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Grade 3 English Language Arts · Level 3, Understand Informational Text and Explain Ideas
Follow Logical Connections Across Sentences and Paragraphs
Describe how particular sentences/paragraphs connect through comparison, cause/effect, sequence, example, or related logic to support an author’s point.
How the lesson starts: Follow Logical Connections Across Sentences and Paragraphs
Beatrix builds bridges
Meet Beatrix, a beaver who builds bridges between islands. In a text, each idea is an island. Signal words are the bridges. They tell you how one idea leads to the next.
Five kinds of bridges
Each signal word has a job. Because and since tell a cause. So and as a result tell a result. First and then tell order. But and however show a difference. For example and such as give an example.
Let's tap the bridge
Beatrix finds the signal word in each sentence. The road flooded, so the bus turned back. So tells a result. Lions hunt in groups. However, tigers hunt alone. However shows a difference. Pets need care. For example, a dog needs a walk. For example gives an example.