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3.W Writing
- 3.W.TTP Text Types and Protocol
- 3.W.TTP.1 Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons.
- 3.W.TTP.1.a Introduce a topic or text.
- 3.W.TTP.1.b Develop an opinion with reasons that support the opinion.
- 3.W.TTP.1.c Create an organizational structure that lists supporting reasons.
- 3.W.TTP.1.d Provide a concluding statement or section.
- 3.W.TTP.1.e Use linking words and phrases to connect opinion and reasons.
- 3.W.TTP.1.f Apply language standards addressed in the Foundational Literacy standards.
- 3.W.TTP.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information.
- 3.W.TTP.2.a Introduce a topic.
- 3.W.TTP.2.b Group related information together, including illustrations when needed to provide clarity to the reader.
- 3.W.TTP.2.c Develop the topic with facts, definitions, and details.
- 3.W.TTP.2.d Provide a conclusion.
- 3.W.TTP.2.e Use linking words and phrases to connect ideas within categories of information.
- 3.W.TTP.2.f Use precise language to inform about or explain the topic.
- 3.W.TTP.2.g Apply language standards addressed in the Foundational Literacy standards.
- 3.W.TTP.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using an effective technique, such as descriptive details and clear event sequences.
- 3.W.TTP.3.a Establish a situation by using a narrator, including characters, and organizing an event sequence that unfolds naturally.
- 3.W.TTP.3.b Use dialogue and/or descriptions of actions, thoughts, and feelings to develop experiences and events, or to show the response of characters to situations.
- 3.W.TTP.3.c Use temporal words and phrases to signal event order.
- 3.W.TTP.3.d Provide a sense of closure.
- 3.W.TTP.3.e Apply language standards addressed in the Foundational Literacy standards.
- 3.W.TTP.1 Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons.
- 3.W.PDW Production and Distribution of Writing
- 3.W.PDW.4 With guidance and support, produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. (Grade-specific expectations for writing types are defined in standards 1-3 above.)
- 3.W.PDW.5 With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing. (Editing for conventions should demonstrate command of Language standards 1–3 up to and including grade 3.)
- 3.W.PDW.6 With guidance and support from adults, use technology to produce and publish writing, as well as to interact and collaborate with others; demonstrate sufficient command of technological skills to type a complete product in a single sitting as defined in W.1-3.
- 3.W.RBPK Research to Build and Present Knowledge
- 3.W.RBPK.7 Conduct short research projects that build general knowledge about a topic.
- 3.W.RBPK.8 Recall information from experiences or gather information from print and digital sources, with support; take brief notes on sources and sort evidence into provided categories.
- 3.W.RBPK.9 Include evidence from literary or informational texts, applying grade 3 standards for reading.
- 3.W.RW Range of Writing
- 3.W.RW.10 Write routinely over extended time frames for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences; promote writing fluency.