third+grade

[|Common Core Unpacking-] Opinion Rubric Add classlist and then enter score for each writing trait and for the genre. || themselves || ||  || || common core comparative rubric ||  ||  || common core opinion rubric ||  ||  ||
 * Graphic Organizer || Purpose ||
 * Four Square || Organize a list into a paragraph
 * Marking Period || Topic || Rubric || Mentor Texts || Resources ||
 * Realistic fiction || made-up story about
 * Informational report || MIchigan animal || [[file:3 2MP Informational Report Rubric.pdf]] ||  || [[file:3 2MP Informational Report Assessment.pdf]] ||
 * Comparative essay || Compare-contrast two animals || [[file:3 3MP ComparisionRubric.pdf]]
 * Opinion Writing || Place to visit and why || [[file:3 4MP Research Rubric.pdf]]

**For the students in my class to be successful in writing_, they need to know: **

 * how to organize their writing using story structure including story elements and sequence of events

**Mentor texts that I can return to often to help students with this genre are: **

 * __How to Be Cool in the Third Grade__
 * __Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday__
 * __My Rows and Piles of Coins__

**Mentor texts that I can return to often to help students with the craft of writing (6 traits) are: **

 * Ideas: __The Okay Book__, __The Third Grade Survival Book__
 * Organization: __The Secret Shortcut__, __The Best Story Ever__
 * Sentence Fluency: __Diary of a Worm__, __How I Became a Pirate__
 * Word Choice: Fancy Nancy books
 * Voice: Picture books and comics
 * Conventions: __Happy Endings__, __Is Your Punctuation on Vacation__
 * __6 + 1 Traits of Writing: The Complete Guide for Grades 3 & Up__

REFLECTION: We need to help students develop and describe characters and settings in more detail. More modeling and work with mentor texts is needed. We are feeling that this genre would be more effective as a 2nd marking period. Second Marking Period