Develop a Topic With Facts
Grade 5 - Writing - Building Confidence
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Which fact best develops an informative paragraph about school gardens?
- Some plants grow faster when they receive six or more hours of sunlight.
- Protected lanes use markings or barriers to separate bicycles from cars.
- Primary sources are records or objects from the time being studied.
- Announcements are easier to understand when events are grouped by date and audience.
Which explanation belongs after this fact: Recycling signs work best when they use simple words and matching pictures.
- This fact explains why labels can change sorting behavior.
- This fact explains how the lane design improves safety.
- This fact explains how organization improves communication.
- This fact explains why garden location affects plant growth.
Which detail belongs under the topic school recycling?
- students record soil temperature and plant height
- events are grouped by date and audience
- letters from the town's first train station
- half of recyclable bottles went into trash bins
Which sentence is too opinion-based for an informative paragraph about school gardens?
- This fact explains why garden location affects plant growth.
- The garden was nice.
- students record soil temperature and plant height
- Some plants grow faster when they receive six or more hours of sunlight.
Which pair develops the topic with a fact and explanation?
- The museum had stuff. The museum gift shop sells pencils.
- The class should visit the history museum before writing reports. Visiting the museum first would help us write more accurate reports.
- Primary sources are records or objects from the time being studied. This fact explains why exhibits can strengthen research writing.
- We arrived. We looked. We left. The exhibit has old maps.