Text Types and Purposes: In this section, there are three third grade writing activities.

• Opinion Pieces: This involves four stages
  • Introduction of the topic/text.
  • Opinion statement with organizational structure listing reasons
  • Reasoning that support the opinion using linking words and phrases
  • Concluding statement/section
• Informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic: This comprises of three steps
  • Introduce the topic. Group related information and include relevant examples to facilitate comprehension.
  • Present facts, definitions, and details for topic development. Use linking words and phrases to connect the ideas.
  • Concluding statement/section
• Narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences: This text type entails three parts
  • Establish a situation and introduce a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally.
  • Describe actions, thoughts, and feelings to develop experiences and events or show the response of characters to situations. using temporal words
  • Provide a sense of closure

Production and Distribution of Writing: The three third grade writing tasks, in this category, require guidance and support from adults.

• Develop, organize, and produce writing according to the task and purpose and should meet grade specific expectations.
• Develop and strengthen writing by adequate planning, revising, and editing.
• Produce and publish writing (using technology) to collaborate with others.

Research to Build and Present Knowledge: The two third grade writing lessons, in this section, require exploration.

• Conduct short research projects that build knowledge about a topic.
• Explore print and digital sources to collect information or recall adequate information from experiences; take brief notes on sources and sort evidence into provided categories.

Range of Writing: This third grade writing activity facilitates writing facilitates for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.

• Write regularly over extended time frames (research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two).