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Writing workshop in 3rd grade will also incorporate many different components.
Independent writing: After a brief mini-lesson in which I will share a book or model a particular strategy, students will resume their individual writing. At times they may be given an assigned topic, but often they are writing from their own seed ideas. We will end each writing session with an opportunity for writers to share their work.
Poetry: Science observations and reading a variety of poems will help us become better poets. Throughout our study of poetry, students will learn the power of word choice and descriptive writing.
Shared writing: Students and I will also spend time crafting stories together. I will do the actual writing, but as a class, students volunteer ideas and share their creativity for the stories. This process allows children to focus on beginnings, middles, and endings, as well as strong word choice and sentence fluency.
Literature responses: Non-fiction books and articles, as well as Junior Great Book stories, will serve as a framework for students to write structured responses.
Cursive: Lower case and capital letters will be practiced in 3rd grade.
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