Elementary School Curriculum Guide 2021 - 2022
GRADE 3 Grade 3 Writing Overview In Writing Workshop, Third Graders are expected to write for increasingly extended periods of time. There is a greater emphasis on drafting and revising to improve their writing pieces. Students will be able to write for an audience. Students will craft personal narrative stories and will create nonfiction chapter books. They will also write a speech that uses logical reasoning to convince others to see their own view related to a cause that is important to them. They will explore techniques of fiction writing by changing elements of an existing fairy tale to create their own fractured fairy tale. At the end of each unit, students will show their learning through “on demand” writing assessments. The following Writing Units of Study are completed in Grade 3: Crafting True Stories, The Art of Information Writing, Changing the World, and Once Upon a Time.
Grade 3 Writing Unit Descriptions Crafting True Stories Third Grade writers will write about personal experiences in journals and then work through the writing process to produce two published pieces. Third Grade writers are expected to use dialogue and descriptions of actions, thoughts, and feelings to develop their small moment story. Students will generate writing ideas while concurrently building writing stamina.
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