Demonstration of Learning Grade 3 Unit 3 Lesson 3

Using the details you recall from the Read-Aloud, select the word that completes the following statement. The long bones that connect your scapula to the top of your rib cage are called clavicles, or __________.

• skeleton

• collarbones

• wings

• shoulders

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

Which sentence from the Read-Aloud best supports that the femur is a bone that goes from the pelvis to the knee?

• Leg bones and arm bones are a lot alike, but leg bones are thicker and longer than arm bones.

• In fact, the longest, heaviest, and strongest bone in your entire body is in your leg.

• Your femur is connected to your pelvis and extends all the way down to your knee.

• Both the tibia and the fibula connect the knee to the ankle.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.2.1

Which sentences from the Read-Aloud best support examples of joints that allow you to move? Select TWO correct answers.

• There are three main types of joints in your body: movable, immovable, and partially movable.

• In other words, some joints can move, some can't, and some move a little bit.

• Ball-and-socket joints allow you to swing your arms and legs in a full circle.

• Other movable joints, called hinge joints, work like the hinges of a door.

• These are called immovable joints because they lock bones together, forming solid bone as hard as a turtle shell.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

Read the following sentences from the Read-Aloud. Which phrase or sentence best supports that some ligaments are more elastic than others. Highlight the correct answer.

• Has anyone ever told you that he or she is double-jointed?

• Double-jointed people can bend their fingers farther back than other people, but they don't really have extra joints.

• The ligaments holding their joints together just stretch farther than normal.

• Is anyone here "double-jointed"?

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.4.2