Academic Standard: Grade

3rd Grade
Initiative: 
Common Core State Standards
Framework: 
English Language Arts & Literacy
Type: 
Grade
Code: 
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.3
Grade range: 
3
 
Elements within this Grade
 
Standard
Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons.
Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
With guidance and support from adults, produce writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task and purpose. (Grade-specific
With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing. (Editing for conventions
With guidance and support from adults, use technology to produce and publish writing (using keyboarding skills) as well as to interact and collaborate
Conduct short research projects that build knowledge about a topic.
Recall information from experiences or gather information from print and digital sources; take brief notes on sources and sort evidence into provided
(W.3.9 begins in grade 4)
Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two)