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English Language Development — Grade 3

Goal 4. Writing — Novice Low

Goal 4. Writing

The learner will communicate in appropriate written English in a variety of personal, social, and academic contexts.

Level: Novice Low

Students will use various forms of non-verbal communication to express ideas and demonstrate basic comprehension. They may point, touch, match, draw, act out, demonstrate an action, or play games to show their understanding. Learning objectives focus on greetings, classroom objects, repeating modeled language, developing book and print awareness, demonstrating a sense of story and sequence, copying and appropriately spacing letters, printing first and last name, drawing pictures and using letters to illustrate experiences, copying to compose simple sentences, and following one-step directions.

Objective NL 4.01
Copy letters of the English alphabet and space letters appropriately.
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Objective NL 4.02
Print first and last name with assistance.
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Objective NL 4.03
Form letters, print words legibly, and copy simple sentences using correct spacing with modeling.
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Objective NL 4.04
Draw pictures and use letters to write about experiences, stories, people, objects, and events with direct instruction and assistance.
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Objective NL 4.05
Copy to compose a simple sentence with direct instruction and support materials (e.g., word walls, personal dictionaries, teacher modeling, peer assistance)
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Objective NL 4.06
Check copying for accuracy.
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