Colorado 3rd Grade ELA Standards in Writing and Composition

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RW.3.3 Writing and Composition

• RW.3.3.1 Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons.
  • RW.3.3.1.a Introduce the topic or text they are writing about, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure that includes reasons.
  • RW.3.3.1.b Provide reasons that support the opinion.
  • RW.3.3.1.c Use linking words and phrases (for example: because, therefore, since, for example) to connect opinion and reasons.
  • RW.3.3.1.d Provide a concluding statement or section.
• RW.3.3.2 Write informative/explanatory texts developed with facts, definitions, and details, ending with a related concluding statement.
  • RW.3.3.2.a Introduce a topic and group related information together; include illustrations when useful to aiding comprehension.
  • RW.3.3.2.b Develop the topic with facts, definitions, and details.
  • RW.3.3.2.c Use linking words and phrases (for example: also, another, and, more, but) to connect ideas within categories of information.
  • RW.3.3.2.d Provide a concluding statement or section.
• RW.3.3.3 Write real or imagined narratives that use descriptive details, have a clear sequence of events, and provide closure.
  • RW.3.3.3.a Establish a situation and introduce a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally.
  • RW.3.3.3.b Use dialogue and descriptions of actions, thoughts, and feelings to develop experiences and events or show the response of characters to situations.
  • RW.3.3.3.c Use temporal words and phrases to signal event order.
  • RW.3.3.3.d Provide a sense of closure.
• RW.3.3.4 Use a recursive process to plan, draft, revise, and edit writing, applying knowledge of the conventions of grammar, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling.
  • RW.3.3.4.a Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
    • RW.3.3.4.a.i Explain the function of nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs in general and their functions in particular sentences.
    • RW.3.3.4.a.ii Use abstract nouns (for example: childhood).
    • RW.3.3.4.a.iii Form and use regular and irregular verbs.
    • RW.3.3.4.a.iv Form and use the simple (for example: I walked; I walk; I will walk) verb tenses.
    • RW.3.3.4.a.v Ensure pronoun-antecedent agreement.
    • RW.3.3.4.a.vi Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs, and choose between them depending on what is to be modified.
    • RW.3.3.4.a.vii Use coordinating and subordinating conjunctions.
    • RW.3.3.4.a.viii Produce simple, compound, and complex sentences using coordinating and subordinating conjunctions.
    • RW.3.3.4.a.ix Vary sentence beginnings, and use long and short sentences to create sentence fluency in longer texts.
  • RW.3.3.4.b Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
    • RW.3.3.4.b.i Capitalize appropriate words in titles.
    • RW.3.3.4.b.ii Use commas in addresses.
    • RW.3.3.4.b.iii Use commas and quotation marks in dialogue.
    • RW.3.3.4.b.iv Form and use possessives.
    • RW.3.3.4.b.v Use conventional spelling for high-frequency and other studied words and for adding suffixes to base words (for example: sitting, smiled, cries, happiness).
    • RW.3.3.4.b.vi Use spelling patterns and generalizations (for example: word families, position-based spellings, syllable patterns, ending rules, meaningful word parts) in writing words.
    • RW.3.3.4.b.vii Consult reference materials, including beginning dictionaries, as needed to check and correct spellings.
  • RW.3.3.4.c Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.
    • RW.3.3.4.c.i Choose words and phrases for effect.
    • RW.3.3.4.c.ii Recognize and observe differences between the conventions of spoken and written standard English.
  • RW.3.3.4.d With guidance and support from adults, produce writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task and purpose.
  • RW.3.3.4.e With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing.
  • RW.3.3.4.f With guidance and support from adults, use technology to produce and publish writing (using keyboarding skills) as well as to interact and collaborate with others.
  • RW.3.3.4.g Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.