Grade 3
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Literacy Foundations
- 3.LF.1
- 3.LF.1.a
- 3.LF.2
- 3.LF.2.a
- 3.LF.3
- 3.LF.4
- 3.LF.5
- 3.LF.6
- 3.LF.7
- 3.LF.7.b
- 3.LF.7.d
- 3.LF.7.e
- 3.LF.8
- 3.LF.8.a
- 3.LF.8.b
- 3.LF.8.c
- 3.LF.8.f
- 3.LF.8.j
- 3.LF.11
- 3.LF.13
- 3.LF.13.a
- 3.LF.14
- 3.LF.14.a
- 3.LF.14.b
- 3.LF.14.c
- 3.LF.14.d
- 3.LF.14.e
- 3.LF.14.f
- 3.LF.15
- 3.LF.15.a
- 3.LF.15.b
- 3.LF.15.c
- 3.LF.15.d
- 3.LF.15.e
- 3.LF.16
- 3.LF.17
- 3.LF.18
- 3.LF.19
- 3.LF.19.a
- 3.LF.19.b
- 3.LF.20
- 3.LF.21
- 3.LF.22
- 3.LF.22.a
- 3.LF.22.b
- 3.LF.22.c
- 3.LF.22.d
- 3.LF.23
- 3.LF.23.b
- 3.LF.23.c
- 3.LF.24
- 3.LF.24.a
- 3.LF.25
- 3.LF.25.a
- 3.LF.25.b
- 3.LF.26
- 3.LF.26.a
- 3.LF.26.b
- 3.LF.27
- 3.LF.28
- 3.LF.29
- 3.LF.30
- 3.LF.32
- 3.LF.32.a
- 3.LF.32.c
- 3.LF.33
- 3.LF.34
- 3.LF.35
- 3.LF.36
- 3.LF.36.b
- 3.LF.36.c
- 3.LF.37
- 3.LF.37.a
- 3.LF.37.b
- 3.LF.38
- 3.LF.39
- 3.LF.39.a
- 3.LF.40
- 3.LF.40.a
- 3.LF.40.b
- 3.LF.41
- 3.LF.41.a
- 3.LF.42
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Standards
Alabama ELA Standard: 3.LF.24
Identify the text structures within literary and informational texts.
Changing A Plot’s Order
A plot puzzle that works with any story you are already teaching: which events could trade places?
Order and Chaos Hide Inside Each Other
Chaos can contain order. Order can contain chaos! Is chaos ever truly random?
A System Similar to a Cell
Which parts of a cell serve a similar job to the parts of a cruise ship, human body, computer, or other system?
The Great Sphinx – Mixed Up Paragraph
Can you use the context clues to get these sentences about The Great Sphinx back into the correct order?
Washington, DC – Mixed Up Paragraph
These sentences about Washington, DC got scrambled. Can you put them back in order using nothing but context clues?
Trains – Mixed Up Paragraph
Can you use the context clues to get these sentences about trains back into the correct order?
Earthquakes – Mixed Up Paragraph
Can you use the context clues to get these sentences about earthquakes back into the correct order?
Analyze Paragraphs: Empire State Building
Three paragraphs about the Empire State Building. They all cover the same topic — so what makes each one different? Now combine them into one super-paragraph.
Analyze Paragraphs: Tomatoes
Three paragraphs about tomatoes. They all cover the same topic — so what makes each one different? Now combine them into one super-paragraph.
Paragraphs: Systems of Sentences
Blow up a paragraph into individual sentences. Now reassemble it. The clues hiding in each sentence will surprise you.
What Would Poetry Think About Prose?
Poetry and Prose meet at a party. What would they say to each other? How would they feel about each other’s style?
Depth and Complexity: Patterns
Can your students spot anything that repeats? Or that has stopped repeating?
Teach Non-Fiction Writing Structure With Fractals
Did you ever notice that the structure of an essay is very similar to the structure of a paragraph? Hmm…
Better Stories Part 5: Plot Structure
Ever read a student’s story that was just event after event after event and then a very sudden ending? They lack an understanding of a plot’s structure. With the help of Finding Nemo, I break down how to set up a well-structured plot.
Better Stories Part 1: The Big Idea
We open our unit on narrative writing with a big idea: “structure increases creativity.” I show how this is true by bringing in examples from across all disciplines.