Writing

We will be using the Resource Schoolwide to drive our Writing Instruction.

3rd Grade Writing Genres Throughout the Year:

- Personal Narrative

- Persuasive Writing

- Narrative Writing

- Expository Writing

- Explanatory Writing (How To...)

- Compare/Contrast Writing

- Poetry

- Young Authors: Narrative Writing

Spiral Writing Skills:

-the writing process

-topic sentences and closing sentences

-paragraphs that include a beginning, middle, and end

-spicy adjective words and transition words

-Details in writing by using "Show" Don't "Tell"

-variety of types of sentences

-metaphors and similes

-idioms

-dialogue

-Onomatopoeia and Alliteration