Revise & Edit TEKS 3.11C/3.11Bii 3rd Grade

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Rewrite sentence 8 to make the meaning clearer. Sentence 8: Her mother taught her to always feed the poor when she was a child.

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When she was a child, her mother taught her to always feed the poor.

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Which of these shows the correct way to write sentence 13? (12) At 18, she joined the Sister of Loreto in Dublin, Ireland. (13) Later she went with the sisters to India. (14) She worked at a high school for poor girls in India. (15) She taught history and she taught geography too. Options: Later, she went with the sisters to India., Later she went, with the sisters to India., Later she went with, the sisters to India., Later she went with the sisters, to India.

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Later, she went with the sisters to India.

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Simplify sentence 15: She taught history and she taught geography too.

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She taught history and geography.

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Revise the sentence: They never to restaurants go with us.

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They never go to restaurants with us.

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How should the following sentence be revised so that it does not repeat information? People should be able to relax, and people should be able to enjoy a meal.

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People should be able to relax and enjoy a meal.

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Meaning of sentence 28: "You should leave them at home." Which phrase should replace "them"? Options: your furry friends, those extra items, the dogs and cats, a lot of things.

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your furry friends

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What is the BEST way to revise sentence 21? (19) Mr. Walker was surprised by what happened. (20) When his students had more time to play, they were more focused in the classroom. (21) They had been having trouble, and it was in the past for some of the kids in paying attention. (22) More recess fixed that problem.

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In the past some of the kids had been having trouble paying attention.

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What is the BEST revision to make in sentence 25? (23) And guess who else took a break during recess? (24) The teachers did! (25) Then everyone came back to the classroom ready to teach and for learning.

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Then everyone came back to the classroom ready to teach and learn.

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The word stuff is not the right word for sentence 28. Which word should replace stuff in this sentence? (27) He now agrees that playtime at school is important. (28) Getting away from stuff is good for students. (29) It helps them pay closer attention when they come back to the classroom. (30) Mr. Walker says that he has learned something from teaching in Finland. Options: classwork, something, inside, friendships

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classwork

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Which sentence would BEST follow and support sentence 12? (10) He decided to teach his students for an hour and a half at a time. (11) Then they could have recess for 30 minutes. (12) By the third day of school, his students were complaining. (13) Then Mr. Walker tried something different. (14) He started teaching in the classroom for 45 minutes.

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They simply were not used to this new schedule.