Text-Based Writing, Grade 3 - Evan-moor Corporation

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Scaffolded text-based writing and reading comprehension lessons help grade 3 students become strong readers and writers! Lessons include practice with essential nonfiction writing forms: Compare and contrast Sequence Explanatory Informative Cause and effect Opinion Argument 15 leveled nonfiction texts range from levels L to P and include: Biographies Health articles Science articles Social studies articles Units provide reading comprehension guidance and pre-writing tasks that prepare students to complete text-dependent writing prompts. Each unit begins with a unit focus and lesson checklist to guide students through the learning path, which includes: directed reading strategies a dictionary page that introduces content words close reading of a leveled nonfiction article text-dependent comprehension questions to support understanding a graphic organizer to help students organize information from the article and plan their writing a text-dependent writing prompt Additional resources and features for teachers include: Texts across the curriculum that range from reading levels L to P A suggested teaching path that helps teachers pace the lesson and provide scaffolded instruction A student rubric that focuses on the 6 traits of writing: ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, and conventions A vocabulary and definitions list A lesson objective and content-area concept for each unit About Evan-Moor A leader in PreK-8 educational publishing, Evan-Moor has been a trusted partner of teachers and parents for over 40 years. Our mission is helping children learn, and we do this by creating resources that motivate children to learn important skills and concepts across the curriculum while also inspiring a love of learning. nScaffolded text-based writing and reading comprehension lessons help grade 3 students become strong readers and writers! Lessons include practice with essential nonfiction writing forms: Compare and contrast Sequence Explanatory Informative Cause and effect Opinion Argument 15 leveled nonfiction texts range from levels L to P and include: Biographies Health articles Science articles Social studies articles Units provide reading comprehension guidance and pre-writing tasks that prepare students to complete text-dependent writing prompts. Each unit begins with a unit focus and lesson checklist to guide students through the learning path, which includes: directed reading strategies a dictionary page that introduces content words c