Grade 3 Worksheets

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• Explain how strong elaboration adds relevant details that support a main idea.
• Identify whether a given detail is connected to the controlling message or off-topic.
• Use reasons and examples to elaborate a sentence without repeating the same idea.

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• Explain how a story’s central message is supported by key details such as events, actions, and outcomes.
• Identify details that repeat, change over time, or become important as the story develops.
• Use evidence from the text to describe how the central message shifts or becomes clearer.

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• Identify common logical transition words that show relationships between ideas (sequence, cause-and-effect, comparison, and addition).
• Choose the best transition to make sentences flow smoothly and clearly.
• Explain how transitions help readers understand the order and connections among ideas.

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• Identify the main idea and key details in media by using evidence from spoken words, on-screen text, and visuals.
• Distinguish key details from background information in a news clip, announcement, or slideshow.
• Explain how transitions and repeated information can show where a media message shifts.

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• Explain how regular physical activity supports cardiovascular fitness, muscle strength, and mental well-being.
• Identify safe ways to add daily movement to everyday routines.
• Connect choices about play, family habits, and community opportunities to healthier long-term habits.

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• Explain what health advocacy means and why it matters.
• Identify examples of how people can communicate and take action to promote health in their community.
• Describe how peer groups can influence healthy choices.+ Show more

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• Explain how family norms and expectations can influence health behaviors and choices
• Describe how peers can encourage or discourage healthy habits
• Identify ways open communication can help people handle social pressure and stay healthy

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• Choose domain-specific vocabulary that matches the topic and sentence meaning.
• Use context clues to decide whether a word fits precisely in a science, history, or arts sentence.
• Explain how using precise vocabulary improves clarity and reduces confusion.

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• Identify respectful response moves during partner and group discussions.
• Choose polite agreement and concern statements that respond directly to the point made.
• Use sentence stems for asking follow-up questions and adding a new perspective collaboratively.

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• Use vowel patterns (long and short) to spell common words accurately.
• Apply spelling rules for contractions and possessives.
• Recognize syllable boundaries to spell longer words correctly.+ Show more

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• Identify common hazards in everyday places such as homes, schools, and playgrounds
• Apply safety rules to reduce the risk of injuries during daily activities
• Describe basic emergency steps and when to tell a trusted adult

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• Compare benefits and risks of health choices (snacks, activities, and safety).
• Use a simple decision rule: weigh positives and negatives before choosing.

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• Explain how health advocacy helps communities adopt healthier habits.
• Identify features of clear health messages and why they matter.
• Describe how communication can encourage community support for prevention, like hygiene and vaccination.

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• Participate in collaborative discussions by building on classmates’ ideas with relevant responses.
• Use listening and respectful turn-taking to keep the conversation focused on the shared topic.
• Clarify misunderstandings and extend agreements or differences using evidence from what others said.

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• Explain how to check the source and evidence when reading health information.
• Use criteria (accuracy, evidence, recency, and relevance) to judge whether a claim is trustworthy.
• Compare two health information sources and decide which one is more reliable.+ Show more

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• Describe how matter can change state when thermal energy is added or removed
• Compare what happens to solids, liquids, and gases during melting, freezing, evaporation, and condensation
• Explain how shape, volume behavior, and flow help identify different states of matter

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• Identify how text features like headings, subheadings, captions, bold terms, and glossaries help readers find key information.
• Use search tools such as an index and the table of contents to locate specific details in an informational text.
• Verify that the information you find matches the question or information need.

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• Use context clues to determine the meaning of academic and domain-specific vocabulary words.
• Identify how surrounding sentences, examples, restatements, and comparisons help select the correct meaning of a word.
• Distinguish between multiple possible meanings by using how a word functions in a sentence.

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• Explain how tracking progress helps people meet health goals over time
• Identify different ways to monitor progress, such as journals, charts, and checklists
• Use simple data (like checkmarks) to notice successes and obstacles and make adjustments

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• Compare rocks and soil by appearance and by how they respond to pressure and handling.
• Describe how soil is made from smaller particles and organic matter, while rocks are usually solid pieces.
• Explain how properties of rocks and soil can affect where plants and water are found.

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• Explain why shadows form when objects block light along its path
• Describe how light creates darker regions behind an object
• Compare how opaque, transparent, and translucent materials affect what we can see+ Show more

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• Explain how predators and prey depend on each other within an ecosystem.
• Describe how changes in prey population can affect predator survival and behavior.
• Use evidence to support how food and shelter needs connect different organisms in a habitat.

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• Explain how science models help us understand ideas that are too big, too small, or not directly visible.
• Use models to identify relationships and make cause-and-effect predictions.
• Select evidence that supports a model and describe how the model helps explain observations.

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• Identify safe tool-use practices for measuring, joining, and shaping materials.
• Explain why using a tool for its intended purpose helps prevent accidents and improves results.
• Apply safety rules to a classroom tool-work scenario.

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• Explain how Earth’s rotation causes day and night.
• Describe how sunlight reaches the side of Earth facing the Sun.
• Recognize that Earth’s motion, not the Sun’s motion, creates the daily cycle.

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• Explain how an organism’s survival needs can change as it grows and develops.
• Describe examples of changing needs in plants and animals at different life stages.
• Use evidence from a text to identify relationships between growth and resources.

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• Explain how classification rules use visible traits to group organisms clearly.
• Use a step-by-step set of features to place organisms into the correct group.
• Evaluate whether a new organism fits a group by checking the same rule features.

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• Explain how scientists use evidence to check whether a model’s predictions match observed results.
• Describe how evidence can support or challenge a model.
• Revise a scientific explanation so it fits both the model and the evidence.

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• Explain how temperature and water vapor help form clouds
• Describe how condensation can lead to precipitation (rain or snow)
• Use observations of cloudiness and timing to connect weather to water’s changing forms

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• Explain what a prototype is and why testing is important for improving a design
• Identify key observation criteria during prototype testing: strength, fit, stability, and function
• Compare testing results to the intended goal to decide what to improve in a design

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• Use purposeful speaking by summarizing key points from others before responding.
• Adjust your message to fit the discussion goal, especially when new information or disagreement appears.
• Use relevant details to support claims and stay focused on the topic.

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• Use periods to end declarative (statement) sentences.
• Use question marks and exclamation points to match sentence type and meaning.
• Revise sentences so every complete sentence ends with one appropriate end punctuation mark.

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• Explain how the properties of rocks and soil make them useful for different jobs.
• Compare how rocks and soil behave with water and movement in the environment.
• Use evidence from a text to match materials to human-built and natural uses.

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• Explain how Earth’s tilt causes changes in the amount of daylight across the year
• Describe how Earth’s rotation creates the daily cycle of day and night
• Use observations of day length to connect time of year with seasonal daylight

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• Explain how simple machines help people do work by changing force or direction
• Identify examples of levers, pulleys, and inclined planes and describe what each one changes
• Use simple machine vocabulary (effort, load, force, direction) to answer science questions

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• Edit writing by checking sentence-ending punctuation, commas in dates and addresses, and apostrophes in contractions and possessives.
• Correct spelling and capitalization errors so the writer’s intended meaning stays clear.
• Revise a short passage using a final review that keeps the message and tone consistent.

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• Explain how water changes form (liquid, vapor, and solid) during the water cycle
• Describe the roles of evaporation, condensation, and precipitation in moving water through air, clouds, and the ground
• Use temperature changes to predict whether water will become vapor, liquid droplets, or ice

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• Explain the difference between reflection and absorption when light reaches an object.
• Describe how shiny and dark surfaces change how bright an object looks.
• Use observations of brightness to predict whether an object reflects or absorbs more light.

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• Explain how an evidence-supported claim connects a question to observations or results.
• Identify evidence types such as comparisons, repeated observations, and patterns over time.
• Revise an explanation so that it matches gathered evidence instead of personal opinion.

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• Identify common prefixes and suffixes and explain how they change a word’s meaning.
• Use base words and word parts to infer the meaning of unfamiliar words.
• Recognize how prefixes and suffixes can signal change or negation and compare or describe qualities.

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• Explain how weathering slowly changes rocks and soil
• Identify patterns in weathering caused by wind, water, sunlight, and temperature changes
• Distinguish weathering from weather

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• Identify characters and explain their roles in a story.
• Describe how the setting (where and when) affects events and mood.
• Explain how events build from beginning to end when summarizing a text.

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• Explain how personal values, habits, and beliefs can influence health choices.
• Identify internal factors that can help or hurt healthy decision-making.
• Practice reflecting on personal routines and choosing actions that support well-being.

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• Explain how observations and measurements can be organized into clear representations like tally tables and bar graphs.
• Use correct labels and an appropriate scale to make data in a representation easier to compare.
• Identify patterns and comparisons in data representations and explain what they show.

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• Explain how plants get water, minerals, air, and light to survive.
• Describe how animals get food, water, air, and shelter to survive.
• Compare how different species can use different body structures to meet the same needs.

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• Identify examples of water changing phases when heated or cooled.
• Explain solid, liquid, and gas changes using everyday observations.
• Match phase changes (melting, freezing, evaporation, condensation) to states of matter.

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• Explain how causes and effects are connected in informational text.
• Identify signal words and phrases that show cause and effect.
• Write cause-effect statements using clear reasons and outcomes.

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• Explain how major body systems (respiratory, circulatory, immune, digestive, and excretory) help the body function
• Identify healthy habits that support body systems and help prevent illness
• Recognize simple signs that a body system may not be working correctly