ENG31: English Writing Workshop Grade 3

Writing for grade 3 guides students through each step of the writing process as they write sentences, personal stories, descriptions, how-to instructions, reports, opinions, and more. Spectrum Writing workbooks guide students as they write for a variety of purposes, including writing to tell a story, writing to provide information, and writing to state an opinion. Lessons support current state standards. Step-by-step instructions help with planning, drafting, revising, proofreading, and sharing writing. 

- Writing a Story

Use Your Senses
Vary Sentence Structure
Make up a Simile
List It
Sort Your List
The Writing Process: Descriptive Writing
Make an Idea Web
Make a Time-Order Chart
When Did It Happen?
It Happened to Me
The Writing Process: Personal Narrative
Name a Story
A Story Line
Tell Me a Story
Imagine a Setting
Make Your Character Speak
The Writing Process: Story (Write your story)

- Writing to Inform

Parts of a Friendly Letter
Dear Friend
Dear Teacher
How to Do It
Special Instructions
Who Will Read It?
How to Compare
Compare It With a Venn
Use Spatial Order
Use Linking Words
This Is a Room
It Is Just Around the Corner
See the Main Idea
Find the Main Idea
Stay on Topic 
How Important Is It?
Ask the Right Question
The Writing Process: News Report (Write a News Report)

-Writing an Opinion

Fact or Opinion?
Using Facts and Opinions 
Opinions and Reasons
Opinions and Linking Words
How Important Is It?
Build Sentences and Paragraphs
The Writing Process: Letter to the Editor (Write a letter to the editor)