Roselawn Elementary School

3rd grade Language Arts Units and Learning Targets

Narrative Writing 55 days

Essential Question: How does immersion in new types of texts help students learn effective narrative writing?

Learning Targets 1. The students will create narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events (CCW 3.3, CCW 3.4, CCW 3.3.c) 2. The students will describe a setting and how it is related to the writer’s experiences. (CCW 3.3.a) 3. The students will describe characters by what they do, what they say, what they think, and what others say about them. (CCW 3.3.a) 4. The students will use dialogue as appropriate to the meaning of the story. (CCW 3.3.b) 5. The students will use temporal words to illustrate the passage of time. (CCW 3.3.c) 6. The students will provide details about the most important moments in a story or experience. (CCW 3.3.b) 7. The students will produce a satisfying ending. (CCW 3.3.a, CCW. 3.3d) 8. The students will use a variety of sentences: declarative, interrogative, exclamatory (CCL 3.1., CCL 3.1.i) on-going 9. The students will use proper spacing punctuation, spelling, parts of speech and capitalization rules for proper nouns, sentence beginnings and titles. (CCL3.2.a., CCL 3.2.e., CCL 3.2.f) on-going

Informative/Explanatory Writing 65 days

Essential Question: How can being knowledgeable about a topic and using mentor texts to help students write informative/explanatory nonfiction?

Learning Targets 1. The students will create expository/explanatory tests to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly. (CCW 3.2, CCW 3.7, CCW 3.8) 2. The students will introduce a topic and group related information together. interesting details about a topic (CCW 3.2.a) 3. The students will include text features when useful in aiding comprehension. (CCW 3.2.a) 4. The students will develop an engaging introduction related to the topic. (CCW 3.2.a) 5. The students will construct topic sentences. (CCW 3.2) 6. The students will establish supporting details to inform the reader. (eg. Definitions, facts, examples, quotes from experts). (CCW 3.2, CCW 3.2.b.) 7. The students will demonstrate use of domain-specific words. (CCW 3.2.b., CCW.7, CCW.8) 8. The students will use expository transitions. (CCW 3.2.c, CCW 3.1.c) 9. The students will provide a concluding statement or section. (CCW3.2.d) Opinion Writing 55 days

Essential Question: How can being knowledgeable about a topic contribute to constructing an opinion piece of writing?

Learning Targets 1. The students will produce opinion pieces on topics and texts supporting a point of view with reasons and details. (CCW 3.1.a, CCW 3.1.b) 2. The students will state their opinion in the introduction with an awareness of their audience and purpose.. (CCW 3.1.a, CCW 3.4) 3. The students will provide appropriate facts to support their opinion. (CCW 3.1.b) 4. The students will create an organizational structure that lists reasons. (CCW 3.1.a) 5. The students will provide a concluding statement or section. (CCW 3.1.d)