Teacher Resources for Instructional Planning


Grade 3, Language Arts Language Expression: Determine an appropriate topic sentence (COS 20, 25/ SAT10)

Lesson Plans: Action Chains Students learn to elaborate on an event in a narrative by expanding their sentences into action chains. Expanding single actions into an action chains provides the reader with a more detailed picture of an event in a narrative. Little Bit? BIG BIT? Little Bit This lesson helps students who tend to jump right in and tell their entire story in the first few sentences and then struggle to complete their story. Students will learn to start and end their stories with just a "Little Bit" about the setup and closure of the story. The Newspaper Students will study types of newspaper stories and how opening paragraphs are constructed, as well as identifying cause and effect in articles.

Resources: Writer's Block: This activity gives students a topic that they write about. Their responses are posted for other children to see. It would be very useful in showing kids the importance of an appropriate topic sentence. Project Based Learning: 2-4 Writing Checklist Suggestions for English Language Learners: (E/B=Entering/Beginning, D=Developing, E=Expanding) (E/B) Let students work with a buddy to do their writing together. The buddy can write down what they say. (E/B, D) Have students use a topic from a teacher-led map of ideas for prewriting, or their own writing map/graphic organizer. Allow students to draw a picture, only write a a few words, or write some words in their native language. (D, E) Let students work with a buddy to do their writing together. (E) Have students use a topic from a teacher-led map of ideas for prewriting, or their own writing map/graphic organizer.
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