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One-Room Schools: Then and Now

Read an article comparing one-room schoolhouses with schools today, then describe how its sentences connect by comparison and by cause and effect.

Grade 3ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toRI.3.8

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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 3
Subject: ELA
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

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What students practice

Students describe how sentences in a text compare two things.
Students match causes and effects described in a text.
Students use signal words such as both, however, because and so to explain how ideas connect.

How to use

Read the article aloud, then talk about the words both, however, because and so before students answer the questions on their own.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

RI.3.8

Describe the logical connection between sentences and paragraphs in a text, such as comparison, cause and effect, or sequence.

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One-Room Schools: Then and Now

Compare schools long ago and today, and find causes and effects.

Read the article

One Room, Many Grades

1Long ago, many children in the United States went to school in a one-room schoolhouse. Today, most schools have many classrooms. Schools then and now are alike in some ways and different in others.

2In both kinds of schools, children learn to read, write and do math. However, in a one-room school, children of many ages sat in the same room with one teacher. A six-year-old might sit near a student who was thirteen. Today, most classrooms are for one grade at a time.

3Because the teacher had so many grades to teach, older students often helped younger ones with their reading. This gave the teacher more time to work with each group.

4Paper cost a lot long ago, so students often wrote on small slates with chalk. They wiped the slates clean and used them again. Today, students write on paper, and many also type on computers.

5In winter, a wood stove heated the schoolhouse. Because the stove sat in one spot, children who sat close to it could feel too warm. Children near the windows often stayed chilly. Today, most schools have heating systems that warm every room.

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