Oklahoma Social Studies 3.P.4

3.P.4 is a cluster heading. These are the individual standards under it.

• 3.P.4.1

  Summarize and paraphrase, integrate evidence, and cite sources to create written products, research projects, and presentations for multiple purposes related to...

• 3.P.4.1.A

  Compose informative written products, focusing on the facts about a topic, including a main idea with supporting details.

• 3.P.4.1.B

  Express an opinion about a topic by composing a written product and providing logical reasons as support.

• 3.P.4.2

  Engage in authentic research to acquire, refine, and share knowledge through written presentations and products.

• 3.P.4.2.A

  Generate a list of topics of interest and individual questions about a specific topic in social studies.

• 3.P.4.2.B

  Organize information found during group or individual research, using graphic organizers or other aids.

• 3.P.4.2.C

  Create a simple presentation to communicate ideas and thoughts gathered from research.

01

What Students Need to Do

Students ask a social studies question, find facts, and record where they found them. They put facts in their own words. They write a factual explanation, give an opinion with reasons, and share their findings.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

A student can turn a broad topic like town history into a question and sort useful facts in a chart. Their explanation has a main idea and accurate details. Their opinion has reasons, and they name their sources without copying sentences.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students may copy a source sentence instead of putting the fact in their own words. They may give an opinion as if it were a fact, or list facts without connecting them to a main idea. Some leave off the name of the book, site, or person they used.

04

How to Assess It

Hand out this source card: 'Town Museum: In 1920, the town opened a free library where anyone could borrow books.' Ask, 'Should towns have free libraries?' Require one fact in the student's own words, an opinion with a reason, and the source name.

1. 01

   Give pairs two short town-history fact cards; have them write a question and sort details into a main-idea chart.

2. 02

   Ask, 'Should our town save old buildings?' Have students write an opinion with two reasons from a shared town-history page.

3. 03

   Play Paraphrase Match with three source sentences and six rewrites; teams choose accurate rewrites and point out copies.

4. 04

   Read the school library borrowing rules, then write the principal a short note recommending one change and citing a rule as evidence.

• USH.P.4

  Develop a variety of evidence-based written products designed for multiple purposes.

• 2.P.4

  The 2nd Grade version of this standard.

• 1.P.4

  The 1st Grade version of this standard.

• 4.P.4

  The 4th Grade version of this standard.