In third grade writing, students will learn about the importance of ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, conventions, and presentation. Through the use of bulding relationships, understanding the value of social skills, random pairing, cooperative structures, and pair conferences, students will learn how to be the best writer they can be! The following units of study will be explored in Grade 3:

Unit 1 The Writing Community

Unit 2 The Writing Process

Unit 3 Personal Narrative

Unit 4 Fiction

Unit 5 Expository Nonfiction

Unit 6 Functional Writing

Unit 7 Opinion Writing

Unit 8 Poetry

Unit 9 Revisiting the Writing Community