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Grade 3

• Strand 1

  • 3.1.A
  • 3.1.B
  • 3.1.C
  • 3.1.D
  • 3.1.E

• Strand 2

  • 3.2.A
  • 3.2.A.i
  • 3.2.A.ii
  • 3.2.A.iii
  • 3.2.A.iv
  • 3.2.A.v
  • 3.2.A.vi
  • 3.2.A.vii
  • 3.2.B
  • 3.2.B.i
  • 3.2.B.ii
  • 3.2.B.iii
  • 3.2.B.iv
  • 3.2.B.v
  • 3.2.B.vi
  • 3.2.B.vii
  • 3.2.C
  • 3.2.D

• Strand 3

  • 3.3.A
  • 3.3.B
  • 3.3.C
  • 3.3.D

• Strand 4

  • 3.4

• Strand 5

  • 3.5

• Strand 6

  • 3.6.A
  • 3.6.B
  • 3.6.C
  • 3.6.D
  • 3.6.E
  • 3.6.F
  • 3.6.G
  • 3.6.H
  • 3.6.I

• Strand 7

  • 3.7.A
  • 3.7.B
  • 3.7.C
  • 3.7.D
  • 3.7.E
  • 3.7.F
  • 3.7.G

• Strand 8

  • 3.8.A
  • 3.8.B
  • 3.8.C
  • 3.8.D

• Strand 9

  • 3.9.A
  • 3.9.B
  • 3.9.C
  • 3.9.D
  • 3.9.D.i
  • 3.9.D.ii
  • 3.9.D.iii
  • 3.9.E
  • 3.9.E.i
  • 3.9.E.ii
  • 3.9.E.iii
  • 3.9.F

• Strand 10

  • 3.10.A
  • 3.10.B
  • 3.10.C
  • 3.10.D
  • 3.10.E
  • 3.10.F
  • 3.10.G

• Strand 11

  • 3.11.A
  • 3.11.B
  • 3.11.B.i
  • 3.11.B.ii
  • 3.11.C
  • 3.11.D
  • 3.11.D.i
  • 3.11.D.ii
  • 3.11.D.iii
  • 3.11.D.iv
  • 3.11.D.v
  • 3.11.D.vi
  • 3.11.D.vii
  • 3.11.D.viii
  • 3.11.D.ix
  • 3.11.D.x
  • 3.11.D.xi
  • 3.11.E

• Strand 12

  • 3.12.A
  • 3.12.B
  • 3.12.C
  • 3.12.D

• Strand 13

  • 3.13.A
  • 3.13.B
  • 3.13.C
  • 3.13.D
  • 3.13.E
  • 3.13.F

TEKS ELA Standard: 3.11.B

develop drafts into a focused, structured, and coherent piece of writing by:

Writing Compound Sentences

Students work with subjects, predicates, and conjunctions to write compound sentences.

Gr 1-7

Halloween Problems and Solutions

When we try to solve a problem, sometimes we end up creating new problems. Which lead to new solutions. Which lead to new problems.

Gr 1-8

Improving Shakespeare’s Repetition

Let’s help William Shakespeare with his use of repetition.

Gr 1-8

Rainclouds – Mixed Up Paragraph

Can you use the context clues to get these sentences about rain clouds back into the correct order?

Gr 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8

A Halloween Costume Gone Wrong

Let’s go roller skating in a Halloween costume! What could possibly go wrong?

Gr 1-8

Super Specific Similes: Quick Baby

Let’s make this simile about a quick baby even more specific.

Gr 1-8

Super Specific Similes: Stinky Seaweed

Start with a basic simile. Now make it more specific. Now even more. Watch how much better writing gets with each round.

Gr 1-8

What If… Unreliable Water?

What would the consequences be if a town’s tap water became… unreliable?

Gr 3-8

What If… No Sleep?

What would the consequences be if no one had to sleep anymore?

Gr 1-8

Holiday Writing: Packing Crates

An old photograph. A holiday scene. Pick one object in the picture and write from its point of view.

Gr 1-8

Writing About Art: Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons

Look closely at Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons. What do you notice? Now turn those details into a poem you didn’t know you could write.

Gr 1-8

Writing About Art: Chōshi in Shimosha

Get your students writing some pretty darn impressive poetry based on Japan’s most famous artist.

Gr 1-8

Writing About Art: Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog

Look closely at Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog. What do you notice? Now turn those details into a poem you didn’t know you could write.

Gr 1-8

Changing Coordinating Conjunctions

What happens when we switch out a “but” with a “so”? An “and” with a “for”? How can such tiny words make such big differences?

Gr 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

Writing Technique: Triple Anadiplosis!

Have students mastered the art of anadiplosis: ending one sentence with the beginning of the next? Now it’s time to take it to the next level!

Gr 1-8

Doubling Up Writing: Anadiplosis

Repeating words can be what you want, if what you want is an interesting effect. (Psst, that’s an example of anadiplosis!)

Gr 1-8

Writing Sample: A Christmas Carol (Cold)

A passage from White Fang to use as a mentor text, discussion starter, or writing prompt.

Gr 1-8

Writing Technique: 3 Dependent Clauses

A specific technique to help students add some spice to their writing. We’ll be writing sentences with three dependent clauses.

Gr 1-8

Paragraphs: Systems of Sentences

Blow up a paragraph into individual sentences. Now reassemble it. The clues hiding in each sentence will surprise you.

Gr 1-8

Pronouns With Too Many Antecedents

What happens when a pronoun could refer to more than one noun? Big problems!

Gr 1-8

Upgrading Compare and Contrast Writing

Upgrade compare and contrast writing with just a couple of key words.

Gr 1-8

Improving Presentations 3: The Storyboard and Slides

It’s time to turn that outline into a storyboard and then some actual slides.

Gr 1-8

Writing Clear Directions

Can you write directions so clear that a group of kids can put a toy together with no illustrations?

Gr 1-8