Oklahoma Social Studies 3.P.4.1

3.P.4.1 is a cluster heading. These are the individual standards under it.

• 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.

01

What Students Need to Do

Students gather facts about a social studies topic, put them in their own words, and name their sources. They write summaries with a main idea and supporting details. They also write opinions with reasons backed by facts.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

A student can combine facts from two sources into a short report without copying sentences. They can name each source and explain how a fact supports either their main idea or their opinion.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students may copy a source sentence and call it a summary. They may list facts without a main idea, give an opinion without reasons, or name a source without saying which fact came from it.

04

How to Assess It

Hand out a card titled 'Statue of Liberty Fact Card' that reads, 'France gave the Statue of Liberty to the United States; it was dedicated in 1886.' Ask students to write a one-sentence summary and an opinion about the gift, using a fact as a reason and naming the card as their source.

1. 01

   Give pairs a park map and a park history card; have them match four fact strips to the right source and write a summary.

2. 02

   Ask: Should a town preserve an old schoolhouse? Have students write an opinion with two reasons drawn from a short fact sheet.

3. 03

   Play paraphrase relay with a printed library fact card; teams rewrite one fact without copying and name the card as their source.

4. 04

   Post a mock city notice about a new crosswalk; have students write a letter to the mayor citing one detail and giving their opinion.

• 4.P.4.1

  The 4th Grade version of this standard.

• 2.P.4.1

  The 2nd Grade version of this standard.

• AWH.P.4.1

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

• 8.P.4.1

  The 8th Grade version of this standard.