Kansas 3rd Grade ELA Standards in Writing

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W Writing

• Text Types and Purposes
  • W.3.1 Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons.
    • W.3.1.a Know the difference between fact and opinion.
    • W.3.1.b Introduce the topic or text they are writing about, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure that lists reasons.
    • W.3.1.c Provide reasons that support the opinion.
    • W.3.1.d Use linking words and phrases (e.g., because, therefore, since, for example) to connect opinion and reasons.
    • W.3.1.e Provide a concluding statement or section.
  • W.3.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
    • W.3.2.a Introduce a topic and group related information together; include illustrations when useful to aiding comprehension.
    • W.3.2.b Develop the topic with facts, definitions, and details.
    • W.3.2.c Use linking words and phrases (e.g., also, another, and, more, but) to connect ideas within categories of information.
    • W.3.2.d Provide a concluding statement or section.
  • W.3.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
    • W.3.3.a Establish a situation and introduce a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally.
    • W.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.
    • W.3.3.c Use temporal words and phrases to signal event order.
    • W.3.3.d Provide a sense of closure.
• Production and Distribution of Writing
  • W.3.4 With guidance and support from adults, produce writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task and purpose.
  • W.3.5 With guidance and support from adults and peers, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing.
  • W.3.6 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.
• Research to Build and Present Knowledge
  • W.3.7 Conduct short research projects that build knowledge about a topic.
  • W.3.8 Recall information from experiences or gather information from print and digital sources; take brief notes on sources and sort evidence into provided categories.
• Language in Writing
  • W.3.10 Demonstrate knowledge of language and command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing.
    • W.3.10.a Choose words and phrases for effect.
    • W.3.10.b Experiment with nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs when writing, making note of how each functions to create meaning.
    • W.3.10.c Form and use regular and irregular plural nouns, abstract nouns, and regular and irregular verbs.
    • W.3.10.d Form and use the simple verb tenses (e.g., I walked, I walk, I will walk).
    • W.3.10.e Ensure subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent agreement when writing.
    • W.3.10.f Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs, and choose between them depending on what is to be modified.
    • W.3.10.g Use coordinating and subordinating conjunctions.
    • W.3.10.h Produce simple, compound, and complex sentences.
  • W.3.11 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
    • W.3.11.a Capitalize appropriate words in titles.
    • W.3.11.b Use commas in addresses.
    • W.3.11.c Use commas and quotation marks in dialogue.
    • W.3.11.d Form and use possessives.
    • W.3.11.e Use conventional spelling for high-frequency and other studied words and for adding suffixes to base words (e.g., sitting, smiled, cries, happiness).
    • W.3.11.f Use spelling patterns and generalizations when writing words.
    • W.3.11.g Consult reference materials, including beginning dictionaries, as needed to check and correct spellings.
• Range of Writing
  • W.3.12 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.