3rd Grade Writing

  • Learning Outcome for Writing
    • 3.W.1 Write routinely over a variety of time frames and for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences; apply reading standards to write in response to literature and nonfiction texts.
  • Handwriting
    • 3.W.2.1 Write legibly in print or cursive, leaving space between letters in a word, words, in a sentence, and words and the edges of the paper.
    • 3.W.2.2 Students are expected to build upon and continue applying concepts learned previously.
  • Writing Genres
    • 3.W.3.1 Write persuasive compositions in a variety of forms that
      • 3.W.3.1.a State the opinion in an introductory statement or section.
      • 3.W.3.1.b Support the opinion with reasons in an organized way
      • 3.W.3.1.c Connect opinion and reasons using words and phrases.
      • 3.W.3.1.d Provide a concluding statement or section.
    • 3.W.3.2 Write informative compositions on a variety of topics that
      • 3.W.3.2.a State the topic, develop a main idea for the introductory paragraph, and group related information together.
      • 3.W.3.2.b Develop the topic with facts and details.
      • 3.W.3.2.c Connect ideas within categories of information using words and phrases.
      • 3.W.3.2.d Use text features (e.g., pictures, graphics) when useful to aid comprehension.
      • 3.W.3.2.e Provide a concluding statement or section.
    • 3.W.3.3 Write narrative compositions in a variety of forms that
      • 3.W.3.3.a Establish an introduction (e.g., situation, narrator, characters).
      • 3.W.3.3.b Include specific descriptive details and clear event sequences.
      • 3.W.3.3.c Include dialogue.
      • 3.W.3.3.d Connect ideas and events using introduction and transition words.
      • 3.W.3.3.e Provide an ending.
  • The Writing Process
    • 3.W.4 Apply the writing process to
      • 3.W.4.a Generate a draft by developing, selecting and organizing ideas relevant to topic, purpose, and genre; revise to improve writing, using appropriate reference materials (e.g., quality of ideas, organization, sentence fluency, word choice); and edit writing for format and conventions (e.g., spelling, capitalization, usage, punctuation).
      • 3.W.4.b Use technology to interact and collaborate with others to publish legible documents.
  • The Research Process
    • 3.W.5 Conduct short research on a topic.
      • 3.W.5.a Identify a specific topic or question of interest (e.g., where did Benjamin Harrison grow up?).
      • 3.W.5.b Locate information in reference texts, electronic resources, or through interviews.
      • 3.W.5.c Recognize that some sources may be more reliable than others.
      • 3.W.5.d Record relevant information in their own words.
      • 3.W.5.e Present the information, choosing from a variety of formats.
  • Conventions of Standard English
    • 3.W.6.1 Demonstrate command of English grammar and usage, focusing on:
      • 3.W.6.1a Nouns/Pronouns — Writing sentences using abstract nouns (e.g., hope, thought).
      • 3.W.6.1b Verbs — Writing sentences that use regular and irregular verbs and simple verb tenses to convey various times, sequences, states, and conditions.
      • 3.W.6.1c Adjectives/Adverbs — Writing sentences that include comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs, choosing between them depending on what is to be modified, and explaining their functions in the sentence.
      • 3.W.6.1e Usage — Writing correctly complete simple, compound, and complex declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory sentences, using coordinating and subordinating conjunctions (e.g., and, for, but, or).
    • 3.W.6.2 Demonstrate command of capitalization, punctuation, and spelling, focusing on:
      • 3.W.6.2a Capitalization — Capitalizing appropriate words in titles, historical periods, company names, product names, and special events.
      • 3.W.6.2b Punctuation
        • 3.W.6.2b.1 Correctly using apostrophes to form contractions and singular and plural possessives.
        • 3.W.6.2b.2 Using quotation marks to mark direct speech.
        • 3.W.6.2b.3 Using commas in locations and addresses; to mark direct speech; and for coordinating adjectives (e.g., a small, red bicycle).
      • 3.W.6.2c Spelling
        • 3.W.6.2c.1 Using conventional spelling for high-frequency and other studied words and for adding affixes to base words.
        • 3.W.6.2c.2 Using spelling patterns and generalizations (e.g., word families, position-based spellings, syllable patterns, ending rules, meaningful word parts, homophones/homographs) when writing.

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