3rd Grade Writing

Last week, 3rd graders learned about the first of the writing process:  Prewriting.  During the first step, they brainstormed about Thanksgiving.  After, they formed sentences.  In another lesson, they learned paragraph structure.  They used the sentences they had made, and put them in a paragraph.

Activity from www.teachwithloveandlaughter.blogspot.com

3rd Grade Types of Writing Descriptive/Narrative Shutterfold Foldable

My 3rd graders started learning about elements of descriptive and narrative writing.  For this activity they made a shutterfold foldable, where they had to read each paragraph and write it on the narrative or descriptive flap.  Since Monday is Veteran's Day, I decided to integrate the holiday in the lesson.

3rd Grade Unit 2 Ugly Duckling

After completing the storymap flapbook, 3rd graders worked on story organization.  They had to arrange the events of the story in beginning, middle, and end on a pie chart and on a strip.

3rd Grade Unit 2 The Ugly Duckling

 My 3rd graders have been reading the story "The Ugly Duckling" retold by Sharon Fear.  They have been learning about using vocabulary in context and the present and past tense of regular verbs.  Today, we finished reading the story. The kids created a story map flapbook, where they wrote and drew pictures about the character, setting, and problem.  I think they did an awesome job!

3rd Grade Unit 2 Past/Present Tense Regular Verb

3rd graders have been learning about present and past tense of regular verbs.  They have used verb tense in sentences, as well as classified the verbs in present and past tense.

Activity adapted from www.theautismhelper.com

3rd Grade Unit 2 Immigration

 After learning about Christopher Columbus, the kids made ships to resemble the Santa Maria, La Niña, La Pinta.  Their ships came out awesome!  I loved them!