Support an Opinion
Grade 3 - Writing - Challenge Me

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Which Grade 3 reason supports "Students should bring reusable water bottles on field trips." better than it supports "Older-student mentors should help new students learn school routines."?
- Bottles can be blue.
- The bus driver checked the mirrors.
- The weather station measured wind speed.
- Reusable bottles can be refilled instead of thrown away.
Which reason gives the most specific support for this claim: "Student book reviews should be posted beside the classroom library."
- Student reviews would make book choices easier because readers could see opinions from classmates their age.
- Reviews use sentences.
- The playground gate was repaired yesterday.
- It is a thing at school.
Which detail should be removed because it does not prove "Student book reviews should be posted beside the classroom library."?
- Mentors can answer questions and show new students where to go.
- The playground gate was repaired yesterday.
- Reviews can help classmates choose books that match their interests.
- Student reviews would make book choices easier because readers could see opinions from classmates their age.
The writer claims, "The library should lend maker kits to students." Which because-clause gives connected support?
- because maker kits let students practice building and problem solving at home.
- because maker kits can sit on a shelf.
- because the weather station measured wind speed.
- because the cafeteria menu changes on Fridays.
Which opinion-and-reason pair stays focused on the same Grade 3 claim?
- The third grade should visit the science museum this spring. The weather station measured wind speed.
- Older students are taller sometimes. Mentors can answer questions and show new students where to go.
- Older-student mentors should help new students learn school routines. Mentors can answer questions and show new students where to go.
- The museum has exhibits that connect to forces, weather, and animal traits. Older-student mentors should help new students learn school routines.