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Grade 3

• Communication and Multimodal Literacies

  • 3.C.1
  • 3.C.1.A
  • 3.C.2.A

• Language Usage

  • 3.LU.1
  • 3.LU.1.A
  • 3.LU.1.D
  • 3.LU.2
  • 3.LU.2.B
  • 3.LU.2.D

• Research

  • 3.R.1
  • 3.R.1.B
  • 3.R.1.C
  • 3.R.1.D
  • 3.R.1.E

• Reading Informational Text

  • 3.RI.3.B

• Reading Literary Text

  • 3.RL.1
  • 3.RL.1.B
  • 3.RL.1.C
  • 3.RL.2
  • 3.RL.2.D

• Reading and Vocabulary

  • 3.RV.1
  • 3.RV.1.C
  • 3.RV.1.E
  • 3.RV.1.G

• Writing

  • 3.W.1
  • 3.W.1.B
  • 3.W.1.C
  • 3.W.1.D
  • 3.W.2
  • 3.W.2.A
  • 3.W.3
  • 3.W.3.A
  • 3.W.3.B

Virginia ELA Standard: 3.W.1

Modes and Purposes for Writing

Holiday Shuffle – Day vs Date

Wouldn’t some holidays be better on a certain day of the week? Should Thanksgiving have a set date?

Holiday Emoji Story 🎅

Five emoji. One story. Where will your imagination take you?

Emoji Stories 🤖

Five emoji. One story. Where will your imagination take you?

Robot Writing: Volcano

Read three pieces of writing from three different robots about the same beautiful painting of a volcano. Who wrote it best?

Robot Writing: The Bridge

One painting of a bridge. Three robots. Who wrote it best?

Thanksgiving Photo Writing

Starting with an old-timey photo, students will write from a particular item’s point of view.

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!?

Ultimate (or Inception) Tic Tac Toe

What if each square on a Tic-Tac-Toe board had another Tic-Tac-Toe board inside of it?

Story Starter: A Day At School

Students use 12 random phrases to create a story that takes place at school.

Story Starter: Somewhere In Space

Students use 12 random phrases to create a story that takes place in space!

Holiday vs Holiday (from a Mascot’s Perspective)

Want something to do during the holiday season that is both fun and involves thinking? Get students writing about what a snowman would think about Halloween or what a ghost would think about Thanksgiving.

Academic Love Letters

What if Kylo Ren wrote a love letter to Abe Lincoln or the Sahara Desert wrote one to the Moon?

Educational Valentines

Let’s make valentines with an educational twist!