Teaching page · Grade 3 · Lesson 21

Key nouns — bring the words back

You have met these words and used them. Now you choose between them.

The words

method
the way to do it
evidence
proof
pattern
what repeats
effect
what it caused
source
where it came from

Watch how it is built

1method means about the same as the way to do it.
Our method was to measure each day.
2evidence means about the same as proof.
The wet soil is evidence of rain.
3pattern means about the same as what repeats.
We saw a pattern in the weather.

Two ways to say it

✗ Our the way to do it was to measure each day. — this is not wrong, but it is everyday talk.

✓ Our method was to measure each day. — this is how a writer says it.

Ask yourself: “Which of these two is closer to what I mean?”

Remember

Nouns that name ideas, chosen on purpose.

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