Words to know in 3rd Grade! Power Words Words to know in 3rd Grade!

Identify When you identify something you recognize something as being a particular person or thing.

Identify It was easy to identify Tom because he was so tall. Can you identify the brown haired students in this classroom?

Describe When you describe something or someone, you tell all about it giving lots of details.

Describe Can you describe something in this picture? How would you describe a character in a story?

Conclude When you conclude, you think about something and then make a decision about it or make up your mind about something.

Conclude What can you conclude about this picture ? I can conclude that ____________.

When you give evidence about something, you give proof.

Evidence What evidence is there that dinosaurs existed? What evidence was there that Ruby was a copycat?

To locate is to find the place or position of someone or something.

Locate

Observe To observe is to watch and sometimes listen to something or someone carefully.

Observe What might this cat be observing?

Cite To cite is to write or say the words of a book, author, story or passage.

Cite The text states… The author said… In paragraph 4 it says…

To explain is to make something clear in speech or writing.

When might you need to explain something at school? Have you ever had to explain something to your parents or grandparents? When might you need to explain something at school?

Detail Details are the facts or examples that tell more about, explain, or describe the main idea in a text.

Can you find a supporting detail from the text? Details Can you find a supporting detail from the text? The Statue of Liberty is an American symbol. It is a 151 foot statue of woman holding a book and a torch. It was a gift of friendship from the people of France. The statue sits on an island in New York.

Organize To organize is to arrange or order things so that they can be found and used quickly and easily.

When we write, it is good to organize our thoughts or ideas.

To support something is to give help or assistance to it.

“Give evidence from the text to support your answer”.

To demonstrate is to show clearly something to other people. “Let me show you…”

What does this girl appear to be demonstrating? Demonstrate What does this girl appear to be demonstrating?

Sequence is the order in which things happen. 1. First 2. Next, Second 3. Then, After that 4. Finally, Last, In conclusion

Let’s practice putting things in sequence- http://www.professorgarfield.org/readingring/strips/strips.html

When you retell something, you tell it again in your own words.

Can you retell the events from this story?