Third Grade Writing

About Grade 3 Writing

Grade 3 writing (3rd grade, ages 8–9) is 40 lessons in 5 units: Writing with Structure (lessons 1–8), Personal and Narrative Writing (lessons 9–16), Creative Writing (lessons 17–24), Functional Writing (lessons 25–32), and finally Writing Projects (lessons 33–40), project work that brings the year together. Along the way, children learn to write an inspirational paragraph about a person who inspires you, describe a magical world or creature using vivid sensory descriptors and write a clear announcement using the four sections: headline, who and what, when and where, why it matters.

Start here: Lesson 1: Review Paragraph Parts — Topic, Detail, Closing is free to open and print. Every other lesson has a free preview of its mini lesson and vocabulary.

Paper first: each lesson is printed before you call your child. You read it once and talk it through, your child does the exercises on paper, and you correct together with the Parent checklist — about 45 minutes at the table. The next day, a 10-minute screen review of the same lesson.