Building Strong Sentences and Organized Paragraphs – 3rd Grade

Description

Overview

These two connected 45-minute Grade 3 writing lessons develop sentence-level grammar first and then use those skills to create an organized paragraph. Lesson 1 focuses on subject-verb agreement and varied sentence types. Lesson 2 builds from those skills as students write a focused paragraph with supporting details and a clear closing sentence. Any student reading passage is provided only on the accompanying worksheet and is not reproduced here.

What Students Will Learn

• Use subject-verb agreement and varied sentence types.
• Write an organized paragraph with a clear closing sentence.

What Is Included

• Teacher Guide
• Student Workbook
• Lesson 1: Matching Subjects and Verbs in Different Sentence Types
• Write a Mixed Sentence-Type Paragraph
• Build Correct Sentences
• Check the Subject and Verb
• Lesson 2: Organizing a Paragraph with a Clear Closing Sentence
• Build an Organized Paragraph
• Put Paragraph Ideas in Order
• Peer Editing: Check a Partner's Paragraph

Lesson Overview

• Lesson 1: Matching Subjects and Verbs in Different Sentence Types (45 minutes)
• Lesson 2: Organizing a Paragraph with a Clear Closing Sentence (45 minutes)

Designed For

3rd Grade students studying Sentences, Paragraphs, and Grammar in Language Arts.

File Format

One downloadable ZIP containing two printable PDF files. The Teacher Guide contains 22 pages and the Student Workbook contains 5 pages.