Organize Facts and Definitions

Answer Key - Grade 3 Writing Worksheet

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1. 1.

   Topic sentence: "Beavers are skilled builders." Which fact develops it?

   • Beavers stack sticks and mud to build dams.
   • Beaver dams look messy to me.
   • Beavers are the hardest-working animals.
   • Ducks swim on ponds too.
2. 2.

   Which sentence gives a clear definition of erosion?

   • Erosion is interesting to learn about.
   • Erosion happens at the beach.
   • Erosion is when wind or water slowly wears away land.
   • Erosion is a word scientists use.
3. 3.

   For a paragraph about octopuses, which sentence is a fact?

   • An octopus would make a fun pet.
   • Octopuses are the strangest sea animals.
   • An octopus has eight arms.
   • Octopuses should live in every aquarium.
4. 4.

   A paragraph tells how a caterpillar becomes a butterfly. Which sentence does not belong?

   • The caterpillar forms a chrysalis.
   • A butterfly comes out of the chrysalis.
   • A caterpillar munches leaves and grows.
   • Moths fly mostly at night.
5. 5.

   Write a sentence that tells what a desert is. Then add two facts about deserts.

   Definition

   Fact 1

   Fact 2

   a clear definition of a desert and two true, different facts.