Grade 3
Grade 3 writing curriculum following CA State Standards with 30 sessions covering narrative, informational, and creative writing with comprehensive grammar instruction.
Four Advanced Writing Genres
Create complete works in narrative, informational, creative fiction, and fiction chapter book formats using sophisticated writing techniques.
Essay Writing & Revision
Learn essay structure with lead sentences, focus statements, power sentences, and descriptive writing while organizing ideas for clarity and flow. Apply ARMS and CUPS revision strategies to improve writing quality, learning how to show rather than tell and use varied sentence structures.
Summarizing and Paraphrasing
Master summarizing using 5-finger retell and declarative/interrogative sentences, and develop paraphrasing skills to express ideas in original words.
Course Preview
Go Beyond The Norm
- State Standard driven— Strictly follow CA State Standards and writing process with differentiated instruction based on specific needs and preferences
- Combining and bridging the gaps of research-based teaching materials
- Each session focuses on a set of specific learning objectives that matches CA State Standards and student developmental needs
- We believe in using a holistic approach to teach language arts, and each session will cover specific grammar, spelling, research and writing skills
- By attending the total of 30 sessions in each grade level, our students will master all skillsets required by CA State Standards
Class Structure
- We only assign class to teachers who have the most teaching experience and knowledge in specific subject and grade level
- Each class has no more than 3 students
- Class will be delivered through Zoom meeting, and homework will be provided for each session
- For G1 and above classes, feedback will be provided for all homework assignments and writing assignments
Readings Before Class:
- Stories are required to be read before class
- Books are chosen to align with the skills that are listed in the standard
- Reading level of the books (lexile based on grade level)
- 25 story books
- 19 fiction
- 6 non-fictionWriting
Writing Skills:
- Summarizing using declarative and intrerrogative sentences
- Simple and compound sentences
- Summarizing using 5 finger retell
- Paraphrasing
- Narrative paragraph
- Informational writing
- Creative writing
- Revising using CUPS
- Chapter book
Writing Focus:
- Mini Lessons
- Types of sentences (Declarative-Simple and Compound)
- Summarizing
- Revising in your own words
- Understanding narrative paragraphs
- Picture prompts (character, setting and events)
- Understanding and explaining characteristics of SS text
- What is an essay
- Lead sentences
- Revising using ARMS
- Informational writing characteristics
- Why writers write
- Writing hooks
- Using descriptive writing
- Focus statement
- Power sentences
- Show don’t tell
- Sentence structures
- Characteristics of a fiction and nonfiction book
- Table of contents
- Subtitles
- Simple and compound sentences
- Organizing writing for clarity and flow
Daily Does Grammar:
- Spelling
- Language
- Fix it sentences
Highlights:
- Each session includes a writing focus and daily dose of grammar to target a set of specific learning objectives and writing skill set
- Strictly follows the writing process (prewrite, draft, revise, edit, publish) for writing assignments
- Students will produce 4 different genre stories throughout the class (Narrative, Informational, Creative Fiction, Fiction Chapter Book)
- Most sessions focus on the necessary skills for writing stories
- Feedback for writing assignment will be provided each week for quality outcomes
- Writing celebration will be included at the end of the program to promote students’ motivation and passion for writing
- Theories of educational psychology will be integrated in each session to instill the value and importance of being a good writer
