North Carolina 3rd Grade ELA Standards in Writing

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W Writing

• Text Types, Purposes, and Publishing
  • W.3.1 Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons.
    • W.3.1.a Organize information and ideas around a topic to plan and prepare to write.
    • 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 to connect opinion and reasons.
    • W.3.1.e Provide a concluding statement or section.
    • W.3.1.f With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by revising and editing, with consideration to task and purpose.
  • W.3.2 Write informative /explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
    • W.3.2.a Organize information and ideas around a topic to plan and prepare to write.
    • W.3.2.b Introduce a topic and group related information together; include illustrations when useful to aiding comprehension.
    • W.3.2.c Develop the topic with facts, definitions, and details.
    • W.3.2.d Use linking words and phrases to connect ideas within categories of information.
    • W.3.2.e Provide a concluding statement or section.
    • W.3.2.f With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by revising and editing, with consideration to task and purpose.
  • 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 Organize information and ideas around a topic to plan and prepare to write.
    • W.3.3.b Establish a situation and introduce a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally.
    • W.3.3.c 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.d Use temporal transition words and phrases to signal event order.
    • W.3.3.e Provide a sense of closure.
    • W.3.3.f With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by revising and editing, with consideration to task and purpose.
  • W.3.4 With guidance and support from adults, use digital tools and resources to produce and publish writing (using word processing skills) as well as to interact and collaborate with others.
• Research
  • W.3.5 Conduct short research projects that build knowledge about a topic.
  • W.3.6 Recall information from experiences or gather information from print and digital sources; take brief notes on sources and sort evidence into provided categories.