topic |
| |Develop your topic with facts and details |
| |Use linking words and phrases such as also, another, and, more, but. |
| |Provide a concluding statement |
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| |Writing Situation: |
| |During a science activity, we will watch the physical changes in a banana on a plate. Pay attention to chemical change and the |
| |process. Be sure to keep a daily log of your observations of the physical changes. |
| |Writing Directions: |
| |Write a paragraph describing the physical change of a banana on a plate. |
| |Process: |
| |Observe a banana for five days. |
| |Daily, draw a picture and write three adjectives |
| |On the 5th day, write a paragraph using: |
| |Vocabulary words |
| |Topic sentence |
| |Time and order words |
| |Description |
| |conclusion |
| |Remember to: |
| |Introduce your topic |
| |Develop your topic with facts and details |
| |Use linking words and phrases such as also, another, and, more, but. |
| |Provide a concluding statement |
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