3rd Grade Writing
1
Essential Standards Chart: What do we expect students to learn?
Grade: 3rd
Trimester: All
Standard Description
ELA Strand(s):
Writing
Example Rigor
Prerequisite Skills
Team Members:
Richard Gross, Michele Kisler, & Brooke Sampson
Common
Assessment
What prior knowledge,
What is the essential
What does proficient
skills, and/or
What assessment(s) will
standard to be learned? student work look like?
vocabulary is/are
be used to measure
Describe in studentProvide an example
needed for a student to
student mastery?
friendly vocabulary.
and/or description.
master this standard?
I can write a narrative
about real or imagined
experiences.
Students will:
*include and develop
characters, showing
their thoughts,
feelings, and actions.
*organize events
using sequential
words.
*write a conclusion.
Students will:
*write a topic
sentence that
includes their
opinion.
*use linking words to
connect their opinion
and detailed reasons.
*write a conclusion.
Students can:
*use details to
describe characters;
and their thoughts
and actions.
*organize events in
sequence.
Students can:
*organize their
thoughts in a
meaningful way.
*give reasons for an
opinion.
*identify linking
words and phrases in
writing
Students can:
I can write informative Students will:
*gather information
text that gives clear *introduce a topic
about a topic.
information and ideas and group related
*identify facts,
about a topic.
information together, details, and
using illustrations if definitions in writing.
needed for
*organize
I can write an opinion
piece about a topic or
text and support my
point of view with
reasons.
*Lucy Calkins rubrics
*Teacher observation
*Star Reading
*Lucy Calkins rubrics
*Teacher observation
*Star Reading
*Lucy Calkins rubrics
*Teacher observation
*Star Reading
When Taught?
Extension Standards
When will this
standard
be taught?
What will we do when
students have learned
the essential
standard(s)?
T1
Increase complexity
by introducing Grade
4 skills.
T2
Increase complexity
by introducing Grade
4 skills.
T3
Increase complexity
by introducing Grade
4 skills.
Buffum/Mattos/Weber, 2011
3rd Grade Writing
comprehension.
*develop topic with
facts and details.
*use linking
words/phrases to
connect ideas.
*write a conclusion.
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information
Buffum/Mattos/Weber, 2011