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3rd Grade ELA Presentation
DESCRIPTI
Characteristics or details about
ON
something.
Signal Think
• Words
for example : •About :
characteristics
• such as • examples
• for instance • features
• looks like
• specifically
EXAMPL
E:
likes
female
sports
Maddy is seventeen years old. She is
female. She likes sports. Her favorite is
softball. She loves the color yellow. Her 17 years
Maddy softball
favorite food is tacos. She loves her old
dog, Buster.
tacos yellow
Cause: why
something happens.
CAUSE Eff ect: what
happened as a
AND result.
Signal
EFFECT Words
• since : • because
• if/then • therefore
• so • due to
• led to • as a
result
EXAMPL
E:
Noah went to his friend's birthday
party. He ate a big piece of cake and Ate too much
Didn't eat
two scoops of ice cream. On the way cake and ice
dinner and
home, his stomach started hurting. cream
went to bed
When he got home, he didn't eat
dinner and went to bed.
SEQUENCING
the order of events
Beginnin Middl En
g:• first •e:
next •d:
last
• to begin • then • finally
• at first • after that • at the
• before • later end
• initially • meanwhil • eventuall
e y
• afterward
EXAMPL
E:
Hal wakes up and looks outside his
window. He sees rain falling down onto
Saw it Got his
to the ground. He hears a loud boom Woke up was green
and sees lightening flash in the sky. storming raincoat
Even with the storm, it is time to get
ready for school. Hal goes to the closet Put on Got
Put on
and grabs his green raincoat. Next, Hal his blue umbrella
his red
puts on his blue rubber boots. These boots and left
hat
boots have a fish on them. Then, Hal
puts on his floppy red hat. Finally, he
grabs his umbrella and leaves for
school.
PROBLEM Signal
AND •
Words
however
: • because
• as a solution • therefore
SOLUTION • consequently • due to
• since • as a
describes an issue or confl ict result
and one or more ways to solve
it.
EXAMPL
E:
Wild chimpanzees are rapidly
disappearing. Many people are trying to
Problem Solution
solve this problem. Otherwise,
chimpanzees may one day only be • Save forests
found in zoos. People are trying to save from being
Wild chimps
cut down.
the rainforests and woodlands where are
• Develop
the chimps live from being cut down. disappearing.
environmenta
Another way we can work to solve the l ed
programs.
problem is by developing
environmental education programs to
teach people.
COMPARE AND
CONTRAST
Compare: how Signal
things are alike. Words :
• alike • diff eren
Contrast: how • similar t
things are diff erent. • both • instead
• same • but
• unlike
EXAMPL
E:
Ice cream is a delicious frozen treat Strawberr Vanill
that comes in so many different flavors y a
and colors. Two of my favorite flavors
pieces of more sold
delicious
are strawberry and vanilla. Though fruit annually
taste
both of these flavors are delicious,
great in
strawberry ice cream can contain milkshak
e
pieces of fruit while vanilla usually will
not. Even though more vanilla ice
cream is sold across the country
annually than strawberry, both flavors
tastes great inside of a milk shake.
ANY
QUESTIONS?
THANK YOU!