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3rd Grade Writing
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Practice 44 skills across this outline.
Weighting distribution
12 categoriesLanguage · Grammar And Usage
21%
Writing · Write Informative/Explanatory Texts
14%
Writing · Write Opinion Pieces
13%
Writing · Write Narratives With Descriptive Details
10%
Language · Capitalization, Punctuation, and Spelling
9%
Language · Determine Word Meanings Using Strategies
8%
Skills
The comprehensive taxonomy of 3rd grade writing — drill into a card to work its skills.
Language · Knowledge Of Language
2 core skills4% total weight
0/2 completed
2 skills to mastery
Language · Capitalization, Punctuation, and Spelling
7 core skills9% total weight
0/7 completed
7 skills to mastery
1
Capitalize Words in TitlesAvailable
21 questions 55 flashcards Lesson available
2
Consult Dictionaries to Check SpellingsAvailable
22 questions 74 flashcards Lesson available
3
Form and Use PossessivesAvailable
34 questions 58 flashcards Lesson available
4
Spell High-Frequency Words and SuffixesAvailable
12 questions 59 flashcards Lesson available
5
Use Commas and Quotation MarksAvailable
54 questions 53 flashcards Lesson available
6
Use Commas in AddressesAvailable
38 questions 57 flashcards Lesson available
Language · Determine Word Meanings Using Strategies
4 core skills8% total weight
0/4 completed
4 skills to mastery
1
Determine Meanings of Words With AffixesAvailable
62 questions 40 flashcards Lesson available
2
Use Context Clues for Word MeaningsAvailable
52 questions 40 flashcards Lesson available
3
Use Dictionaries to Clarify Word MeaningsAvailable
20 questions 57 flashcards Lesson available
Language · Understand Figurative Language and Word Relationships
3 core skills4% total weight
0/3 completed
3 skills to mastery
1
Distinguish Shades of Meaning Among WordsAvailable
31 questions 40 flashcards Lesson available
2
Distinguish Literal and Nonliteral MeaningsAvailable
29 questions 57 flashcards Lesson available
Language · Grammar And Usage
9 core skills21% total weight
0/9 completed
9 skills to mastery
1
Explain Functions of Parts of SpeechAvailable
75 questions 49 flashcards Lesson available
2
Form and Use Simple Verb TensesAvailable
42 questions 56 flashcards Lesson available
3
Form Regular and Irregular VerbsAvailable
82 questions 40 flashcards Lesson available
4
Form Regular and Irregular Plural NounsAvailable
46 questions 58 flashcards Lesson available
5
Produce Simple, Compound, and Complex SentencesAvailable
36 questions 55 flashcards Lesson available
6
Subject-Verb and Pronoun-Antecedent AgreementAvailable
49 questions 55 flashcards Lesson available
7
Use Abstract NounsAvailable
44 questions 52 flashcards Lesson available
8
Use Comparative and Superlative FormsAvailable
48 questions 59 flashcards Lesson available
Language · Acquire and Use Vocabulary
1 core skills2% total weight
0/1 completed
1 skill to mastery
Writing · Write Narratives With Descriptive Details
4 core skills10% total weight
0/4 completed
4 skills to mastery
1
Establish Situation and Introduce Narrator/CharactersAvailable
21 questions 77 flashcards Lesson available
2
Provide Sense of ClosureAvailable
47 questions 58 flashcards Lesson available
3
Use Dialogue and DescriptionsAvailable
30 questions 40 flashcards Lesson available
Writing · Research to Build Knowledge
2 core skills5% total weight
0/2 completed
2 skills to mastery
Writing · Produce and Distribute Writing
3 core skills5% total weight
0/3 completed
3 skills to mastery
1
Develop Writing Through Planning and RevisingAvailable
38 questions 55 flashcards Lesson available
2
Produce Writing Appropriate to TaskAvailable
16 questions 58 flashcards Lesson available
Writing · Write Informative/Explanatory Texts
4 core skills14% total weight
0/4 completed
4 skills to mastery
1
Develop Topic With Facts and DetailsAvailable
23 questions 55 flashcards Lesson available
2
Introduce Topic and Group InformationAvailable
65 questions 56 flashcards Lesson available
3
Provide Concluding Explanatory StatementAvailable
50 questions 56 flashcards Lesson available
Writing · Write Opinion Pieces
4 core skills13% total weight
0/4 completed
4 skills to mastery
1
Introduce Topic and State OpinionAvailable
32 questions 59 flashcards Lesson available
2
Provide Concluding Opinion StatementAvailable
49 questions 75 flashcards Lesson available
3
Provide Reasons Supporting OpinionAvailable
27 questions 40 flashcards Lesson available
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