Give your third-graders the fun and focused writing practice they need to become strong and successful writers The 125 engaging, 10- to 15-minute lessons support any writing program.
25 weeks of instruction cover the following trait-based writing skills:
Ideas
 Week 1: Choosing a Strong Idea
 Week 2: Writing a Topic Sentence
 Week 3: Using the 5 Ws to Add Details
 Week 4: Choosing Strong Details
 Week 5: Sticking to Your Topic
Organization
 Week 1: Beginning, Middle, and End
 Week 2: Putting Things in the Right Order
 Week 3: Grouping Together Ideas and Details
 Week 4: Grouping by How Things Are Alike or Different
 Week 5: Choosing Which Way to Organize Your Writing
Word Choice
 Week 1: Choosing Strong Verbs and Adverbs
 Week 2: Choosing Colorful Adjectives
 Week 3: Telling Exactly Who or What
 Week 4: Using Similes and Metaphors
 Week 5: Getting the Reader's Attention
Sentence Fluency
 Week 1: Varying Your Sentences
 Week 2: Combining Sentences
 Week 3: Revising Run-on and Rambling Sentences
 Week 4: More Ways to Combine Sentences
 Week 5: Writing a Smooth Paragraph
Voice
 Week 1: Examining Different Writing Styles
 Week 2: Using Formal and Informal Language
 Week 3: Creating a Mood
 Week 4: Writing from Different Points of View
 Week 5: Developing Your Own Voice
 
This resource contains teacher support pages, reproducible student pages, and an answer key. This is a reproducible resource (photocopying of lessons is permitted) for single classroom or individual home use only.
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