Writing Complete Sentences

This week the grade threes continued working on writing strong and interesting complete sentences. To demonstrate their understanding of sentences, they followed the writing process. First, students used a word web as a planning tool to generate and organize ideas before writing. Then, we reviewed that every sentence needs a subject, verb, complete thought, correct capital letters, and end punctuation. Students also worked on (or will work on) adding adjectives and adverbs to make their writing more interesting.

As a class, we also looked at different levels of writing and determined what would make a seed, sprout, sapling, or tree. Then, students wrote at least five sentences about a topic and added clear, helpful details to add interest and description. To end, students edited their work, using teacher feedback and a checklist.

English Language Arts Learning Outcomes:

• I can use organizational processes, methods, or tools to support the creation of written texts.
• I can create written texts that draw upon a variety of sources of inspiration.
• I can include a variety of carefully selected words and to add interest.
• I can edit writing for spelling, punctuation, and grammar.
• I can include an adjective (word that describes a noun).
• I can include an adverb ( word that describes a verb).

Possible Questions to Ask Your Child:

• What is a subject (noun)?
• What is a verb (action, linking, or helping)
• Can you write me an interesting sentence about your picture prompt from last week (animal, sport, place or celebration)?
• What feedback did your teacher give you to work on?