LEARN NC

K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

English Language Arts — Grade 3

Goal 4: The learner will apply strategies and skills to create oral, written, and visual texts.

Objective 4.05. Identify (with assistance) the purpose, the audience, and the appropriate form for the oral or written task.

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Using word storms to explore vocabulary and encourage critical thinking
Students are introduced to the concept of working dogs in this lesson that focuses on reading multiple texts, developing reading strategies, and learning the writing process. After introducing the concept of working dogs to students, the teacher challenges... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts)
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Q is for duck: Using alphabet books with struggling writers
In this lesson, the teacher uses Q is for Duck: An Alphabet Guessing Game by Mary Elting and Michael Folsom to introduce the variety of structures authors use in alphabet books. After students explore several texts, the teacher... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts)
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Our classroom: Writing an owner's manual
At the beginning of the year, students can create a classroom community by collaboratively developing an “owner’s manual” for classroom procedures and events. After bainstorming a list of people, places, and events associated with the classroom,... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts)
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How-to writing: Motivating students to write for a real purpose
In this activity, third grade students participate in a “how-to” writing assignment and focus on the importance of audience. The teacher introduces the genre of writing by engaging students in an activity where they scan instruction manuals... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts)
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Dear Librarian: Writing a persuasive letter
In this lesson, students use online writing tools to plan and write a persuasive letter to their school librarian requesting new books be added to the library collection. After students have read Emily’s Runaway Imagination,... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts)
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All about our town: Using brochures to teach informational writing
Students look at brochures and other informational tools to determine some of the purposes for which people read and write. After students brainstorm places in their town that fit certain categories created by the teacher, they examine sample brochures.... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Visual Arts Education and English Language Arts)
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