Grade 3
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Composition
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Language
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Reading: Foundational Skills
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Reading: Informational
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Reading: Literature
KAS ELA Standard: C.3.2.g
With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising and editing.
Introducing Systems
Introduce Systems by testing the claim “systems need all of their parts to work.”
Writing Haiku in Primary
Your youngest students will learn to write Japanese Haiku poetry.
Improving Shakespeare’s Repetition
Let’s help William Shakespeare with his use of repetition.
Change A Story’s Genre
What if we rewrote a story’s climax into a totally different genre?
Mother’s Day Cards
Let’s write the cleverest Mother’s Day cards you’ve ever seen!
Lipogram: Rewrite “Mary Had A Little Lamb”
What if we rewrote a piece of writing without using certain letters?
Lipogram: Rewrite “Twinkle, Twinkle”
What if we rewrote a piece of writing without using certain letters?
Back to School: Rewriting The Beatles’ “Help!”
Can your students come up with a one-syllable word to sum up their time away from school? And then rewrite The Beatles’ song Help!?
Writing Sample: Peter Pan
A passage from “Peter Pan” to use as a mentor text, discussion starter, or writing prompt.
Creating A Classroom Motto
Starting with specific examples of fantastic classroom behavior, your class will end up with one sentence summing up their expectations. It’s a classroom motto!
Writing Clear Directions
Can you write directions so clear that a group of kids can put a toy together with no illustrations?