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|Standard | 3rd Grade Social Studies and Science Prompts CCSS Training |

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| |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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| |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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