South Dakota ELA 3.W.8

3.W.8 is a cluster heading. These are the individual standards under it.

• 3.W.8.a

  Take brief notes on sources.

• 3.W.8.b

  Sort evidence into provided categories.

01

What Students Need to Do

Students use something they have seen, a book, and a webpage to find facts about a topic. They jot short notes and put each note under a given heading.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

A student can write a few words about a bird they saw and find related facts in a book and on a webpage. They can label where each note came from and place it under Food or Habitat.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students may copy whole sentences instead of taking brief notes. They may put a fact about nests under Food or treat one bird sighting as true of every bird.

04

How to Assess It

Give students a bird book page and a tablet open to a bird article. Ask: "Write one note from each source and one from a bird you have seen. Label each note and place it under Food or Habitat."

1. 01

   Set out a bird field guide and a tablet article; students write facts on sticky notes and place them on Food or Habitat chart paper.

2. 02

   Ask students to write: "Which note tells what you saw, and which came from a source? How can you tell?"

3. 03

   Give pairs six bird fact cards to sort under Food and Habitat, then ask them to explain one choice.

4. 04

   Before a schoolyard bird count, have students note what they see, check a field guide, and sort notes by bird and location.

• 6-8.WHST.8

  Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources.

• 7.W.8

  Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources.

• 4.W.8

  Gather and recall relevant information from experiences and print and digital sources such as library databases.

• 5.W.8

  Gather and recall relevant information from experiences and multiple print and digital sources such as library databases.