Missouri 3rd Grade Standards in Writing

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3.W Writing

• 3.W.1 Apply a writing process to develop a text for audience and purpose
  • 3.W.1.A Follow a writing process to plan a first draft by:
    • 3.W.1.A.a using a simple prewriting strategy when given the purpose and the intended audience
  • 3.W.1.B Appropriate to genre type, develop a draft from prewriting by:
    • 3.W.1.B.a generating a main idea to support a multiple paragraph text using a variety of sentence types, including imperative and exclamatory
    • 3.W.1.B.b supporting the topic sentences within each paragraph with facts and details (from sources when appropriate)
    • 3.W.1.B.c categorizing, organizing, and sequencing the supporting details into a text with a clear beginning, middle, and end
    • 3.W.1.B.d addressing an appropriate audience
  • 3.W.1.C Reread, revise and edit drafts with assistance from adults/peers, to:
    • 3.W.1.C.a develop and strengthen writing by revising
      • 3.W.1.C.a.1 main idea
      • 3.W.1.C.a.2 sequence (ideas)
      • 3.W.1.C.a.3 focus
      • 3.W.1.C.a.4 beginning/middle/end
      • 3.W.1.C.a.5 details/facts (from sources, when appropriate)
      • 3.W.1.C.a.6 word choice (related to the topic)
      • 3.W.1.C.a.7 sentence structure
      • 3.W.1.C.a.8 transitions
      • 3.W.1.C.a.9 audience and purpose
      • 3.W.1.C.a.10 voice
    • 3.W.1.C.b edit for language conventions
  • 3.W.1.D With assistance from adults/peers:
    • 3.W.1.D.a use a variety of conventional tools and technology (including keyboarding skills) to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others
• 3.W.2 Compose well-developed writing texts for audience and purpose.
  • 3.W.2.A Write opinion texts that:
    • 3.W.2.A.a introduce a topic or text being studied, using connected sentences
    • 3.W.2.A.b state an opinion or establish a position and provide reasons for the opinion/position
    • 3.W.2.A.c use specific and accurate words that are related to the topic, audience, and purpose
    • 3.W.2.A.d contain information using student’s original language, except when using direct quotation from a source
    • 3.W.2.A.e reference the name of the author(s) or name of the source used for details or facts included in the text
    • 3.W.2.A.f use transitions to connect opinion and reason
    • 3.W.2.A.g provide clear evidence of a beginning, middle and a concluding statement or paragraph
  • 3.W.2.B Write informative/ explanatory texts that:
    • 3.W.2.B.a introduce a topic or text being studied
    • 3.W.2.B.b develop the topic with simple facts, definitions, details, and explanations
    • 3.W.2.B.c use specific, and relevant, words that are related to the topic, audience and purpose
    • 3.W.2.B.d uses the student’s original language, except when quoting from a source
    • 3.W.2.B.e use transition words to connect ideas within categories of information
    • 3.W.2.B.f create a concluding statement or paragraph
  • 3.W.2.C Write fiction or nonfiction narratives and poems that:
    • 3.W.2.C.a establish a setting, situation/topic and introduce a narrator and/or characters
    • 3.W.2.C.b use narrative techniques, such as dialogue and descriptions
    • 3.W.2.C.c establish and organize an event sequence to establish a beginning/middle/end
    • 3.W.2.C.d use transition words and phrases to signal event order
    • 3.W.2.C.e use specific and relevant words that are related to the topic, audience, and purpose
• 3.W.3 Gather, analyze, evaluate and use information from a variety of sources.
  • 3.W.3.A Apply research process to:
    • 3.W.3.A.a generate a list of subject appropriate topics
    • 3.W.3.A.b create an individual question about a topic
    • 3.W.3.A.c decide what sources of information might be relevant to answer these questions
    • 3.W.3.A.d locate information in reference texts, electronic resources, interviews, or visual sources and literary and informational texts
    • 3.W.3.A.e determine the accuracy and relevance of the information related to a selected question
    • 3.W.3.A.f take simple notes in own words and sort evidence into provided categories or organizer
    • 3.W.3.A.g use quotation marks to denote direct quotations when recording specific words and sentences from a source
    • 3.W.3.A.h create a resource page from notes
    • 3.W.3.A.i present and evaluate the information in a report or annotated display, using previously established teacher/student criteria