How-To Writing: Steps and Sequence Words — Answers
Answer sheet with model answers and success criteria for the 3rd Grade informative writing worksheet.
Success TutoringWorksheetsAnswer sheet3rd Grade · English · Informative WritingHow-To Writing: Steps and Sequence Words — Answers
Part A: Read a how-to text
Read the how-to text. Then answer the questions.
How to Make a Pinecone Bird Feeder
What you need: a large pinecone, a piece of string about as long as your arm, a plastic knife, sunflower butter or peanut butter, birdseed, and a paper plate.
Steps:
1. First, tie the string tightly around the top of the pinecone.
2. Next, use the plastic knife to spread sunflower butter all over the pinecone.
3. Then pour birdseed onto the paper plate.
4. After that, roll the sticky pinecone in the birdseed until it is covered.
5. Finally, hang your feeder from a tree branch where you can watch it from a window.
Soon birds will come to visit your feeder!
- Ato tell a story about birds
- Bto explain how to make a bird feeder
- Cto describe a pine tree
- Dto convince you to like birds
Answer: to explain how to make a bird feeder
The title tells the goal: How to Make a Pinecone Bird Feeder.
- Aso the reader can gather everything first
- Bbecause lists are fun
- Cto make the text longer
- Dso the reader can skip the steps
Answer: so the reader can gather everything first
Readers need to have everything ready before they start.
Answer: First, Next, Then, After that, Finally
Answer: An action verb that tells the reader what to do, such as tie, spread, pour, roll, or hang.
Part B: Put the steps in order
Steps must be in the order the reader does them.
Answer: C, A, D, B
Answer: B, D, A, C
Part C: Add sequence words
Choose from: First, Next, Then, Finally. Use each word once.
Answer: First
Answer: Next
Then or Second would also work here.
Answer: Then
Next or After that would also work here.
Answer: Finally
Last would also work.
Part D: Make it clear
Good steps tell the reader exactly what to do and how.
- APut some stuff on it.
- BDo the next thing.
- CSpread a thin layer of glue on the back of the paper.
- DGlue it.
Answer: Spread a thin layer of glue on the back of the paper.
It tells exactly what to do, what to use, and where.
Answer: Put the folded letter inside the envelope.
Any answer that names exactly what goes where is correct.
Part E: Your turn
Model answer: How to Make Ants on a Log What you need: celery sticks, sunflower butter, raisins, a plastic knife, and a plate. First, wash the celery and put it on the plate. Next, spread sunflower butter along the inside of each celery stick. Then press five or six raisins into the sunflower butter. Finally, eat your snack and enjoy!
Success criteria:
- A title that tells the goal
- A list of what you need
- At least four steps in the right order
- Sequence words (first, next, then, finally)
- Each step starts with an action verb and is clear
Marking tips
- Give credit for correct method even when the final answer slips — the working shows where the thinking went right.
- For open-ended tasks, use the success criteria as a checklist rather than looking for one "right" answer.
- Celebrate what went well first, then pick one thing to work on next.