Grade 3 English Language Arts · Level 3, Understand Informational Text and Explain Ideas

Develop Informative Writing with Facts and Precise Vocabulary

Develop a topic with facts, definitions, concrete details, text evidence, domain-specific vocabulary, and useful text features when appropriate.

How the lesson starts: Develop Informative Writing with Facts and Precise Vocabulary

Ember's museum signs
Meet Ember, a friendly dragon who works at the Glow Cave Museum. Ember writes the signs. Every fact on a sign must help explain its topic. Let's help Ember choose!
A strong sign
Here is Ember's sign about how caves form. Rainwater soaks into the ground. It slowly dissolves a rock called limestone. Tiny cracks in the rock get wider and wider. Over thousands of years, the cracks grow into caves. Every fact explains how caves form.
Let's check each fact
Ember's topic is how caves form. A fact must help explain that. Water dissolves limestone? Yes, it belongs. The gift shop sells hats? True, but it does not explain how caves form. Bats are cute? Not about forming caves either!